AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS for AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF MUSEUMS
What was lobbied
7 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Foreign Relations FOR
Protection of cultural property around the world. Travel promotion and Brand USA.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
Budget/Appropriations BUD
Committee for Education Funding coalition letter to raise Labor-HHS-Education and Related Agencies education funding allocation.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
Arts/Entertainment ART
FY 2024 funding for Department of the Interior and related agencies, including funding for NEA, NEH, National Park Service, Save America's Treasures, historic preservation and the Smithsonian.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
Education EDU
FY 2024 House Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations, including funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services; Arts Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, American History and Civics Education, Magnet Schools Assistance Program. Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and preservation and improvement of Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Civics Secures Democracy Act.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
Science/Technology SCI
FY 2024 funding for Commerce, Justice, Science, including funding for NSF Advancing Informal STEM Learning, NIH Science Education Partnership and Informal Science Education, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Informal Science Education Program and NASA grants for science museums and planetariums, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Education Program. Support for Multinational Species Conservation Funds.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX
Tax incentives for charitable donations, including gifts of property. Artist-Museum Partnership Act, to allow artists a fair market-value deduction for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic or scholarly works created by the donor. Maintaining prohibitions on political endorsements by charitable nonprofits. Supporting a universal charitable deduction (S. 566) to allow taxpayers claiming the standard deduction to also deduct charitable contributions. Supporting and strengthening the historic tax credit.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
Indian/Native American Affairs IND
FY 2024 funding for the Department of the Interior and related agencies. Funding for the National Park Service and the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) implementation, Historic Preservation Fund. Rules and regulations relating to NAGPRA and other issues.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
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.