2nd 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

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

- HR 1260, HR 651: support for a universal charitable deduction available to all taxpayers, whether they itemize or not. - S. 632/ H.R. 1545: the LIFT for Charities Act, which would repeal the unrelated business income tax on nonprofits for the expenses they incur providing transportation fringe benefits to their employees - H.R. 513 - Nonprofits Support Act to modify the requirements for determining the unrelated business taxable income of tax-exempt organizations. -S. 1282 Sen. Cruz/Shaheen bill on repealing Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) on nonprofits - 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). - H.R. 1793 Artist-Museum Partnership Act: provide a deduction equal to the fair market value for charitable contributions of created by the donor. - 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
BRANDON G GRYDE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1257 (116th), H.R. 513 (116th), H.R. 1793 (116th), S. 632 (116th), H.R. 1545 (116th), S. 1282 (116th), H.R. 1260 (116th), H.R. 3832 (116th), H.R. 651 (116th)

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
BRANDON G GRYDE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: SENATE; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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
BRANDON G GRYDE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE

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
BRANDON G GRYDE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Internal Revenue Service (IRS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

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

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Internal Revenue Service (IRS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

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.