policy and advocacy

Congressional Arts Handbook - 2009

• Table of Contents/Legislative Planning Committee (pdf, 94KB)
• Directory of National CoSponsors
• Issue Briefs: FY 2010 Interior Appropriations (pdf, 116KB)
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • The Arts and Economic Recovery
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
  • NEA/NEH FY 2009 Legislative Recap
  • Relevant Congressional Committees
• Issue Briefs: FY 2010 Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations (pdf, 70.3KB)
  • Arts Education through the U.S. Department of Education
  • Museum Funding through the Institute of Museum and Library Services
  • Relevant Congressional Committees
• Issue Briefs: Tax Policy (pdf, 55.7KB)
  • Encouraging Charitable Gifts to Arts and Culture
  • Artists’ Fair-Market Value Deduction Bills
  • Relevant Congressional Committee
• Issue Briefs: National Service and Education Reauthorization (pdf, 178KB)
  • National Service and the Arts
  • Strengthen Arts Education in No Child Left Behind
  • Relevant Congressional Committee
• Issue Briefs: International Issues (pdf, 68.3KB)
  • Improving the Visa Process for Foreign Guest Artists
  • Cultural Exchanges through the U.S. Department of State
  • Relevant Congressional Committees
• Issue Briefs: Healthcare Reform and the Arts (pdf, 57.3KB)
  • Strengthening Our Nation's Healthcare Through the Arts
  • Issue Statements:  Public Broadcasting and 'White Spaces'
  • Relevant Congressional Committees
• U.S. House of Representatives Voting Record (pdf, 95KB)
  • The House voting record includes votes on floor amendments on NEA funding, Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding, as well as membership in the Congressional Arts Caucus, signatory status of the 2008 Arts in Education and NEA sign-on letters, and co-sponsorship of the artist-museum partnership bill.
• U.S. Senate Arts Voting Record (pdf, 63KB)
  • The Senate voting record includes a vote on a floor amendment to restrict economic stimulus funds from distribution to musuems, theaters, and arts centers, as well as membership in the Senate Cultural Caucus and co-sponsorship of the artist-museum partnership bill.
• Facts and Figures/Field at a Glance (pdf, 2.06MB)
  • Latest research measuring the impact of the arts and arts education
  • "Field at a Glance" Trend information on various arts fields and specific disciplines
• Directories of the Congressional Arts Caucus and Senate Cultural Caucus (pdf, 57KB)
• U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate Contact Information (pdf, 94KB)
  • Includes Arts Staffers, Education Staffers, and Schedulers