The Senate also reduced financing for memorial commission salaries and expenses by nearly $1 million.
As many cash-short states reduce financing for their film offices, New Mexico is headed defiantly in the opposite direction.
Since 2009, the state has reduced financing for mental health services by 36 percent, the second-highest rate in the country.
Among other measures, it has lowered operating expenses by about $4 billion and reduced financing for purchases of its products to $1.3 billion from $5.3 billion.
Many states may be forced to cut benefits sharply as well as reduce financing for community health centers and state hospitals that serve the poor.
Last week, House Republicans reduced financing for this year to less than one-third that amount, leaving the Senate to salvage the rest.
At the same time, he provoked the ire of environmentalists by reducing financing for the state's water management districts, directly affecting the environmentally fragile Everglades.
Mr. Muti has criticized the Italian government's policy on culture, condemning cuts that have reduced financing for the performing arts year after year.
As another destructive wildfire season chars the West, the federal government is sharply reducing financing for programs aimed at preventing catastrophic fires.
