3rd Quarter - Report

DANCE/USA for DANCE/USA

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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

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

Education EDU

S. 1177: Implementation of 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Interior, Dept of (DOI); Education, Dept of; SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Endowment for the Arts

Bills named: S. 1177 (114th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R.5325 Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government. H.R.5538/S.3068 FY17 Appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts S.3040 FY17 Appropriations for Arts in Education at the U.S. Department of Education S.3117 FY17 State and Foreign Ops Appropriations: Cultural Exchange funding at the U.S. Department of State Implementation of the National Assessment of Educational Progress in the Arts

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Natl Endowment for the Arts; Education, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S. 3068 (114th), S. 3040 (114th), S. 3117 (114th), H.R. 5325 (114th), H.R. 5538 (114th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

S.2750 Charities Helpipng Americans Regularly Throughout the Year Act; S.1159 Public Good IRA Rollover Act: modify several tax provisions affecting charitable contributions and tax-exempt organizations. S.931/H.R.4948: Artist-Museum Partnership Act: to 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 Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE; Natl Endowment for the Arts; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of

Bills named: S. 931 (114th), H.R. 4948 (114th), S. 2750 (114th), S. 1159 (114th)

Economics/Economic Development ECN

S. 2648 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Natl Endowment for the Arts; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Interior, Dept of (DOI)

Bills named: S. 2648 (114th)

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Spectrum protection, licensing, and database eligibility for wireless microphone users in the nonprofit performing arts.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Natl Endowment for the Arts; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Immigration IMM

S. 2510 ARTS Act of 2016 (Arts Require Timely Service), 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.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: SENATE; Natl Endowment for the Arts; Interior, Dept of (DOI); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

Bills named: S. 2510 (114th)

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.