National Science Education Tax Incentive for Businesses Act of 2007
Latest action · Jan 5, 2007 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E33)
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Science Education Tax Incentive for Businesses Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a general business tax credit for contributions of property or services to elementary and secondary schools and for teacher training to promote instruction in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM contributions).
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2007 to Feb 6, 2008.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Jan 9, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Ruben Hinojosa | Jan 9, 2007 | |
| D-NJ | Rush Holt | Jan 9, 2007 | |
| R-IL | Donald A. Manzullo | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Mario Diaz-Balart | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Phil Hare | Jan 11, 2007 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Jan 12, 2007 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Jan 24, 2007 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Jan 31, 2007 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Jan 31, 2007 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Feb 12, 2007 | |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Feb 14, 2007 | |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | Feb 16, 2007 | |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Apr 18, 2007 | |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | May 15, 2007 | |
| R-MN | John Kline | Feb 6, 2008 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jan 4, 2007 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 5, 2007Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E33)
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in House
- Jan 4, 2007Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E33 | Vernon J. Ehlers R-MI | Jan 5, 2007 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage businesses to improve math and science education at elementary and secondary schools.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Science Education Tax Incentive for Businesses Act of 2007
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Charitable contributions
- Commerce
- Community and school
- Computer literacy
- Corporate philanthropy
- Education
- Educational facilities
- Educational technology
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Engineering
- Engineers
- Higher education
- Income tax
- Infrastructure
- Labor and Employment
- Mathematics
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Scientific education
- Secondary education
- Tax credits
- Taxation
- Teacher education
- Teachers
- Teaching materials
- Technical education
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
