3rd Quarter - Report — DANCE/USA for DANCE/USA (2013)

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

Incentives for Charitable Giving Extension of IRA charitable rollover, an expansion of tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.H.R. 2482 (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

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

Bills named: H.R. 2482 (113th)

Immigration IMM

S. 744 2013 Senate Immigration Reform Bill and SA. 1183: Support for the ARTS Provision: Streamlining O and P visas 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

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

Bills named: S. 744 (113th)

Education EDU

S. 1094 (Strengthening America's Schools Act) and H.R. 5 (Student Success Act): Support for the Arts Education in the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Implementation of the Fast Response Statistical Survey in Arts Education and the National Assessment of Educational Progress in the Arts.Reathorization of the Institute of Education Sciences

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE	Director of Government Affairs

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

Bills named: H.R. 5 (113th), S. 1094 (113th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

H.R. 2911: The Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act of 2013, which extends eligibility for a Part 74 license which allows immediate access to the geo-location database and the flexibility needed in the performing arts; and ensure the preservation of two safe-haven channels intended only for wireless microphone users.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE	Director of Government Affairs

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

Bills named: H.R. 2911 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

HJ Res 59: FY14 Continuing Resolution S. 1284: Labor HHS Appropriations FY14 Appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts FY14 Appropriations for Arts in Education at the U.S. Department of EducationFY14 State and Foreign Ops Appropriatins: Cultural Exchange funding at the U.S. Department of State

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE	Director of Government Affairs

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

Bills named: H.J.Res. 59 (113th), S. 1284 (113th)

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.