Arts and Humanities: Background on Funding (CRS Report for Congress)
| Release Date |
Revised Feb. 16, 2006 |
| Report Number |
RS20287 |
| Report Type |
Report |
| Authors |
Susan Boren, Domestic Social Policy Division |
| Source Agency |
Congressional Research Service |
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Summary:
Funding for the arts and humanities is a perennial issue in Congress. Although artsfunding represents less than 1% of the Bush Administration's FY2007 total estimatedbudget authority, Congress continues to address the concern of whether federal fundingis crucial to sustain arts institutions. The majority of federally funded arts andhumanities programs are contained in the Department of Interior and Related Agenciesappropriations bill. The Interior appropriations provide funding for the NationalFoundation on the Arts and the Humanities, including the National Endowment for theArts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The Office ofMuseum Services, within the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is now underthe jurisdiction of the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education and RelatedAgencies appropriations. The FY2006 final Interior appropriations law (H.R. 2361,P.L. 109-54) provided $124.40 million for NEA and $140.95 million for NEH (bothfigures including rescissions.) The Bush Administration's FY2007 budget wouldprovide $124.41 million for the NEA and $140.955 million for NEH, which are verysimilar numbers to the final FY2006 appropriation.
