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S.2000: Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011
About This Bill
- This bill was introduced in the 112th Congress
- This bill is primarily about commerce
- Introduced Dec. 15, 2011
- Latest Major Action Dec. 15, 2011
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Bill Summary
Equity for Visual Artists Act of 2011 - Requires, whenever a work of visual art is sold for at least $10,000 at an auction by someone other than the authoring artist, that the entity collecting the money or other consideration pay a royalty equal to 7% of the price to a visual artists' collecting society. Defines an "auction" as public sale run by an entity that: (1) sells to the highest bidder works of visual art in which the cumulative...
(Source: Library of Congress)
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Bill Actions
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Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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| Dec. 15, 2011 |
Introduced in the Senate by Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) |