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HR 82 119th Congress House Arts, Culture, Religion Executive agency funding and structure Humanities programs funding National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities

Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025

Introduced: January 3, 2025 Introduced by: Biggs, Andy Republican · Arizona See on congress.gov
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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.

What's happening now January 3, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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