[SOA] Fwd: [NCHMembership] Congress Passes FY 17 Budget-See NCH Funding Summary

Thu May 4 21:15:22 EDT 2017

Folks,

The message below provides information on NARA & NHPRC but also the 
wider universe of cultural resource programs at the federal level that 
help us and many others in the broad historical and cultural community 
that we know. (And note in the tables, Ohio U. some years back had a 
project funded through the "Save America's Treasures" program. And an 
archivist from Texas was head of IMLS during the second Bush 
presidency.). I hope you find it of interest to spend a few minutes 
reviewing these things.

George

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Subject: 	[NCHMembership] Congress Passes FY 17 Budget-See NCH Funding 
Summary
Date: 	Thu, 4 May 2017 15:50:21 -0400
From: 	Lee White <lwhite at historycoalition.org>
Reply-To: 	NCHMembership at historycoalition.org
To: 	NCHPolicyBoard at historycoalition.org 
<NCHPolicyBoard at historycoalition.org>, 
NCHMembership at historycoalition.org <NCHMembership at historycoalition.org>, 
Lee White <lwhite at historycoalition.org>

Dear NCH members,

Earlier this afternoon the Senate passed the FY 17 omnibus 
appropriations bill that will keep the federal government funded through 
the rest of the current fiscal year that expires on September 30. 
President Trump is expected to sign the bill later today.

Here is a link to the story I just published on the NCH website breaking 
down funding for federal history, archival, preservation and education 
programs. (There are also postings on NCH’s Twitter and Facebook pages). 
Across the board these programs were either level funded or received 
small increases. This should be considered a victory given the current 
budget climate.

http://historycoalition.org/2017/05/04/congress-finally-passes-fy-2017-federal-budget/

The story includes links to two charts showing how programs of interest 
to our community fared. The first chart includes the budget numbers for 
FY17 and compares them with FY16 and President Obama’s original budget 
request. The second provides funding trends over the past three fiscal 
years to give some historical perspective. When viewed from that time 
frame, in most cases the numbers actually show a general upward trend.

Feel free to cut and paste from the story to highlight the programs of 
interest to your members. However, if you use either one of the charts, 
please credit NCH.

Only in Washington would passing a budget seven months into the fiscal 
year be considered a cause for celebration. That said, we face difficult 
days ahead when the Trump administration sends its proposed FY 18 budget 
to Congress in the near future. Trump has already signaled his intention 
to eliminate the National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts and the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services. We can expect other programs 
to be similarly targeted. So we should savor the increases we received 
this year.

Thanks to all of you who responded to multiple legislative alerts over 
the past year on these funding issues!

Please let me know if you have any questions.

-- 
Lee White
Executive Director
National Coalition for History
202-544-2422 x-116
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