2nd Quarter - Report — DANCE/USA for DANCE/USA (2009)

Firm

DANCE/USA

Client

DANCE/USA

Income

—

Expenses

$13,000

Expense method

B: tax-exempt organisations, Internal Revenue Code section 6033(b)(8)

What was lobbied

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

Education EDU

Implementation of Fast Response Statistical Survey in Arts Education and the National Assessment of Educational Progress in the Arts Support for Arts Education in the Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY FITTERER	—

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

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Protecting performing arts audio technology by expanding licensing eligibility at the FCC to include wireless microphones used in the performing arts

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY FITTERER	—

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

Immigration IMM

HR 1785 / S 1409 The Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act to improve the visa process for foreign guest artists

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY FITTERER	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 1785 (111th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

HR 1126/S 405 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. HR 1250 Public Good IRA Rollover Act of 2009 - expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY FITTERER	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 1126 (111th), H.R. 1250 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY10 Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act - Funding for Arts in Education Programs and Research at the U.S. Department of Education FY10 Interior Appropriations Act - Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities FY10 Funding for Cultural Programs Division of the State Department Office of Citizen Exchange FY10 Corporation for National and Community Service - Funding for Serve America Act and all CNCS programs

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY FITTERER	—

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

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.