S 1577 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

GROWTH Act

Introduced Sep 19, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Max Baucus D-MT

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Sep 19, 2011 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.

  1. IntroducedSep 19, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Greater Research Opportunities with Tax Help Act or GROWTH Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) increase from 14% to 20% the rate of the tax credit for increasing research activities, (2) modify rules for calculating such credit, and (3) make such credit permanent.

Cosponsors 19

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Sep 19, 2011 to Sep 11, 2012; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MIDebbie StabenowOriginalSep 19, 2011
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalSep 19, 2011
D-MAJohn F. KerryOriginalSep 19, 2011
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalSep 19, 2011
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalSep 19, 2011
R-MEOlympia J. SnoweOriginalSep 19, 2011
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalSep 19, 2011
D-NJRobert MenendezOriginalSep 19, 2011
D-ORRon WydenOriginalSep 19, 2011
R-KSPat RobertsSep 22, 2011
D-MNAl FrankenOct 11, 2011
D-NYKirsten E. GillibrandJan 26, 2012
R-MAScott P. BrownFeb 27, 2012
R-IDJames E. RischMay 14, 2012
D-NCKay R. HaganMay 14, 2012
D-NYCharles E. SchumerMay 15, 2012
D-ORJeff MerkleyMay 15, 2012
D-NHJeanne ShaheenJul 19, 2012
D-DEChristopher A. CoonsSep 11, 2012

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateFinance Committee
Referred Sep 19, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Sep 19, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Sep 19, 2011Read 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.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S6298Orrin G. Hatch R-UTOct 6, 2011

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 increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
GROWTH Act
Greater Research Opportunities With Tax Help Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Sep 19, 2011Introduced in Senate

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