HR 4878
113th Congress
House
Taxation
Business expenses
Income tax deductions
Intellectual property
Performing arts
FILM Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 17, 2014
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jun 17, 2014
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1007-1008)
Jun 17, 2014
Introduced in House
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Plain-English 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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4878: FILM Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4878/
"H.R. 4878: FILM Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4878/.
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