H.R.1126 - Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor. view all titles (2)

All Bill Titles

  • Short: Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Official: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that a deduction equal to fair market value shall be allowed for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor. as introduced.

This Bill currently has no wiki content. If you would like to create a wiki entry for this bill, please Login, and then select the wiki tab to create it.

Bill's Views

  • Today: 4
  • Past Seven Days: 17
  • All-Time: 3,085
 
Introduced
 
House
Passes
 
Senate
Passes
 
President
Signs
 

 
02/22/09
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sponsor

Representative

John Lewis

D-GA

View Co-Sponsors (93)

Official Summary

2/23/2009--Introduced.Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who create literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions or similar property a fair market value (determined at the time of contribution) tax deduction for contributio

Official Summary

2/23/2009--Introduced.Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers who create literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions or similar property a fair market value (determined at the time of contribution) tax deduction for contributions of such properties, the copyrights thereon, or both, to certain tax-exempt organizations, if such properties are properly appraised and are donated no sooner than 18 months after their creation. Limits the amount of such deduction based upon the donor's artistic adjusted gross income, as defined by this Act.

...Read the Rest

Organizations Supporting H.R.1126

  • American Association of Museums
  • National Writers Union
  • Union League Club of Chicago
  • Craft Emergency Relief Fund
  • National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts
  • Authors Guild
  • ...and 25 more. See all.

Organizations Opposing H.R.1126

  • None via MapLight at this time.
See the money trail behind this bill for more info on how campaign contributions may be influencing senators' and representatives' votes.


FEED

Recent News Coverage

Hmmmm, no news coverage found for this bill at this time. This means that this this bill has not yet been mentioned on a publicly-searchable news website by either its official number (for example, "H.R. 3200") or title (for example, "America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009"). As soon as that changes, our daily automated search across the Web will catch it and include it here. If this bill is of interest to you, you can write a letter to the editor referring to this bill by name, and if your letter is published on the Web, a link back your letter will appear here within about one day. Or, if you know of a news article about this bill to display here, email us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: Our editorial team will post relevant links as quickly as possible. Thanks for helping to build public knowledge about Congress.

FEED

Recent Blog Coverage

View All (33)  |  View Top Rated

03/14/11
H.R.1126: Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2011 - U.S. ...

Chaffetz bill, HR 1126, the Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act, would allow for the sale of this land, which amounts to less than 1 percent of all federal land. Selling the land will help to raise money for the . ... OpenCongress is a free and open-sourc

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
09/15/10
H.R. 1126 [110th]: To reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy ...

12 Mar 2007

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
04/24/10
WWII US NAVY AG and MM Veterans - FELLSMERE FL: Rochester AG ...

Please think about this when you bring Bill-S-61 and HR-1126 up for a vote. As a schoolmate and Merchant shipmate of WWII said to me one day, “C.A., I wish I was half the Christian today as I was in the engine room when those depth ...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate



Users tracking H.R.1126 (2) are also tracking:

Bills People



Users supporting H.R.1126 (5) are also:

Supporting Bill


Opposing Bill





Vote on This Bill

100% Users Support Bill

5 in favor / 0 opposed
 

Send Your Rep a Letter

about this bill Support Oppose Tracking
Track with MyOC
Save to Notebook Make A Bill Widget

OpenCongress is a free and open-source project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to increase civic engagement. The non-profit Sunlight Foundation is the Founding and Primary Supporter of OpenCongress.