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.
Arts/Entertainment ART
FY 2022/FY 2023 funding for Department of the Interior/related agencies, including funding for NEA, NEH, National Park Service, Save America's Treasures, historic preservation and the Smithsonian (H.R. 4372/H.R. 4502).
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
Education EDU
FY 2022/FY 2023 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 (H.R. 4502). Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act and preservation of Public Service Loan Forgiveness. Work Now Act (S. 740/H.R. 1987). Shuttered Venue Operators Grants program and funding for museums.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
Science/Technology SCI
FY 2022/FY 2023 funding for Commerce, Justice, Science (H.R. 4505), 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. 618/H.R. 1704; H.R. 1081) to allow taxpayers claiming the standard deduction to also deduct charitable contributions. Supporting and strengthening the historic tax credit. Supporting the Legacy IRA Act (S. 243; and provisions in H.R. 2954, Securing a Strong Retirement Act of 2022), which would broaden the IRA Charitable Rollover, allowing individuals to make tax-free distributions to planned giving accounts as well as to charities. Provisions to increase charitable giving and include nonprofits, including museums, in SBA and other loan and loan forgiveness programs. Extend the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) beyond 2021, modify nonprofit eligibility beyond the current gross receipts test, and oppose 4th quarter 2021 elimination in H.R. 3684. Support H.R. 6161/S. 3625 to provide for a reinstatement of the Employee Retention Tax Credit through 2021.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
Indian/Native American Affairs IND
FY 2022/ FY 2023 funding for the Department of the Interior and related agencies (H.R. 4372/H.R. 4502). 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 Culturally Unidentifiable Human Remains and other issues.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| EMBER FARBER | — |
| BARRY SZCZESNY | — |
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. Support and protect substantial financial aid to state and local governments in American Rescue Plan (H.R. 1319) to avoid layoffs and cuts to essential programs and services, and to prevent the imposition by governments of new costs and burdens on their nonprofit partners, including museums. Include museums COVID-19 funding relief legislation.
| 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.