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The bill reduces federal spending by ending a specific NEH activity—saving modest federal dollars and freeing funds for other priorities—but it cuts humanities funding, reducing public access to programs and shifting costs onto local governments, nonprofits, or private funders.
Taxpayers face modestly lower federal outlays because the NEH activity under 20 U.S.C. 956 is eliminated, reducing a specific discretionary program's spending.
Federal funds previously used for this NEH activity can be redirected to other priorities or programs.
Nonprofit organizations that relied on NEH support for programs under 20 U.S.C. 956 will lose funding and may cut humanities programming or staff.
Students, families, and the general public will have reduced access to humanities grants, fellowships, and public programs that were funded under the eliminated NEH activity.
Eliminating this NEH activity may shift costs to state and local governments or private funders who would need to maintain affected programs, creating funding gaps and fiscal pressure for those entities.
Based on analysis of 3 sections of legislative text.
Prohibits the NEH from using any of its funds in any fiscal year to carry out activities authorized by 20 U.S.C. 956.
Prohibits the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) from using any funds in any fiscal year to carry out activities authorized by 20 U.S.C. 956, effectively blocking NEH from implementing those statutory activities once the law takes effect. The restriction applies to all NEH funding and begins on the first day of the first federal fiscal year that starts after enactment.
Introduced January 3, 2025 by Andrew S. Biggs · Last progress January 3, 2025