ms CRISTINE DAVIS

Enact the Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act, S. 2510, which will require U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to ensure timely processing of petitions filed by, or on behalf of, nonprofit arts-related organizations. Take steps, in cooperation with the Administration, to persuade USCIS to take ongoing immediate administrative action to improve the artist visa process.

Urging members of Congress to support charitable giving incentives that support the ability of the nonprofit performing arts sector to serve its communities. This includes protecting the full scope and value of the charitable deduction as Congress considers comprehensive tax reform.

Support for arts education by fully-funding and implementing the well-rounded education provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act

Asking Congress to support a budget of at least $155 million for the National Endowment for the Arts Asking Congress to support a budget of at least $110 million for the Office of Citizen Exchanges Asking Congress to support a budget of at least $30 million for the Assistance for Arts Education Program at the U.S. Department of Education

Fully fund and implement the Well-Rounded Education provisions in the Every Student Succeeds Act in the FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill and strengthen equitable access to arts learning.

Federal appropriations for the National Endowment for the Arts: asking Congress to support a budget increase of at least $2 million for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) within the FY17 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill. Federal appropriations($30 million) for the Assistance for Arts Education (AAE) programs in the FY 2017 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill. Federal appropriations for Cultural Exchange programs: asking congress to appropriate $110 million to the Office of Citizen Exchanges at the State Departments Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs within the FY 2017 State and Foreign Operations appropriations bill.

Urging members of Congress to reinstate and make permanent the IRA Rollover charitable giving incentive. Opposing the IRS' proposed regulations for substantiation of gifts from individual donors.

Advocating for federal funding at specific levels while Congress assembled the continuing resolution: National Endowment for the Arts: $146 million in the Interior Appropriations bill Cultural Exchanges: $110 million to the State Department's Office of Citizen Exchanges in the State and Foreign Operations bill Arts Education: $30 million for the Arts in Education (AIE) programs at the Department of Education in the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill.

Protection of unlicensed wireless microphones used in the nonprofit performing arts sector. Specifically, ability to register frequency usage in the geo location database to protect from interference from other devices.

Urging members of the Senate Finance Committee to reinstate and make permanent the IRA Rollover charitable giving incentive.

Support for arts education in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; support for the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education. H.R. 5 "Student Success Act" S. 1177 "Every Child Achieves Act" Specifically: Retaining the definition of "core academic subjects" which includes the arts, Retaining the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program which funds afterschool and summertime learning programs, Retaining the Arts in Education program at the Department of Education, and Requiring states to be transparent and report annually on student access to arts education.

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Support for making the IRA rollover a permanent tax provision.

National Endowment for the Arts: $155 million in the Interior Appropriations bill (HR 2822) Cultural Exchange: $110 million to the Office of Citizen Exchanges at the State Department in the State and Foreign Operations bill (HR 2772) Arts Education: $30 million for the Arts in Education (AIE) programs at the Department of Education in the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill. (S. 1695)

General support for arts and culture in our nation on Arts Advocacy Day 2015.

Support for arts education in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; support for the Arts in Education program at the U.S. Department of Education.

Support for making the IRA rollover a permanent tax provision.

House vote on HR 5806 to make the IRA rollover permanent

H.R. 4719 (The America Gives More Act); on reinstating and making permanent the IRA Charitable Rollover; encouraged grassroots to ask Hose reps to support the rollover; encourage grassroots to ask Senators to take up the bill.

FY15 Appropriations for the NEA; encouraged grassroots to contact House Appropriators regarding proposed FY15 budget of $138M, an $8M cut from FY14 level of $146M.

In support of S. 2260, the Expiring Provisions Improvement Reform and Efficiency (EXPIRE) Act for the retroactive reinstatement--and permanent status of--the IRA charitable rollover.

Support Arts Advocacy Day 2014 by contacting Congress and expressing the importance of the arts in your community and to the nation.

Ask Congress to urge the FAA to write regulations for musicians traveling with carry-on instruments on airplanes.

- Protection of tax incentives for charitable donations

H.R. 2911, the Wireless Microphone Users Interference Protection Act of 2013, which extend eligibility for a Part 74 license which allows immediate access to the geo-location database and the flexibility needed in the performing arts; and ensure the preservation of two safe-haven channels intended only for wireless microphone users.

FY 14 Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts

Support for arts education in the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.