4th Quarter - Report

DANCE/USA for DANCE/USA

Period 4th Quarter 2012 Filed Jan 22, 2013 Signed by Brandon Gryde, Director of Government Affairs

Official filing
Firm
DANCE/USA
Client
DANCE/USA
Income
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Expenses
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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

5 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 8 / S. 3412 Incentives for Charitable Giving in American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012; S. 3521 Extension and reinstatement of IRA charitable rollover, an expansion of tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes; H.R. 1190 / S. 930 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Education, Dept of; White House Office

Bills named: S. 3412 (112th), H.R. 1190 (112th), H.R. 8 (112th), S. 930 (112th), S. 3521 (112th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 6091 / S. 0000 Appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts S. 3295 Appropriations for Arts in Education at the U.S. Department of Education H.R. 5857 / S. 3241 State and Foreign Ops Appropriations: Cultural Exchange funding at the U.S. Department of State.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE —

Contacted: SENATE; Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); White House Office; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Bills named: S. 0000 (112th), H.R. 6091 (112th), S. 3295 (112th), H.R. 5857 (112th), S. 3241 (112th)

Immigration IMM

ARTS Act - Streamlining visa processing for nonprofit arts organizations; Improvements to visa processing for O and P visas

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; White House Office; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); State, Dept of (DOS)

Education EDU

Support for Arts Education in the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; Implementation of Fast Response Statistical Survey in Arts Education and the National Assessment of Education Progress in the Arts.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE —

Contacted: White House Office; Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

American Jobs Act: Broadcast Spectrum Reallocation - protections and considerations for nonprofit performing arts sector as wireless micropohone users.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE —

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Education, Dept of; SENATE

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.