2nd 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.

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.

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

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

Bills named: S. 661 (115th), H.R. 1649 (115th)

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

- Tax provisions affecting charitable contributions and tax-exempt organizations - H.R. 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. - 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

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

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

Bills named: S. 1174 (115th), H.R. 1830 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

- HR 244 Consolidated Appropriations Act 2017: appropriations for National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities; for 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 Appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities - FY18 Appropriations for Arts in Education at the U.S. Department of Education - FY18 State and Foreign Ops Appropriations: Cultural Exchange funding at the U.S. Department of State - FY18 Appropriations for Corporation for Public Broadcasting - Implementation of Fast Response Survey System for arts education

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

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

Bills named: H.R. 244 (115th)

Immigration IMM

- ARTS Act (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: Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Natl Endowment for the Arts; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Interior, Dept of (DOI); SENATE

Education EDU

- Implementation of Every Student Succeeds Act: 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 Educational Progress in the Arts.

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

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

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.