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H.R. 82 119th Congress House

Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025

Official title: To provide that none of the funds made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for any fiscal year may be used to carry out section 7 of the Nat… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide that none of the funds made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for any fiscal year may be used to carry out section 7 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965.

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Andy Biggs Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov
Arts, Culture, Religion Executive agency funding and structureHumanities programs fundingNational Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Jan 3, 2025
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025

This 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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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

  • MR. PETER SNELL
    for NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TEACHER RETIREMENT 9370 STUDIO COURT ELK GROVE CA 95758 · California · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • MR. PETER SNELL
    for NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TEACHER RETIREMENT 9370 STUDIO COURT ELK GROVE CA 95758 · California · 4th Quarter 2025 (Oct 1 - Dec 31)
  • MR. PETER SNELL
    for NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TEACHER RETIREMENT 9370 STUDIO COURT ELK GROVE CA 95758 · California · 3rd Quarter 2025 (July 1 - Sep 30)
  • MR. PETER SNELL
    for NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TEACHER RETIREMENT 9370 STUDIO COURT ELK GROVE CA 95758 · California · 2nd Quarter 2025 (Apr 1 - June 30)
  • MR. PETER SNELL
    for NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TEACHER RETIREMENT 9370 STUDIO COURT ELK GROVE CA 95758 · California · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
  • NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION
    for NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2025 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

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 Cosponsors 1
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Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Dec 2, 2025
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 82: Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-82/
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"H.R. 82: Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-82/.
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H.R. 82, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-82/.
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