2nd Quarter - Report — DANCE/USA for DANCE/USA (2012)

Firm

DANCE/USA

Client

DANCE/USA

Income

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Expenses

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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

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY13 Appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts S.3295 Appropriations for Arts in Education at the U.S. Department of Education H.R.5857 / S.3241 State and Foreign Ops Appropriations: Cultural Exchange funding at the U.S. Department of State

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); SENATE; White House Office; Education, Dept of

Bills named: S. 3241 (112th), H.R. 5857 (112th), S. 3295 (112th)

Immigration IMM

ARTS Act: Streamlining visa processing for nonprofit arts organizations. Imporvements to visa processing for O and P visas.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); State, Dept of (DOS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Transportation TRA

S.223 / H.R.658: FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement Act - set and implement a uniform national policy for all airlines regarding musical instruments as carry-on luggage on airplanes.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: White House Office; SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Education, Dept of; Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Bills named: S. 223 (112th), H.R. 658 (112th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Incentives for Charitable Giving IRA Charitable Rollover, an expansion of tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes. H.R.1190 /S.930 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.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Education, Dept of; State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); White House Office

Bills named: S. 930 (112th), H.R. 1190 (112th)

Education EDU

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

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; SENATE; State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Education, Dept of

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

American Jobs Act: Broadcast Spectrum Reallocation - protections and considerations for nonprofit performing arts sector as wireless microphone users.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRANDON G GRYDE	Director of Government Affairs

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); White House Office; Education, Dept of; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS)

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.