GROWTH Act
Latest action · Jun 8, 2009 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJun 8, 2009
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Grow Research Opportunities With Taxcredits' Help Act or GROWTH Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend the tax credit for increasing research activities through 2010; (2) modify the rate of such credit and make such modified credit permanent after 2010; and (3) increase to 20% the rate of the alternative simplified research tax credit after 2010.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 8, 2009 to Dec 20, 2010; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AR | Blanche L. Lincoln | Original | Jun 8, 2009 |
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jun 8, 2009 |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Jun 8, 2009 |
| R-NV | John Ensign | Original | Jun 8, 2009 |
| D-MA | John F. Kerry | Original | Jun 8, 2009 |
| D-WA | Maria Cantwell | Original | Jun 8, 2009 |
| R-UT | Orrin G. Hatch | Original | Jun 8, 2009 |
| D-NJ | Robert Menendez | Original | Jun 8, 2009 |
| D-OR | Ron Wyden | Original | Jun 8, 2009 |
| D-MI | Debbie Stabenow | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| R-KY | Jim Bunning | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Jun 9, 2009 | |
| R-ME | Olympia J. Snowe | Jun 11, 2009 | |
| I-CT | Joseph I. Lieberman | Jul 6, 2009 | |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Oct 22, 2009 | |
| D-NH | Jeanne Shaheen | Jan 20, 2010 | |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Jan 26, 2010 | |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Feb 4, 2010 | |
| D-NC | Kay R. Hagan | Feb 22, 2010 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Feb 25, 2010 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Apr 19, 2010 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Sep 13, 2010 | |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Dec 20, 2010 |
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 Jun 8, 2009 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2009Introduced in Senate
- Jun 8, 2009Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6265-6266)
- Jun 8, 2009Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6265 | Max Baucus D-MT | Jun 8, 2009 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 111-517 | RESEARCH PARKS AND JOB CREATION: INNOVATION THROUGH COOPERATION91 pages | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Dec 9, 2009 |
Titles 3
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 extend the research credit through 2010 and to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- GROWTH Act
- Grow Research Opportunities With Taxcredits' Help Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 8, 2009Introduced in Senate
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.
