SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The National Council on the Humanities is meeting pursuant to the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 951-960, as amended). The following Committees of the National Council on the Humanities will convene by videoconference on November 18, 2021, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m., to discuss specific grant applications and programs before the Council: Challenge Programs; Digital Humanities; Education Programs; Federal/State Partnership; Preservation and Access; Public Programs; and Research Programs.

The plenary session of the National Council on the Humanities will convene by videoconference on November 19, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. until 12:40 p.m. The agenda for the plenary session will be as follows:

A. Minutes of Previous Meetings

B. Reports

1. Acting Chair's Remarks

2. Chief of Staff's Remarks

3. Reports on Policy and General Matters

C. Challenge Programs

D. Digital Humanities

E. Education Programs

F. Federal/State Partnership

G. Preservation and Access

H. Public Programs

I. Research Programs

The National Council will then convene in executive session by videoconference on November 19, 2021, from 12:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.

This meeting of the National Council on the Humanities will be closed to the public pursuant to sections 552b(c)(4), 552b(c)(6), and 552b(c)(9)(B) of Title 5 U.S.C., as amended, because it will include review of personal and/or proprietary financial and commercial information given in confidence to the agency by grant applicants, and discussion of certain information, the premature disclosure of which could significantly frustrate implementation of proposed agency action. I have made this determination pursuant to the authority granted me by the Chairman's Delegation of Authority to Close Advisory Committee Meetings dated April 15, 2016.

86 FR 61325