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HR 3488 103th Congress House

To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to limit the distribution of funds of the National Endowment for the Arts.

Introduced: March 10, 1994 See on congress.gov
Arts, Culture, Religion Federal aid to the arts and humanitiesPornographyReligion
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Dec 9, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Nov 10, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Nov 10, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Latest action December 9, 1993

Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to prohibit use of National Endowment for the Arts funds to assist financially any project, production, workshop, or program that depicts or describes in a patently offensive way: (1) sexual or excretory activities or organs; or (2) religion or religious symbols.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 3
COMBEST, LARRY
· Sep 13, 1994
MCINNIS, SCOTT
· Sep 13, 1994
QUINN, JACK
· Sep 13, 1994
 R
Rogers, Harold
Kentucky · Apr 19, 1994
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Mar 10, 1994
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 3, 1994
GOSS, PORTER
· Nov 10, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3488: To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to limit the distribution of funds of the National Endowment for the Arts.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3488/
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"H.R. 3488: To amend the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 to limit the distribution of funds of the National Endowment for the Arts.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3488/.
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H.R. 3488, 103rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-3488/.
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