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H.R. 2482: Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2013

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H.R. 2482: Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2013

113th Congress · introduced 2013-06-25 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2013-06-25 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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What does this mean?

Official title

Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2013

Plain summary

Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2013 - 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.

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Official text

Artist-Museum Partnership Act of 2013

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5] · 35 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Dina Titus (D-NV), Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Chellie Pingree (D-ME), Mike Thompson (D-CA), Judy Chu (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Steve Cohen (D-TN)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2482 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113