AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS

Committee for Education Funding coalition letters to raise Non-Defense Discretionary Funding and Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies education funding allocation. Opposition to federal government shutdown.

FY 2025 House Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations, including funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Arts Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, American History and Civics Education, Magnet Schools Assistance Program. Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and preservation and improvement of Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

FY 2025 funding for Commerce, Justice, Science, including funding for NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning, NIH Science Education Partnership and Informal Science Education, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Informal Science Education Program and NASA grants for science museums and planetariums, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Education Program. Support for Multinational Species Conservation Funds.

FY 2025 funding for the Department of the Interior and related agencies. Funding for the National Park Service and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) compliance, and Historic Preservation Fund. Rules and regulations relating to NAGPRA and other issues.

FY2025 funding for Department of the Interior and related agencies, including funding for NEA, NEH, National Park Service, Save America's Treasures, historic preservation, and the Smithsonian Institution.