National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities
The purpose of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities is to develop and promote a broadly conceived national policy of support for the humanities and the arts in the United States, and for institutions…
- Rules made final this year
- 2
- 1 proposed
Where its power comes from
An agency can act only where a law lets it. These are the laws its rules cite, where its rules live, and the bills that would change it.
Laws it carries out
The U.S. Code sections its rules of the last six years cite as their authority, most cited first.
Its rulebook
Where the rules it wrote these six years sit in the Code of Federal Regulations.
Bills that would change it
Bills this Congress that name it, the most recently moved first. A bill that names an agency is not a law.
- HRES 1151: Expressing support for the designation of the weeks of March 29, 2026, through April 11, 2026, as National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week.In committee
- S 3375: Native Arts and Culture Promotion ActIn committee
- HR 6285: Native Arts and Culture Promotion ActIn committee
- HR 5719: To provide for interim appropriations for the National Capital Planning Commission and the Commission of Fine Arts with respect to any fiscal year…In committee
- HR 5399: Equitable Arts Education Enhancement ActIn committee
- HR 5009: Fine Arts Protection Act of 2025In committee
- HR 4956: Commission of Fine Arts District of Columbia Residency ActIn committee
- HRES 599: Recognizing the immense capacity of the popular arts to bring people together, inspire creativity and imagination, promote critical thinking, and…In committee
- HR 4300: Commission of Fine Arts District of Columbia Home Rule ActIn committee
- HR 3852: Reimagining Inclusive Arts Education ActIn committee
- HRES 356: Expressing support for the designation of April 13, 2025, through April 26, 2025, as "National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week".In committee
- HRES 165: Expressing support for the designation of February 28, 2025, as Community Arts Education Day.In committee
Track record
What it made final, the cases it brought, and where Congress moved to undo its work.
Latest final rules
The newest rules it made final.
Who runs it
- Federal Council on the Arts and the HumanitiesOne of its parts
- Institute of Museum and Library ServicesOne of its parts
- National Endowment for the ArtsOne of its parts
- National Endowment for the HumanitiesOne of its parts
Its parts
The offices and bureaus inside it.
- Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities
- Institute of Museum and Library Services
- National Endowment for the Arts
- National Endowment for the Humanities
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