H.R. 82
Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025
In Plain Language
This bill would stop all federal funding to the National Endowment for the Humanities, an agency that gives grants to museums, libraries, schools, and cultural organizations for history, literature, and humanities programs. If passed, the endowment would no longer be able to operate or distribute any money to these kinds of projects.
Official Congressional Research Service summary
Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025This bill prohibits the use of any funds that are made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities to carry out the functions, programs, or activities of such endowment.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Jan 3, 2025
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