To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2010 and to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit.
Latest action · Jan 9, 2009 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 9, 2009
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2010 the tax credit for increasing research activities and increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research tax credit.
Cosponsors 105
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 9, 2009 to Jun 22, 2010; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Original | Jan 9, 2009 |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Feb 26, 2009 | |
| R-IL | Peter J. Roskam | Feb 26, 2009 | |
| D-GA | John Lewis | Mar 9, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Mar 10, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Mar 12, 2009 | |
| D-NV | Shelley Berkley | Mar 16, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Gabrielle Giffords | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Maurice D. Hinchey | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Michael T. McCaul | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Wally Herger | Mar 19, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Mar 25, 2009 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Mar 30, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Joe Sestak | Mar 30, 2009 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Mar 30, 2009 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Apr 1, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Apr 1, 2009 | |
| R-KY | Geoff Davis | Apr 1, 2009 | |
| D-AZ | Harry E. Mitchell | Apr 1, 2009 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Apr 1, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| R-NV | Dean Heller | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Kay Granger | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Apr 2, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Steve Israel | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Apr 23, 2009 | |
| D-AL | Artur Davis | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Sander M. Levin | Apr 30, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Lamar Smith | May 6, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | May 12, 2009 | |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | May 12, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | May 12, 2009 | |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | May 21, 2009 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 21, 2009 | |
| D-RI | Patrick J. Kennedy | May 21, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | May 21, 2009 | |
| D-NC | Bob Etheridge | Jun 3, 2009 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Jun 3, 2009 | |
| D-IA | Leonard L. Boswell | Jun 3, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Niki Tsongas | Jun 3, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Zoe Lofgren | Jun 3, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Betsy Markey | Jun 10, 2009 | |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Jun 10, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Scott Murphy | Jun 10, 2009 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | Jun 15, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Jun 15, 2009 | |
| R-TX | John R. Carter | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Robert E. Andrews | Jun 18, 2009 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Jun 26, 2009 | |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Jul 8, 2009 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Jul 21, 2009 | |
| D-PA | Allyson Y. Schwartz | Jul 27, 2009 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Jul 28, 2009 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Jul 30, 2009 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Sep 9, 2009 | |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Sep 14, 2009 | |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Sep 17, 2009 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne | Sep 22, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Sep 22, 2009 | |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Sep 22, 2009 | |
| R-NY | Christopher J. Lee | Sep 25, 2009 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | Sep 25, 2009 | |
| R-IL | Judy Biggert | Sep 25, 2009 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Sep 25, 2009 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Oct 1, 2009 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Oct 1, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Joseph Crowley | Oct 8, 2009 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Oct 20, 2009 | |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Oct 20, 2009 | |
| R-VA | Robert J. Wittman | Oct 20, 2009 | |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Oct 26, 2009 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Nov 2, 2009 | |
| R-IL | Aaron Schock | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-KS | Todd Tiahrt | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Nov 16, 2009 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Nov 19, 2009 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Nov 19, 2009 | |
| R-MO | Blaine Luetkemeyer | Dec 15, 2009 | |
| D-ND | Earl Pomeroy | Feb 2, 2010 | |
| R-UT | Jason Chaffetz | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Laura Richardson | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Michael A. Arcuri | Apr 13, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Apr 20, 2010 | |
| D-NY | Daniel B. Maffei | Apr 21, 2010 | |
| R-VA | Bob Goodlatte | Apr 26, 2010 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | May 4, 2010 | |
| D-PA | Kathleen A. Dahlkemper | May 6, 2010 | |
| R-UT | Rob Bishop | May 11, 2010 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | May 11, 2010 | |
| R-WI | F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. | May 19, 2010 | |
| D-OR | David Wu | Jun 22, 2010 |
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 9, 2009 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2009Introduced in House
- Jan 9, 2009Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 111-70 | AMERICA COMPETES: BIG PICTURE PERSPECTIVES ON THE NEED FOR INNOVATION, INVESTMENTS IN R&D, AND A COMMITMENT TO STEM EDUCATION87 pages | Science, Space, and Technology Committee | Jan 20, 2010 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2010 and to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 9, 2009Introduced 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.
