HR 942 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011

Introduced Mar 8, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Kevin Brady R-TX

Latest action · Mar 8, 2011 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.

IntroducedMar 8, 2011
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through December 31, 2012, the tax credit for increasing research activities; and (2) increase the rate of the alternative simplified tax credit to 20% and make such credit permanent.

Cosponsors 106

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 8, 2011 to Sep 19, 2012; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo	Original	Mar 8, 2011
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Mar 8, 2011
R-MN	Erik Paulsen	Original	Mar 8, 2011
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Mar 8, 2011
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul	Original	Mar 8, 2011
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Mar 17, 2011
R-IL	Aaron Schock		Mar 30, 2011
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 30, 2011
D-CA	Laura Richardson		Mar 30, 2011
R-CA	Wally Herger		Mar 30, 2011
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Mar 31, 2011
R-WA	David G. Reichert		Apr 1, 2011
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Apr 4, 2011
R-KS	Mike Pompeo		Apr 4, 2011
R-WI	Reid J. Ribble		Apr 6, 2011
R-MI	Candice S. Miller		Apr 7, 2011
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Apr 7, 2011
R-GA	Tom Price		Apr 15, 2011
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		May 2, 2011
D-MA	Niki Tsongas		May 10, 2011
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		May 10, 2011
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		May 23, 2011
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		May 23, 2011
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		May 26, 2011
R-IL	Judy Biggert		May 31, 2011
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Jun 13, 2011
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam		Jun 13, 2011
D-GA	John Lewis		Jun 14, 2011
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Jun 15, 2011
R-NC	Howard Coble		Jun 16, 2011
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Jun 21, 2011
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Jun 22, 2011
D-PA	Tim Holden		Jul 6, 2011
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jul 14, 2011
D-CA	Bob Filner		Jul 15, 2011
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo		Jul 15, 2011
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jul 20, 2011
R-MO	Sam Graves		Jul 27, 2011
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jul 28, 2011
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Jul 29, 2011
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Aug 5, 2011
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz		Aug 5, 2011
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Aug 5, 2011
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Aug 5, 2011
D-NY	Steve Israel		Aug 5, 2011
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Aug 30, 2011
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Sep 7, 2011
R-NY	Richard L. Hanna		Sep 29, 2011
R-IL	Robert J. Dold		Oct 5, 2011
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Oct 26, 2011
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Nov 4, 2011
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri		Nov 4, 2011
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Nov 18, 2011
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Dec 5, 2011
R-FL	Bill Posey		Dec 13, 2011
D-MI	Hansen Clarke		Mar 19, 2012
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Mar 29, 2012
R-CA	Devin Nunes		Mar 29, 2012
R-GA	Austin Scott		Apr 19, 2012
R-TN	Diane Black		Apr 19, 2012
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Apr 19, 2012
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers		Apr 19, 2012
R-ND	Rick Berg		Apr 19, 2012
R-NY	Tom Reed		Apr 19, 2012
R-KY	Geoff Davis		Apr 24, 2012
R-CO	Cory Gardner		May 11, 2012
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		May 11, 2012
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		May 11, 2012
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		May 11, 2012
D-MI	Gary C. Peters		May 30, 2012
R-MS	Gregg Harper		May 30, 2012
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		May 30, 2012
R-SC	Joe Wilson		May 30, 2012
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		May 30, 2012
R-IL	Robert T. Schilling		May 30, 2012
R-IL	Adam Kinzinger		May 31, 2012
R-MS	Alan Nunnelee		May 31, 2012
R-OH	Bill Johnson		May 31, 2012
R-TX	Kay Granger		May 31, 2012
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		May 31, 2012
R-AK	Don Young		Jun 6, 2012
D-OR	Kurt Schrader		Jun 6, 2012
R-KS	Lynn Jenkins		Jun 6, 2012
R-IL	Randy Hultgren		Jun 6, 2012
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jun 8, 2012
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Jun 8, 2012
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz		Jun 21, 2012
R-TX	Ron Paul		Jun 21, 2012
R-AR	Steve Womack		Jun 21, 2012
D-AR	Mike Ross		Jun 29, 2012
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Jun 29, 2012
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jul 19, 2012
D-GA	David Scott		Jul 19, 2012
R-NY	Peter T. King		Jul 19, 2012
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz		Jul 19, 2012
R-IA	Tom Latham		Jul 19, 2012
D-IA	David Loebsack		Jul 26, 2012
D-PA	Mark S. Critz		Jul 26, 2012
R-CA	Jeff Denham		Aug 1, 2012
D-IN	Joe Donnelly		Aug 1, 2012
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Aug 1, 2012
D-RI	David N. Cicilline		Aug 2, 2012
D-WI	Ron Kind		Aug 2, 2012
R-CA	Brian P. Bilbray		Sep 12, 2012
D-NC	Larry Kissell		Sep 12, 2012
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		Sep 19, 2012

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 Mar 8, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 8, 2011Introduced in House
Mar 8, 2011Referred 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.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1620.

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
—	HEARING ON CERTAIN EXPIRING TAX PROVISIONS1,240 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Apr 26, 2012

Related bills 4

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1693	Research and Development Tax Credit Extension Act of 2011	Related bill	May 3, 2011
S 1866	AGREE Act	Related bill	Nov 16, 2011
HR 3476	AGREE Act	Related bill	Jan 12, 2012
HR 4378	Ensuring Access to Quality Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act of 2012	Related bill	Apr 26, 2012

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 extend the research credit through 2012 and to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit.
Short Titles as Introduced: American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 8, 2011Introduced in House

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