The full House Appropriations Committee met on Thursday, June 18 to markup the FY 2010 spending bill for Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies. The Committee kept the overall funding level of $170 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities that was recommended by the Subcommittee but revised the original programmatic allocations through a manager's amendment. The Committee also rejected the President's proposal to transfer the (currently independent) National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program to the NEH to be run as a competitive grant program.
At the programmatic level, the House Appropriations Committee approved the following:
FY 2010 House Appropriations Committee - NEH Funding by Program (in Thousands)
$41,124 - Federal/State partnership (+ $6,124)
$17,442 - Preservation and access (+ $1,442)
$15,942 - Public programs (+ $1,442)
$17,277 - Research programs (+ $2,777)
$16,027 - Education programs (+ $1,527)
$750 - Program development (+ $350)
$14,500 - We The People Initiative grants (- $1,300)
$5,138 - Digital Humanities Initiatives (+ $1,138)
$4,800 - Treasury funds (- $200)
$9,500 - Challenge grants (+$200)
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$142,500 - Subtotal, Program Funds (+ $13,500)
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$27,500 - Administration (+ $1,500)
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$0 - NCACA Program (Transfer not approved)
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$170,000 - Total, NEH (+ $15,000)
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The Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee is scheduled to markup Tuesday, June 23 with a full Senate Appropriations Committee scheduled to consider the Interior spending bill on Thursday, June 25.
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