Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 15, No. 113.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
<http://www.princeton.edu/~mccarty/humanist/>
<http://www.kcl.ac.uk/humanities/cch/humanist/>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 07:54:00 +0100
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: FUNDING: Good House Outcome for the Cultural Agencies
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
June 25, 2001
>Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:35:04 -0400
>From: "Jessica B. Jones" <jessica@cni.org>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <nha-announce@cni.org>
>
22 June 2001
MEMORANDUM
TO: NHA Member and Friends
FR: John Hammer and Jessica Jones
RE: Good House Outcome for the Cultural Agencies
As reported yesterday, the House agreed 221-193 to New York Democrat Louise
Slaughter's amendment to increase funding for the cultural agencies in
FY-2002. The amendment co-sponsored by Norm Dicks (D/WA), Steve Horn
(R/CA), and Nancy Johnson (R/CT) provides increases for NEH of $3 million;
NEA $10 million, and IMLS $2 million. 31 yes voters were Republicans. We
want to take this opportunity to thank the members of the humanities
community who conveyed constituent support for the agencies to their
representatives. This is the first time the agencies have emerged from the
House debate with increases.
Long-time NEA critic Cliff Stearns (R/FL) offered an amendment to cut the
entire $10 million from NEA only. After a brief debate, the Stearns
amendment was soundly rejected by a vote of 145 to 264. This was an
important vote because it provides even more conclusive evidence that the
changes that NEA has undertaken -- some under Congressional direction, some
not -- have now garnered a comfortable majority of support in the
House. Reportedly, Stearns increased his amendment from $2 million to $10
million at the behest of the House GOP leadership.
The overall interior bill, now numbered (H.R. 2217), passed the House last
night 376-32. The action on the bill moves now to the newly Democrat-run
Senate where Robert Byrd (D-WV) is chair of the Interior and Related
Agencies Subcommittee as well as the full Appropriations Committee.
The following table summarizes budget steps to date for the agencies:
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Table: Cultural Agency Appropriations, FY 2001-2002
....... (in millions of dollars)
===================================================
........... FY-2001 ..... FY-2002 ..... FY-2002
............ Approp ... President ....... House
NEH ........ 120.0 ....... 120.5 ....... 123.5
NEA ........ 105.0 ....... 105.2 ....... 115.2
IMLS ........ 24.9 ........ 24.9 ........ 26.9
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