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

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

Unemployment UNM

-Support federal enhanced unemployment benefits and other federal unemployment relief programs related to COVID19

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TONY BENNETT SHIVERS Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TONY BENNETT SHIVERS Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Foreign Relations FOR

- Support international exchange programs and simplified foreign artist visa process

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TONY BENNETT SHIVERS Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Immigration IMM

- Visa provision to streamline O and P visa processing by and on behalf of nonprofit arts organizations (ARTS Provision, prospective reintroduction) - Improvements to visa processing for O and P visas. - Improvements to Central Withholding Agreement withholding process for foreign guest artists.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TONY BENNETT SHIVERS Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

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 restoration of the arts in the National Assessment of Educational Progress in the Arts.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TONY BENNETT SHIVERS Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

- HR 1260, HR 651: support for a universal charitable deduction available to all taxpayers, whether they itemize or not. - H.R. 513 - Nonprofits Support Act to modify the requirements for determining the unrelated business taxable income of tax-exempt organizations. - S. 1257 / H.R.3832 Legacy IRA Act: an expansion of the IRA Charitable Rollover to allow seniors starting at age 65 to make tax-free IRA rollovers to charities through life-income plans (charitable gift annuity or charitable remainder trust). - 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
TONY BENNETT SHIVERS Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Small Business Administration (SBA); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1257 (116th), H.R. 1260 (116th), H.R. 513 (116th), H.R. 651 (116th), H.R. 3832 (116th)

Small Business SMB

-Support more relief for small businesses related to COVID19 -Support Save Our Stages Act - Support simplified loan forgiveness process under Paycheck Protection Program

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TONY BENNETT SHIVERS Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Arts/Entertainment ART

-Support increased FY2021 appropriations for National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanitities, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Institute for Museum and Library Services

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TONY BENNETT SHIVERS Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Budget/Appropriations BUD

- COVID19 relief appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities; COVID19 relief appropriations for Arts in Education at the U.S. Department of Education and Title IV, Part A; COVID19 relief State and Foreign Ops Appropriations: Cultural Exchange funding at the U.S. Department of State; appropriations for Corporation for Public Broadcasting. - Implementation of Fast Response Survey System for arts education

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
TONY BENNETT SHIVERS Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: SENATE; Small Business Administration (SBA); 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.