MUSIC AND DANCE see also Arts and Humanities

Appointments

Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Board of Trustees, S946 [11FE], S1124 [25FE]

Articles and editorials

Narrows Is a Club To Call Home, E1116 [23JY]

Smith Is Season Nine Voice Winner, S8785 [17DE]

Bills and resolutions

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (see H. Con. Res. 25), H1803 [19MR]

Children and youth: limit hours children work as actors, performers, and models, require blocked trust accounts for their financial protection, and clarify liability of employers for sexual harassment of such child performers (see H.R. 3383), H5767 [29JY]

Chuck Brown Day: designate (see H. Res. 391), H5590 [28JY]

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (see S. 662), S1303 [4MR] (see H.R. 1283), H1611 [4MR]

——— provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings (see H.R. 1733), H2151 [13AP]

District of Columbia: support and honor performers and sponsors of Lunchtime Music on the Mall festival (see H. Res. 264), H3213 [14MY]

FCC: deny retransmission consent to a television station if a radio station of the same licensee transmits a recording without providing compensation and prohibit imposition of radio tuner mandates for mobile devices (see H.R. 1999), H2463 [23AP]

Gordy, Berry, Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 550), H9011 [3DE]

Gospel Music Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 3), H42 [6JA]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see S. 693), S1383 [10MR] (see H.R. 839), H916 [10FE]

Internet: prohibit the sale or use of certain software to circumvent control measures used by Internet ticket sellers to ensure equitable consumer access to event tickets and provide criminal penalties for such acts (see H.R. 708), H810 [4FE]

Jazz: preserve knowledge and promote education (see H.R. 1682), H2109 [26MR]

Knuckles, Frankie: tribute (see H. Res. 280), H3561 [21MY]

Medora, ND: anniversary of Medora Musical (see S. Res. 220), S4953 [9JY]

National Dance Day: designate (see H. Res. 365), H5237 [15JY]

Paul, Les: tribute (see H. Res. 302), H3915 [4JN]

Sound recording and reproducing: provide for direct payment of statutory sound recording performance royalties to record producers (see H.R. 1457), H1801 [19MR]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see S. 931), S2172 [14AP]

——— extend special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions (see H.R. 2405), H3386 [19MY]

——— extend tax incentives to certain live theatrical performances (see S. 364), S772 [4FE]

Hymns

Marines’ Hymn: Marine Corps, H7639 [4NO]

Proclamations

Zenobia Brokenbrough California 3d Congressional District Woman of the Year: Representative Garamendi, E1360 [25SE]

Remarks in House

Barbetti, Donna and Michael: Broadway Theatre League of Northeastern Pennsylvania Sam and Jane Cali Star Award recipients, E1655 [19NO]

Berwyn, PA: tribute to Conestoga High School Music Dept., H1668 [17MR]

Buffalo, NY: tribute to Buffalo Choral Arts Society, E903 [16JN]

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (H. Con. Res. 25), H2333–H2335 [21AP]

Copyrights: allow a rate court to consider other royalty rates when establishing digital performance rates for songwriters and adopt a fair rate standard for reproduction (H.R. 1283), H9198–H9201 [9DE], E1753 [9DE]

——— provide fair treatment of radio stations and artists for the use of sound recordings (H.R. 1733), E465 [13AP]

Damariscotta, ME: Great Salt Bay Community School recipient of National Association of Music Merchants Foundation SupportMusic Merit Award, E1010 [7JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: tribute to Guitars for Heroes program, E1561 [29OC]

Fall River, MA: tribute to the Narrows Center for the Arts, E1116 [23JY]

Glendale, CA: anniversary of Alex Theatre, E1155 [29JY]

Gordy, Berry, Jr.: tribute (H. Res. 550), E1708 [3DE]

Hexagon, Inc.: anniversary, E305 [4MR]

Horne, Lena Calhoun: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously, E173 [5FE], E177 [9FE]

——— award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (H.R. 839), E185 [10FE]

Iowa: tribute to Dance Explosion (clogging quintet), E1359 [25SE]

Katy, TX: Seven Lakes High School Symphony Orchestra selected as Texas Music Educators Association Honor Full Orchestra, E1303 [16SE]

Kilgore College: anniversary of Rangerettes dance and drill team, E627 [30AP]

Lakewood, CO: tribute to Rockley Music Center, E234 [24FE]

Lavariega, Jasmine: National Youth Orchestra of the USA participant, H2669 [30AP]

Linden, NJ: Linden Public Schools recognition as National Association of Music Merchants Best Communities for Music Education, E457 [13AP]

Maplewood, NJ: School District of South Orange and Maplewood recognition as National Association of Music Merchants Best Communities for Music Education, E457 [13AP]

Mariposa, CA: tribute to Mariposa County High School Grizzly Band for performing in National Memorial Day Parade, E765 [20MY]

Mason, OH: tribute to William Mason High School marching band for participation in Rose Bowl Parade, H7400 [3NO]

McGargill, George: America’s Old Time Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, E1363 [25SE]

Medora, ND: anniversary of Medora Musical, H3999 [9JN]

Memphis, TN: tribute to Royal Studios for recording of ‘‘Uptown Funk’’, E550 [22AP]

Michael, Laura: National Youth Orchestra of the USA participant, H2669 [30AP]

Missouri Dance Team Association: tribute to Francis Howell Golden Girls Dance Team, E495 [15AP]

National Endowment for the Arts: anniversary, H6315 [29SE], E1386 [29SE]

National Youth Orchestra: tribute, E1065 [14JY]

NDI New Mexico (organization): Albuquerque Business First (publication) NonProfit of the Year award recipient, E1618 [16NO]

New Bedford, MA: anniversary of New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, E1335 [22SE]

New Haven, CT: anniversary of Shubert Theater, E377 [23MR]

Pacifica, CA: anniversary of Pacific Coast Fog Fest, E1343 [24SE]

Plymouth, MA: anniversary of Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, E1416 [2OC]

Red Bank, NJ: anniversary of Monmouth Conservatory of Music, E802 [1JN]

Ritz Theater Co.: anniversary, E463 [13AP]

San Antonio, TX: Memorial High School recipient of National Association of Music Merchants Foundation SupportMusic Merit Award, E595 [28AP]

San Antonio Music Teachers Association (SAMTA): anniversary, E328 [16MR]

Sante Fe, NM: Candyman Strings & Things (business) recipient of National Association of Music Merchants Dealer of the Year and Music Makes a Difference awards, E8 [6JA]

St. Petersburg, FL: anniversary of Mahaffey Theater, H2964 [14MY]

Taylor, MI: anniversary of Taylor Dance Program, E1256 [10SE]

Tucson Peace Center (nonprofit organization): anniversary of Peace Fair and Music Festival, E211 [13FE]

Washington, MO: tribute to St. Francis Borgia High School dance team, E426 [26MR]

World War II: tribute to ‘‘Allegiance’’ (musical) about internment of Japanese Americans, H903 [10FE]

Remarks in Senate

Capitol Building and Grounds: authorizing use of Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition (H. Con. Res. 25), S2417 [23AP]

Cleveland, OH: tribute to cultural and arts community, S2095 [13AP]

Kilgore College: anniversary of Rangerettes dance and drill team, S2212 [15AP]

Lafayette, LA: tribute to Jill Listi Dance Studio, S2167 [14AP]

——— tribute to Lafayette Music Co., S7158 [6OC]

Medora, ND: anniversary of Medora Musical (S. Res. 220), S4984 [9JY]

Minneapolis, MN: tribute to Minnesota Orchestra visit to Cuba, S4249 [17JN]

New York, NY: anniversary of Carnegie Hall, S7097 [1OC]

North Charleston, SC: anniversary of Leonard School of Music, S3234 [21MY]

Vento, Joe: Century Award recipient, S2214 [15AP]

Reports filed

Capitol Grounds Use for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H. Con. Res. 25) (H. Rept. 114–87), H2318 [20AP]

Songs

‘‘Meet the Mets,’’ Ruth Roberts and Bill Katz, H7168 [23OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 25, use of Capitol Grounds for National Peace Officers’ Memorial Service and for National Honor Guard and Pipe Band Exhibition, H2333 [21AP]

S. Res. 220, Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation Medora Musical anniversary, S4962 [9JY]