1st Quarter - Report — DANCE/USA for DANCE/USA (2010)

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.

Immigration IMM

H.R. 1785 / S. 1409 The Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act, Streamlined visa processing for nonprofit arts organizations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY FITTERER	—

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

Bills named: S. 1409 (111th), H.R. 1785 (111th)

Health Issues HCR

H.R. 4872 / H.R. 3590 Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act: Support for tax credits and incentives for nonprofit organizations in health care reform legislation.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY FITTERER	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 3590 (111th), H.R. 4872 (111th)

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
AMY FITTERER	—

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

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

Protecting performing arts wireless audio technology from interference by requesting that the FCC expand eligibility for Part 74 licensing to nonprofit performing arts organizations

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY FITTERER	—

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1126 / S. 405 Artist-Museum Partnership Act - provide a deducation equal to the fair market value for charitable contributiosn of literary, musical, artistic or scholarly compositions created by the donor. Reinstatement of the IRA Charitable Rollover, an expansion of tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY FITTERER	—

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

Bills named: S. 405 (111th), H.R. 1126 (111th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

FY11 Interior Appropriations - Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities FY11 Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education Appropriations - Funding for Arts in Education Programs FY 11 Department of State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs Appropriations - Funding for Cultural Programs Division of the State Department Office of Citizen Exchanges

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
AMY FITTERER	—

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Federal Communications Commission (FCC); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); Education, Dept of; Natl Endowment for the Arts; 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.