S 664 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Investment in America Act of 2003

Introduced Mar 19, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Orrin G. Hatch R-UT

Latest action · Mar 19, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4004)

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.

IntroducedMar 19, 2003
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Investment in America Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the credit for increasing research activities. Increases the alternative incremental credit rates. Provides an alternative credit for qualified research expenses.

Cosponsors 40

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2003 to Jul 6, 2004; 22 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-IA	Chuck Grassley	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-WY	Craig Thomas	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-IN	Evan Bayh	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-VA	George Allen	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-OR	Gordon H. Smith	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-KY	Jim Bunning	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-NV	John Ensign	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-AZ	Jon Kyl	Original	Mar 19, 2003
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-TX	Kay Bailey Hutchison	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-WA	Maria Cantwell	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-MT	Max Baucus	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-MS	Thad Cochran	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-SD	Thomas A. Daschle	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-CO	Wayne Allard	Original	Mar 19, 2003
D-GA	Zell Miller	Original	Mar 19, 2003
R-TX	John Cornyn		Mar 25, 2003
D-WA	Patty Murray		Apr 1, 2003
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine		Apr 9, 2003
D-AR	Mark L. Pryor		Apr 29, 2003
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan		May 12, 2003
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy		Jun 10, 2003
D-FL	Bob Graham		Jun 25, 2003
R-VA	John Warner		Sep 4, 2003
R-UT	Robert F. Bennett		Sep 15, 2003
D-LA	Mary L. Landrieu		Oct 23, 2003
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd		Nov 17, 2003
R-OH	Mike DeWine		Nov 19, 2003
R-NC	Elizabeth Dole		Jan 27, 2004
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss		Feb 10, 2004
R-KS	Pat Roberts		Feb 24, 2004
D-SD	Tim Johnson		Feb 24, 2004
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi		Mar 2, 2004
D-FL	Bill Nelson		Jul 6, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Mar 19, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 19, 2003Introduced in Senate
Mar 19, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4002-4004)
Mar 19, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4004)

In the Congressional Record 2

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S2075	Patty Murray D-WA	Mar 3, 2004
Senate	Debate and remarks S4002–S4005Text printed S4004	Max Baucus D-MT, Orrin G. Hatch R-UT (text)	Mar 19, 2003

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 463	Investment in America Act of 2003	Identical bill	Jan 29, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research credit, to increase the rates of the alternative incremental credit, and to provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses.
Short Titles as Introduced: Investment in America Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 19, 2003Introduced in Senate

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