Russel Fouts on wed 28 mar 07
Letter from NCECA President, Robert Harrison
Dear NCECA Members:
Thanks to all those who attended our 2007=20
conference in Louisville, Kentucky. It was a=20
great conference with many highlights and 4282 in=20
attendance! We thank the City of Louisville and=20
our on-site co-liaisons Todd Burns and John=20
Guenther for making us feel right at home.
During the conference I had the opportunity to=20
meet with Peter Morrin, Director of the Speed=20
Museum in Louisville. Peter is a representative=20
of the Association of Art Museum Directors that=20
is leading an effort to help pass the Artists=20
Fair Market Value Deduction bill. Their current=20
efforts are to get members of Congress to sign up=20
as co-sponsors, and secondly to identify a member=20
of congress who will be effective in getting Dana=20
Goia, chairman of the NEA, to convene a meeting=20
across many disciplines to examine the positive=20
effects of passing the bill. Anita Difanis,=20
lobbyist for the AAMD has written a letter laying=20
out the plans for getting the bill passed. I feel=20
this is very important legislation for all the=20
art disciplines and encourage you to write your legislators.
Our conference manager Dori Nielsen is hard at=20
work examining options for us to host the New=20
Orleans conference in 2008. I will be in touch=20
with you as soon as we have news.
Regards,
Robert Harrison
NCECA President
Artists Fair Market Value Deduction Bill
Dear AAMD Colleagues:
I am happy to report that the artists=92=20
fair-market value deduction bill has been=20
reintroduced in both the Senate and the House.=20
This year both bills have the same name and, as=20
in the past, are identical bills -- although they=20
each have a different bill number. They are also=20
the same bills that have been introduced in each Congress since 1999.
In the Senate, S. 548, the =93Artist-Museum=20
Partnership Act=94 was once again introduced by=20
Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Robert Bennett=20
(R-UT) to whom we owe a debt of gratitude for=20
their unfailing support of this bill. The Senate=20
bill currently has 19 cosponsors. Please contact=20
your senators and ask them to cosponsor (see=20
contact information and draft letter below).
In the House H.R. 1524, the =93Artist-Museum=20
Partnership Act=94 was introduced by=20
Representatives John Lewis (D-GA), Jim Ramstad (R-MN) and Lloyd Doggett=
(D-TX).
Representative Lewis gave a rousing introduction=20
to the bill last week to a standing room only=20
crowd at Arts Advocacy Day when he compared the=20
arts to the wings of the bird of freedom that=20
carried the civil rights movement forward when he=20
marched in Selma with Reverend Martin Luther=20
King. He said the movement was given life by the=20
arts in its songs, posters, photographs, paintings and plays.
In past years there have been over 100 cosponsors=20
in the House in support of this legislation. Past=20
cosponsors and new members to Congress all must=20
be contacted and invited to cosponsor (see=20
contact information and draft letter below.)=20
Would you please fax or email me copies of the=20
letters you send to the Hill, they are important=20
when I do follow up visits, my contact information is below.
With your help I believe that this is the year the bill will pass.
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have=20
questions or need more information.
Best,
Anita
Anita M. Difanis
Director of Government Affairs
Association of Art Museum Directors
1319 F Street NW
Suite 201
Washington, DC 20004
Phone 202-638-4520
Fax 202-638-4528
Email aamdgov@aol.com
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you know your legislators' name you can call=20
the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask=20
for the phone and fax number of your legislator.=20
Letters to the Hill must be faxed, since postal=20
service is irregular to legislators=92 offices. I=20
do not recommend emailing legislators -- they=20
receive so many emails they are often ignored or=20
sometimes deleted. Unfortunately, their web site=20
will not likely give a fax number -- for that you=20
will need to call their office or the Capitol Switchboard.
If you do not know your legislators' name: for=20
the House go to http://www.house.gov at the top=20
left put in your zip code to find your representative;
for the Senate go to http://www.senate.gov at the=20
top right see Find Your Senators.
DRAFT LETTER REQUESTING COSPONSORS
[Insert a paragraph about how the legislation=20
would help a non-profit institution you know and=20
why it would be important to your community.=20
Personalize it in any way you wish.]
VIA FAX
[Address for Representatives]
The Honorable _____________
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
[Address for Senators]
The Honorable _____________
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Dear Representative ____________: or,
Dear Senator _____________:
I urge you to become a cosponsor of [insert House=20
or Senate bill number] the =93Artist-Museum=20
Partnership Act=94 which would allow artists to=20
deduct fair-market value for self-generated works=20
donated to a non-profit institution. Passage of=20
this legislation would enable museums, libraries=20
and archives to solicit original works from=20
artists, writers and composers who are both=20
regional and national and help us strengthen the=20
collections in [name your community or=20
institution]. Currently, an artist, writer or=20
composer can only deduct the cost of materials to=20
create the work, which is not a large incentive=20
to donate, particularly since the majority of=20
artists, writers and composers in this country earn very little.
Since the law allowing artists to deduct the=20
fair-market value of self-generated works to a=20
museum or library was repealed in 1969 there has=20
been a dramatic decline in the number of such=20
gifts offered to institutions. Many national and=20
important regional artists, writers and composers=20
sell their original works to private collectors=20
or abroad, which effectively keeps them from ever=20
being enjoyed by the American public. We are, in=20
essence, deprived of part of our cultural and artistic heritage.
I look forward to hearing that you have become a=20
cosponsor of this most important cultural=20
legislation and to sharing that information with=20
[my community, my board of trustees, etc.].
[Your name and affiliation, if appropriate]
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Linda - Pacifica on wed 28 mar 07
I've checked the congressional record and as of this morning, these
are the HR 1524 co-sponsors
Rep Doggett, Lloyd [TX-25] - 3/14/2007
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12] - 3/26/2007
Rep Lewis, Ron [KY-2] - 3/23/2007
Rep Ramstad, Jim [MN-3] - 3/14/2007
Rep Shays, Christopher [CT-4] - 3/23/2007
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:HR01524:@@@P
These are S 548 co-sponsors:
Sen Bennett, Robert F. [UT] - 2/12/2007
Sen Brown, Sherrod [OH] - 3/15/2007
Sen Bunning, Jim [KY] - 2/28/2007
Sen Cantwell, Maria [WA] - 2/12/2007
Sen Cardin, Benjamin L. [MD] - 2/12/2007
Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] - 2/12/2007
Sen Coleman, Norm [MN] - 2/12/2007
Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] - 2/12/2007
Sen Dodd, Christopher J. [CT] - 2/12/2007
Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] - 2/12/2007
Sen Durbin, Richard [IL] - 2/12/2007
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 2/12/2007
Sen Kennedy, Edward M. [MA] - 2/12/2007
Sen Kerry, John F. [MA] - 2/12/2007
Sen Lieberman, Joseph I. [CT] - 2/12/2007
Sen Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 2/12/2007
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 2/12/2007
Sen Stevens, Ted [AK] - 2/12/2007
Sen Warner, John [VA] - 3/27/2007
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN00548:@@@P
See if your reps are there.
I've also found a related bill, SN 374:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SN00374:@@@P
Sponsored by NM's Pete Domenici.
Co-sponsors
Sen Allard, Wayne [CO] - 1/24/2007
Sen Clinton, Hillary Rodham [NY] - 1/24/2007
Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] - 1/26/2007
Sen Craig, Larry E. [ID] - 1/24/2007
Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] - 1/24/2007
Sen Schumer, Charles E. [NY] - 1/24/2007
Sen Warner, John [VA] - 2/1/2007
These are two of my favorite bookmarks:
http://www.senate.gov/
http://www.house.gov/Welcome.shtml
I use them to communicate with my reps and check on votes. Gotta
keep an eye on them!
Cheers, Linda
On Mar 27, 2007, at 3:12 PM, Russel Fouts wrote:
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