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National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia to Testify at Fiscal Year 2006 House Appropriations Hearing

 

Contact:
Sally Gifford
202-682-5606

March 8, 2005

Washington, D.C. - The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, chaired by Rep. Charles Taylor (R-NC), will hold its first hearing on the National Endowment for the Arts' Fiscal Year 2006 funding, at 10:00 am on Thursday, March 10, 2005. The hearing will be held in Room B308, Rayburn House Office Building, located at Independence Avenue S.W. and South Capitol Street.

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia will present President George W. Bush's Fiscal Year 2006 budget request of $121.3 million to the House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee. The request includes support for Direct Endowment Grants, State and Regional Partnerships, Challenge America: Reaching Every Community, and the national touring initiative American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius.

The hearing is open to the media and the public, but seating is extremely limited.

For NEA Appropriations History, visit www.arts.gov/about/Facts/AppropriationsHistory.html. For more information, contact the NEA Office of Communications at 202-682-5570.


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