The Institute of Museum and Library Services

AAM FY13 Testimony - Senate Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee
AAM FY13 Comments and Testimony - House Labor-HHS Appropriations Subcommittee
Ford Bell Reacts to House Passage of FY13 Budget Resolution H.Con.Res.112
FY13 House Office of Museum Services Funding Letter
FY13 Senate Office of Museum Services Funding Letter
AAM Comments on IMLS Strategic Plan (August 2011)
FY2012 HOUSE Museum Funding Letter
FY2012 SENATE Museum Funding Letter
IMLS Reauthorization Letter to House Committee
IMLS Reauthorization Letter to Senate Committee
Museum Field Letter to Obama Transition Team
FY2011 HOUSE Museum Funding Letter
FY2011 SENATE Museum Funding Letter
AAM President Ford Bell’s FY11 House Appropriations Labor-HHS Testimony

Museums and Education Policy

See AAM and AAMD's December 30, 2009 ESEA Comments to the Department of Education

Charitable Giving

AAM Joins IS Letter Supporting Preserving the Charitable Deduction
AAM Joins Coalition Letter Opposing Limitations to Charitable Giving Deductibility
See Ford Bell's Letter to Senator Schumer on Charitable Giving and Fractional Gifts

National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities

FY13 AAM Testimony - Senate Interior Appropriations
FY11 AAM and AAMD Interior Testimony

National Science Foundation

AAM President Ford Bell's FY13 House Appropriations CJS Testimony
AAM Joins Letter of Support for Collections in Support of Biological Research (CSBR)

NAGPRA

June 2011 AAM Statement to the Department of the Interior
June 2011 Statement by Ford W. Bell to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
May 2010 AAM Final Comments – NAGPRA CUHR Final Rule

Museums and Economic Stimulus

The Coburn Amendment: An Explanation and Timeline