AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS

Arts/Entertainment ART

FY 2024 and FY2025 funding for Department of the Interior and related agencies (H.R. 4821/S. 2605/H.R. 4366), including funding for NEA, NEH, National Park Service, Save America's Treasures, historic preservation and the Smithsonian Institution.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Smithsonian Institution; Natl Endowment for the Humanities; Interior, Dept of (DOI); Natl Park Service (NPS); Natl Endowment for the Arts

Bills named: H.R. 4821 (118th), H.R. 4366 (118th), S. 2605 (118th)

Education EDU

FY 2024 and FY 2025 House Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations (H.R. 5894/S. 2624/H.R. 2882), 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.

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Small Business Administration (SBA); White House Office; SENATE; Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5894 (118th), S. 2624 (118th), H.R. 2882 (118th)

Science/Technology SCI

FY 2024 and FY 2025 funding for Commerce, Justice, Science (H.R. 5893/S. 2321/H.R. 4366), 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.

Contacted: Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); SENATE; Natl Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA); Natl Institutes of Health (NIH); Natl Science Foundation (NSF); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4366 (118th), H.R. 5893 (118th), S. 2321 (118th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Tax incentives for charitable donations, including gifts of property. Artist-Museum Partnership Act, to allow artists a fair market-value deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic or scholarly works created by the donor. Maintaining prohibitions on political endorsements by charitable nonprofits. Supporting a universal charitable deduction, the Charitable Act, (S. 566/H.R. 3435) to allow taxpayers claiming the standard deduction to also deduct charitable contributions. Supporting and strengthening the historic tax credit.

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); Internal Revenue Service (IRS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 566 (118th), H.R. 3435 (118th)

Indian/Native American Affairs IND

FY 2024 and FY 2025 funding for the Department of the Interior and related agencies (H.R. 4821/S. 2605/H.R. 4366). Funding for the National Park Service and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) implementation, Historic Preservation Fund. Rules and regulations relating to NAGPRA and other issues.

Contacted: Natl Park Service (NPS); SENATE; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 4366 (118th), S. 2605 (118th), H.R. 4821 (118th)

Foreign Relations FOR

Protection of cultural property around the world. Travel promotion and Brand USA.

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Committee for Education Funding coalition letters to raise Non-Defense Discretionary Funding and Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies (H.R. 5894/S. 2624/H.R. 2882) education funding allocation. Opposition to federal government shutdown.

Contacted: SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 5894 (118th), H.R. 2882 (118th), S. 2624 (118th)