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        <text><![CDATA[ <p><b>American Royalties Too Act of 2018</b></p> <p>This bill creates a right under copyright entitling artists to a royalty for the sale of their works of visual art, if the work was sold in an auction by someone other than the artist.</p>]]></text>
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