policy and advocacy

Congressional Arts Handbook - 2005

• Table of Contents/Legislative Planning Committee (pdf, 38 KB)
• Directory of National CoSponsors (pdf, 141 KB)
• Issue Briefs: FY 2006 Interior Appropriations (pdf, 197 KB)
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• Challenge America
• Relevant Congressional Committees
• NEA/NEH FY 2005 Legislative History
• Issue Briefs: FY 2006 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations (pdf, 78 KB)
• Museum Funding Through the Institute of Museum and Library Services
• Arts Education Through the U.S. Department of Education + Additional Talking Points
• Relevant Congressional Committees
• Issue Briefs: Tax Policy (pdf, 101 KB)
  • Enhancing Tax Deductibility for Charitable Gifts
  • Artists’ Fair-Market Value Deduction Bills
  • Relevant Congressional Committees
• Issue Briefs: International Issues (pdf, 160 KB)
  • Improving the Visa Process for Foreign Guest Artists
  • Cultural Exchanges Through the U.S. Department of State + Additional Talking Points 
  • Relevant Congressional Committees
• Other Issue Briefs (pdf, 81 KB)
  • Transportation Enhancements
  • Cultural Funding Through the Department of Homeland Security
  • Community Development Block Grants
• U.S. House of Representatives Voting Record (pdf, 95 KB)
  Includes votes on floor amendments on NEA and NEH funding and transportation enhancements, as well as membership in the Congressional Arts Caucus, signatory status of the FY 2004 Arts in Education sign-on letter, and cosponsorship of last year's artists tax deduction bill.  We do not include a Senate voting record as there have been no relevant arts votes in the Senate since 2000.
• Facts and Figures (pdf, 1.5 MB)
• Latest research measuring the impact of the arts and arts education.
• Directory of the Congressional Arts Caucus (pdf, 41 KB)
• U.S. House of Representatives Contact Information (pdf, 57 KB)
  Includes Arts Staffers, Education Staffers and Schedulers
• United States Senate Contact Information (pdf, 21 KB)
  Includes Arts Staffers and Schedulers