3rd Quarter - Report — DANCE/USA for DANCE/USA (2012)

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.

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

American Jobs Act: Broadcast Spectrum Reallocation - protections and consideration of nonprofit performing arts sector as wireless microphone users

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

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

Education EDU

Support for Arts Eduction 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.

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

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R.8 / S.3412 Incentives for Charitable Giving, including the charitable deduction and estate tax. S.3521 Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012, for the extension of the IRA Charitable Rollover, an expansion of tax-free distribution from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes. H.R.1190 / S.930 Artist-Museum Partnershp Act: provide a deduction equal to the fair market value for charitable deductions of literary, musical artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor.

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

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

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R. 6091 / S. 0000 FY13 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.

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

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

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

Immigration IMM

ARTS Act - Streamlining visa processing for 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: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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.