3rd 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.

Immigration IMM

- S. 744: Support for the ARTS Provision in immigration reform legislation, which would streamline O and P visa processing by and on behalf of nonprofit arts organizations. - Improvements to visa processing for O and P visas.

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

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

Bills named: S. 744 (113th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

- Protection of tax incentives for charitable donations - H.R. 4719 (America Gives More Act) - S. 1772 (Public Good IRA Charitable Rollover Act of 2013) Expansion and extension of IRA charitable rollover, an expansion of tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes - House Ways and Means International Tax Reform Discussion Draft: including proposals for tax incentives for charitable donations and Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) policies - H.R. 2482 (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.

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

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

Bills named: H.R. 4719 (113th), H.R. 2482 (113th), S. 1772 (113th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

H.R.5171, FY15 Appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts FY15 Appropriations for Arts in Education at the U.S. Department of Education FY15 State and Foreign Ops Appropriations: Cultural Exchange funding at the U.S. Department of State FY15 Appropriations for the Corporation for National and Community Service

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

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

Bills named: H.R. 5171 (113th)

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. - Reauthorization of the Institute of Education Sciences.

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

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

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

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.