DANCE/USA for DANCE/USA

Arts/Entertainment ART

-Support increased FY2022 appropriations for National Endowment for the Arts, National Endowment for the Humanitities, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Institute for Museum and Library Services

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

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. - Additional appropriations for pandemic relief programs implemented by U.S. Small Business Administration, including the Paycheck Protection Program and the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program. - Urging Congress to reinstate Employee Retention Tax Credit program and to extend for 2022 year. - Urging Congress to extend and increase federal incentives for charitable contributions - Implementation of Fast Response Survey System for arts education - Urging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to simplify its visa petition process for international artists and to ensure timely processing of petitions - Urging U.S. Department of Education to increase access to arts education process and to expand data collection of arts education programs across the country.

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

Unemployment UNM

-Support federal enhanced unemployment benefits and other federal unemployment relief programs related to COVID19

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

Foreign Relations FOR

- Support international exchange programs and simplified foreign artist visa process

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

Communications/Broadcasting/Radio/TV COM

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

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

Small Business SMB

-Support more relief for small businesses related to COVID19 -Support for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program -Support simplified loan forgiveness process under Paycheck Protection Program

Contacted: State, Dept of (DOS); Natl Endowment for the Arts; Federal Communications Commission (FCC); Small Business Administration (SBA); Education, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Bureau of Citizenship & Immigration Services (BCIS); 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. - Increase access to arts education programs - Increased FY2022 appropriations for U.S. Department of Education

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

- S618, HR 1704: support for a universal charitable deduction available to all taxpayers, whether they itemize or not. - H.R. 513 - Nonprofits Support Act to modify the requirements for determining the unrelated business taxable income of tax-exempt organizations. - 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). - Reinstate the Employee Retention Tax Credit Program for Q4 and extend into 2022

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

Bills named: S. 1257 (117th), H.R. 1704 (117th), H.R. 513 (117th), H.R. 3832 (117th)

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.

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