The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment & Related Agencies met today to markup the FY 2010 spending bill. All members of the Subcommittee were present. The bill includes $170 million for the National Endowment for the Humanities and $170 million for the National Endowment for the Arts. This marks an increase of approximately $15 million for NEH over the FY 2009 enacted level.
The Obama administration’s proposal called for a FY 2010 budget of $171.315 million for NEH, an increase of $16.3 million over the FY 2009 enacted level. The White House also proposed moving the (currently independent) National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program to the NEH to be run as a competitive grant program with funding of $10 million.
Line item detail is not yet available from today’s markup. The House Full Committee markup is currently scheduled for June 18.
