HR 2731 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Songwriters Tax Simplification Reauthorization Act

Introduced Jul 18, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Marsha Blackburn R-TN

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 18, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJul 18, 2013
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Songwriters Tax Simplification Reauthorization Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax deduction for depreciation, to make permanent the taxpayer election to amortize over a five-year period expenses incurred in creating or acquiring a musical composition or any copyright with respect to such composition.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 18, 2013.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-KY	Brett Guthrie	Original	Jul 18, 2013
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann	Original	Jul 18, 2013
R-TN	David P. Roe	Original	Jul 18, 2013
R-NC	Howard Coble	Original	Jul 18, 2013
D-TN	Jim Cooper	Original	Jul 18, 2013
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Jul 18, 2013
R-TN	Stephen Lee Fincher	Original	Jul 18, 2013
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Jul 18, 2013
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Jul 18, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jul 18, 2013Introduced in House
Jul 18, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 1326	Songwriters Tax Simplification Reauthorization Act	Identical bill	Jul 18, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

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Jul 18, 2013Introduced in House

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