U. S. Government Funding For Humanities and Arts
The National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts, created by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (P.L. 89-209), currently have the largest shares of United States government funding for programs in humanities and arts. The FY 2006 appropriations for these two agencies are US$140.9 million and US$124.4 million. Appropriations in recent years (in US$ millions) are shown in the following table:
| Fiscal Year | Humanities | Arts |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 174.0 | 176.0 |
| 1993 | 177.4 | 174.5 |
| 1994 | 177.5 | 170.2 |
| 1995 | 172.0 | 162.3 |
| 1996 | 110.0 | 99.5 |
| 1997 | 110.7 | 98.0 |
| 1998 | 110.7 | 99.5 |
| 1999 | 110.7 | 98.0 |
| 2000 | 115.3 | 97.6 |
| 2001 | 120.0 | 104.8 |
| 2002 | 124.5 | 115.2 |
| 2003 | 124.9 | 115.7 |
| 2004 | 135.3 | 121.0 |
| 2005 | 138.1 | 121.3 |
| 2006 | 140.9 | 124.4 |
Potential funding for DOIT as described above, although relatively small as compared to United States government support for education (US$71,545 million in FY 2006), would represent a major increase above the funding levels historically provided for humanities and arts.
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