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Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts
The United States House Appropriations Committee recently approved the Fiscal Year 2013 Interior-Environment Appropriations Funding Bill. The bill totals $28 billion in funding, which represents a reduction of $1.2 billion from last year's levels and a $1.7 billion reduction from President Obama's 2013 proposed budget level. The cuts are widespread, including 17% less funding for the Environmental Protection Agency. Arts organizations also received some scrutiny, particularly the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) with a reduction of over $14 million from its $146 million 2012 budget.
The National Endowment for the Arts was established by the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965, which aimed to promote and support the progress of humanities and arts in the United States. The act declares that “the arts and the humanities belong to all the people of the United States,” and that “democracy demands wisdom and vision of its citizens.” The legislation proceeds to recommend that the United States fund programs which foster growth of the arts and humanities for the benefit of the public and to cement America as a world “leader in the realm of ideas and of the spirit.”
Funding for the NEA reached an all-time high in 1992 at almost $176 million, before decreasing to $97 million in 2000. Its appropriations started to steadily increase over the next decade before consistently being cut again after 2010.
The House Appropriations Committee Report lists and explains all cuts to programs. For 2013, the NEA requested $154,255,000 in ...
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