FILM Act
Latest action · Jun 17, 2014 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.
- IntroducedJun 17, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Facilitating Investments in Local Markets Act or the FILM Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the expensing of the costs of qualified film and television productions, to: (1) extend through 2015 provisions allowing such expensing, and (2) allow such expensing for the costs of certain live theatrical productions.
Cosponsors 19
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 17, 2014 to Nov 12, 2014; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Original | Jun 17, 2014 |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Original | Jun 17, 2014 |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Original | Jun 17, 2014 |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Original | Jun 17, 2014 |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Jun 17, 2014 |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Jun 18, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Jun 18, 2014 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Jun 25, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jun 26, 2014 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Jul 16, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Jul 23, 2014 | |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | Jul 23, 2014 | |
| R-MO | Billy Long | Jul 25, 2014 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jul 25, 2014 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Sep 8, 2014 | |
| R-MO | Jason Smith | Sep 18, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Nov 12, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 17, 2014 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 17, 2014Introduced in House
- Jun 17, 2014Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1007-1008)
- Jun 17, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1005, E1007 | Doug Collins R-GA, Joseph Crowley D-NY | Jun 17, 2014 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5398.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2180 | STAGE Act | Related bill | Mar 27, 2014 |
| S 2260 | EXPIRE Act of 2014 | Related bill | May 7, 2014 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the special expensing rules for certain film and television productions and to provide for special expensing for live theatrical productions.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- FILM Act
- Facilitating Investments in Local Markets Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 17, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
