November 20, 2014
Discretionary SpendingOption 39
Function 500 - Education, Training, Employment, and Social Services
Reduce Federal Funding for the Arts and Humanities
| Billions of dollars | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2015-2019 | 2015-2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in Spending | |||||||||||||
| Budget authority | 0 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -0.9 | -2.1 | -5.9 | |
| Outlays | 0 | -0.3 | -0.4 | -0.5 | -0.6 | -0.6 | -0.7 | -0.7 | -0.8 | -0.8 | -1.9 | -5.5 | |
Note: This option would take effect in October 2015. Estimates are relative to CBO’s August 2014 baseline projections.
Federal funding for arts and humanities programs includes payments to the Smithsonian Institution, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Gallery of Art, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program. This option would cut federal support for those programs by 25 percent and would not adjust future appropriations for inflation.