Update Regarding NEA Funding for Fiscal Year 2018

This omnibus spending bill passed by the US House on March 21, 2018, funds the nation's federal arts & culture agencies and programs at higher levels than originally proposed by either the House or Senate. The White House's budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018 had recommended the elimination of the agencies.

On Tuesday, July 18, 2017, the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the fiscal year 2018 budget for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) at $145 million. This completes the U.S. House committee consideration and advances the proposal to a possible action on the U.S. House floor in the coming weeks. Still to come is the U.S. Senate’s proposal expected after Labor Day. 

On Tuesday, May 23, 2017, the White House released its complete Fiscal Year 2018 (FY2018) budget request to Congress. In an email sent to their members Americans for the Arts provided a breakdown of proposed funding adjustments related to the arts and arts learning programs.

We are pleased to report that the $9.8 billion fiscal year 2018 budget signed last week by Governor Doug Ducey includes, for the second year in a row, a one-time $1.5 million appropriation to the Arizona Commission on the Arts. As we celebrate our 50th year as Arizona's state arts agency, we are proud to have earned this bipartisan vote of support.

On Monday, May 1, congressional leaders announced that an agreement had been reached to continue funding of the federal government through September 30, 2017, the end of its current Fiscal Year (FY2017). Congress is expected to begin working on an aggressive schedule on appropriations legislation for FY2018.