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President Bush Proposes an Increase in Cultural Funding

Posted February 13, 2004



President Bush's budget released the first week in February proposed increased funding for the three federal cultural agencies, adding $18 million to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA); $27 million to the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH); and $10 million to the Office of Museum Services (OMS).

Of the three cultural agencies, the Office of Museum Services fared the best, receiving a 37 percent increase in the administration's budget to take funding from $27 million in 2004 to $37 million requested for 2005. The proposed 2005 amount for the NEA is $139.4 million, a 15 percent increase over the current year's budget of $121 million. The NEH's budget request represents a 20 percent increase, from $135.3 million in FY04 to $162 million in FY05.


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