Appropriations Committee Testimony
As a part of our advocacy efforts, NHA regularly provides testimony before Congress regarding humanities funding and policy issues. Below are links to past testimony:
FY 2016 Testimony Delivered Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Tamara Mann
FY 2013 Testimony Regarding NEH Before the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee
FY 2013 Testimony Regarding NHPRC Before the Senate Financial Services Subcommittee
FY 2012 Testimony Before the Financial Services Subcommittee Regarding NHPRC -- Ms. Jessica Irons
FY 2012 Letter to the House Regarding NHPRC Appropriations
FY 2008 Letter to House Labor Subcommittee Regarding Title VI and Fulbright-Hays, NSLI, and FIPSE
FY 2008 Letter to Senate Legislative Branch Subcommittee Regarding the Library of Congress
FY 2007 Letter to Senate Interior Subcommittee Requesting Adoption of House-Passed NEH Funding Level
FY 2007 Testimony Submitted to the House Appropriations Committee Regarding the Library of Congress
FY 2007 Testimony Submitted to the House Transportation Subcommittee Regarding NARA and NHPRC
FY 2007 Testimony Submitted to the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH
FY 2006 Testimony Submitted to the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH
FY 2005 Testimony Submitted to the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH
FY 2004 Testimony Submitted to the Interior Subcommittees Regarding NEH
FY 2003 Testimony Submitted to the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH
FY 2002 Testimony Submitted to the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH
FY 2001 Testimony Submitted to the Senate Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH
FY 1999 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. John D'Arms
FY 1998 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Werner Gundersheimer
FY 1996 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Werner Gundersheimer
FY 1995 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Stanley Katz
FY 1994 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. W. Robert Connor
FY 1994 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Douglas Greenberg
FY 1993 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Werner Gundersheimer
FY 1992 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. G. Michael Riley
FY 1991 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. W. Robert Connor
FY 1991 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Catharine Stimpson
FY 1990 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Roderick French
FY 1990 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Ms. Nancy Stevenson
FY 1989 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Stanley Katz
FY 1989 Testimony Submitted to the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Ms. Patricia Battin
FY 1989 Testimony Submitted to the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. William Bowen
FY 1988 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Helen Hornbeck Tanner
FY 1988 Testimony Before the House Interior Subcommittee Regarding NEH -- Dr. Stanley Katz
Letters to Congress and the Administration
Individually, and in coalition with allied organizations, NHA routinely addresses letters to Congressional Committees and Executive-Branch Agencies and Departments to provide formal input on issues in humanities policy and appropriations outside of the testimony process. Below is a collection of the letters submitted since 2000:
FY 2016 Letter to the House Reiterating Request for NEH Appropriation in Omnibus Appropriations Legislation
FY 2016 Coalition for International Education Letter to the House Regarding Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Appropriations
2014 Letter to Associate Assistant Deputy Secretary of Education Margo Anderson Regarding "Priority Seven"
2011 Letter to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan Regarding Title VI and Fulbright-Hays Funding
2011 Letter to the House Committee on Government Reform Regarding Implementation of the Presidential Records Act
2011 Letter to the House Education Committee Regarding H.R. 1891 and the Foreign Language Assistance Program (FLAP)
2010 Letter to Senator Durbin Regarding a Proposed Stimulus Project to Create Jobs for New PhDs
2009 Letter to the National Archives and Records Administration Regarding Alternative Models for Presidential Libraries
2006 Letter to the Senate Commerce Committee Regarding S. 2686 and the Broadcast Video Flag
2006 Letter to the National Archives and Records Administration Regarding Research Hours
2006 Letter to the National Endowment for the Humanities Regarding NEH's FY 2004 - FY 2009 Strategic Plan
2005 Letter to U.S. Copyright Office Regarding Orphan Works
2000 Letter to NEH Deputy Chairman John Roberts Commenting on Long-Term NEH Projects
Transition Briefs
2017 Presidential Transition Brief Regarding the National Endowment for the Humanities
2017 Presidential Transition Brief Regarding Title VI and Fulbright-Hays
2009 Presidential Transition Brief Regarding the National Endowment for the Humanities
Amicus Curiae
2002 Amicus Curiae in the matter of Eldred v. Ashcroft Regarding Congressional Power to Retrospectively Extend Copyright Terms and Whether Said Extension can be Challenged on First Amendment Grounds
