DANCE/USA for DANCE/USA
No amount is shown when the filer reports less than $5,000 for the period, which the form does not ask them to state.
What was lobbied
6 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Immigration IMM
- ARTS (Arts Require Timely Service) Act, which would streamline O and P visa processing by and on behalf of nonprofit arts organizations. - Improvements to visa processing for O and P visas.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRANDON G GRYDE | Director of Government Affairs |
Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM
- Spectrum protection, licensing, and database eligibility for wireless microphone users in the nonprofit performing arts.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRANDON G GRYDE | Director of Government Affairs |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
- HR1 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: Tax provisions affecting charitable contributions and tax-exempt organizations, including support for retaining federal tax code provisions (Johnson Amendment) that prohibit 501(c)(3) entities from endorsing candidates for public office and engaging in partisan electioneering activities. - H.R. 3988/S.2123 Universal Charitable Giving Act: Implement a universal charitable deduction available to all taxpayers, whether they itemize or not. - HR 1830/S.1174: Artist-Museum Partnership Act: provide a deduction equal to the fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRANDON G GRYDE | Director of Government Affairs |
Economics/Economic Development ECN
- S. 661/H.R. 1649: The CREATE Act (Comprehensive Resources for Entrepreneurs in the Arts to Transform the Economy), which would support the development of arts businesses, jobs and the growth of the creative economy by providing artists, entrepreneurs, and workers employed in cultural education and tourism better access to federal programs and resources.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRANDON G GRYDE | Director of Government Affairs |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
- HR 1370 Continuing resolution to fund the federal government for FY18 - HR 3354 Interior and Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development, Commerce, Justice, Science, Financial Services and General Government, Homeland Security, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, State and Foreign Operations, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Legislative Branch, and Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2018: Appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities; Arts in Education at the U.S. Department of Education; for State and Foreign Ops: Cultural Exchange Funding at the U.S. Department of State; and for Corporation for Public Broadcasting. - FY18 and FY19 Appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities - FY18 and FY19 Appropriations for Arts in Education and U.S. Department of Education and Title IV Part A - FY18 and FY19 State and Foreign Ops Appropriations: Cultural Exchange funding at the U.S. Department of State - FY18 and FY19 Appropriations for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Implementation of Fast Response Survey System for Arts Education
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRANDON G GRYDE | Director of Government Affairs |
Education EDU
- Implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Support for Arts Education in the re-authorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. - Implementation of Fast Response Statistical Survey in Arts Education and the National Assessment of Educational Progress in the Arts.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| BRANDON G GRYDE | Director of Government Affairs |
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