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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> National Coalition for History <lwhite@historycoalition.org>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 10, 2019 12:26 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet <carleton@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> NCH Washington Update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Washington Update <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:navy">House Appropriations Committee Approves FY 20 Funding for Key History Programs </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><br>
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</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">On May 8, the House Appropriations Committee marked up the fiscal year (FY) 2020 Labor, HHS and Education appropriations bill. It includes good news for programs
and agencies of importance to the historical community. The Committee rejected efforts by the Trump administration to eliminate three programs. <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistorycoalition.us10.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878%26id%3De50cfdd414%26e%3D994dc209a0&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C37cf16a519e940817cf608d6d5641ea4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C636931023321590850&sdata=1XXD4YQQiVFzUrVG0k6AIbOMB4QQxSzZSCpWYLpPcRs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:firebrick;font-weight:normal">Institute
of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)</span></a> would see its FY 20 budget increased by $15 million to $257 million.</span></strong> To read NCH’s testimony on the bill that was submitted to the committee, <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistorycoalition.us10.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878%26id%3Dc273bfff10%26e%3D994dc209a0&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C37cf16a519e940817cf608d6d5641ea4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C636931023321600859&sdata=aIgEeUZODzdJsn%2F9ognwPmvgOaJSNqHhO36N1RuOAN0%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:firebrick">click
here</span></a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060"><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistorycoalition.us10.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878%26id%3D315949ebf5%26e%3D994dc209a0&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C37cf16a519e940817cf608d6d5641ea4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C636931023321600859&sdata=coiAeX53yck8tmkJ9gerPCa3r267UiWqKNZKg1uZv0U%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:firebrick;font-weight:normal">Title
VI and Fulbright-Hays International Education programs</span></a> received a $17 million, or 24% increase over FY 2019 funding. </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060"> This is the first
significant proposed increases for Title VI and Fulbright-Hays since major cuts in FY 11.</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">Title VI</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060"><br>
FY19: $65.1M<br>
FY20 House: <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$80.4M, a $15.3M or 24% increase</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">Fulbright-Hays</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060"><br>
FY19: $7M<br>
FY20 House: <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$8.73M, a $1.7M or 19% increase</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">Totals</span></u></strong><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060"><br>
FY19: $72.14M<br>
FY20 House: <strong><u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">$89.1M</span></u></strong><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">, a $17M or 24% increase</span></strong></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of Congress</span></a>,</span></strong> including the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service, and National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">the Committee recommended a
total of $720,290,000 in fiscal year 2020, an increase of $24,178,000 over the prior year. </span></strong>NCH’s testimony on the proposed FY 20 Library of Congress budget can be seen by <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistorycoalition.us10.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878%26id%3Df66a4f8b8d%26e%3D994dc209a0&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C37cf16a519e940817cf608d6d5641ea4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C636931023321620878&sdata=jxpDbWvICWq6nqmU5XyRBPUakJyyyCuhuUs%2FqewZNsQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:firebrick">clicking
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">The House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee may take up the Fiscal Year (FY) 2020
appropriations bill funding the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) and National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) at any time. <strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Trump administration has proposed
major cuts to the National Archives and the elimination of the NHPRC!</span></strong><br>
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It is vitally important that you contact the members of the House Appropriations Committee TODAY and ask them to provide the National Archives with $410 million for its operating expenses and that Congress not eliminate the NHPRC and fund it at $10 million
for FY 20. NCH's testimony on the NARA and NHPRC FY 20 budget requests can be seen by
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<span style="color:firebrick">clicking here</span></a>.<br>
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Working with our colleagues at the National Humanities Alliance, you can quickly send <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistorycoalition.us10.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878%26id%3D689968b40f%26e%3D994dc209a0&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C37cf16a519e940817cf608d6d5641ea4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C636931023321630892&sdata=K8y70fl%2BaoeYd4aj6GRVGwxvt%2BLV0n1YxCdNqQ1z7AA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:firebrick">a
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">You can also send your own personalized letter or call your Representative. </span></strong><b><br>
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takes you to each Representative's website which provides their email address and phone number. Try to personalize your call or e-mail with an appeal that highlights the impact the National Archives and/or NHPRC grants have on your own work, your institution,
and/or your congressional district and state. Each contact will make a difference. It is imperative that we make the voices of the historical and archives communities heard loud and clear. We can make a difference only if we take action now!<br>
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Initial action on an agency's budget is a two-step process. The full House Appropriations Committee will likely consider the bill a day or so after the FS&GG Subcommittee markup. So time is of the essence.<br>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Contacts:</span></strong><br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">House Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Subcommittee</span></i></strong> (jurisdiction over NARA and NHPRC budgets). <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistorycoalition.us10.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878%26id%3Dcf718e78f2%26e%3D994dc209a0&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C37cf16a519e940817cf608d6d5641ea4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C636931023321650897&sdata=P3a9f8y5g7cBwDasflb0p96696wcIpqDa7y%2BVkdgt8Q%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:firebrick">https://appropriations.house.gov/subcommittees/financial-services-and-general-government-116th-congress</span></a><br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">House Appropriations Committee</span></i></strong>: <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistorycoalition.us10.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878%26id%3D15e45a329f%26e%3D994dc209a0&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C37cf16a519e940817cf608d6d5641ea4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C636931023321660902&sdata=A9v4EnkJCARNf0msKg8gk%2B0WgFldHdOR2X8hIG8LpiQ%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:firebrick">https://appropriations.house.gov/about/membership</span></a><br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Find your Representative by Zip Code: </span></i></strong><a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistorycoalition.us10.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878%26id%3Dc999429aea%26e%3D994dc209a0&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C37cf16a519e940817cf608d6d5641ea4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C636931023321660902&sdata=lguk3m4SYte487ncr3dNt%2BSS%2B67boZc15QVmduH8lXw%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:firebrick">https://www.house.gov/representatives/find-your-representative</span></a><br>
<strong><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">US Capitol Switchboard</span></i></strong> (All Members of Congress can be reached via this number) 202-224-3121</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">On April 25, a fire was set outside the National Archives Building in Washington, DC. No one was injured, and the building sustained some damage to the exterior
wall. </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#606060">A defendant was indicted by a grand jury on May 6 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on one count of arson. </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#606060">
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services recently announced the 10 recipients of the 2019 <a href="https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistorycoalition.us10.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D08692bfb14b4b62cef6bb2878%26id%3Dbc701761c8%26e%3D994dc209a0&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C37cf16a519e940817cf608d6d5641ea4%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C636931023321690930&sdata=vuCKnBzxpCu9MoEHDwmBw49zy9pPJ9hzBRRxibCeK1U%3D&reserved=0"><span style="color:firebrick">National
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The National Park Service recently announced three grants from the American Battlefield Protection Program totaling $344,693 to preserve Civil War battlefields in
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services recently announced funding for a redesigned Museum Assessment Program (MAP), a cooperative agreement with the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), that will offer technical assistance and capacity-building support
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