H.R. 82

Summary

H.R. 82, the Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Jan 3, 2025 by Rep. Andy Biggs (R) with 1 co-sponsor. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Jan 3, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 82 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 82 IH: Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-01-03
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 82  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   January 3, 2025   Mr. Biggs of Arizona  introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce    A BILL
To provide that none of the funds made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for any fiscal year may be used to carry out section 7 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025  .
2.
Limitation
None of the funds made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for any fiscal year may be used to carry out section 7 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 956 ).
3.
Effective date
This Act shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.

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CRS Summary

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Sponsors

Rep. Andy Biggs (R) sponsors H.R. 82, and 1 member has co-sponsored it.

Andy Biggs

Rep. · R–AZ-5 · Sponsor

Introduced Jan 3, 2025

Glenn Grothman

Rep. · R–WI-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Dec 2, 2025

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Committees

H.R. 82 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Referred To · Jan 3, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 82 has taken 2 actions since Jan 3, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 82 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 82 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Defund National Endowment for the Humanities Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To provide that none of the funds made available to the National Endowment for the Humanities for any fiscal year may be used to carry out section 7 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 16 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 82 in 9 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Government Issues, Retirement, Education, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Banking, Bankruptcy, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Budget/Appropriations.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 82 under Arts, Culture, Religion, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 82’s is Arts, Culture, Religion.

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 82 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Executive agency funding and structure to National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities.

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