HR 7917 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

IGNITE American Innovation Act

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jul 31, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.

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. IntroducedJul 31, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Innovation and Growth Now by Investing in Tomorrow's Enterprises Act or the IGNITE American Innovation Act

This bill allows certain C corporation taxpayers to elect an increased advance refund of net operating loss carryovers attributable to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) research expenditures in 2020 and 2021. The bill also allows such taxpayers an advance refund of certain other net operating loss carryovers arising during 2015 through 2021.

The bill allows an increased research tax credit for COVID-19 research expenditures paid or incurred on or after February 15, 2020, and before January 1, 2022.

Cosponsors 4

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 31, 2020 to Oct 20, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-INJackie WalorskiOriginalJul 31, 2020
R-UTJohn R. CurtisAug 14, 2020
R-UTChris StewartSep 29, 2020
R-INLarry BucshonOct 20, 2020

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jul 31, 2020Introduced in House
  2. Jul 31, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  3. Jul 31, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jul 31, 2020Introduced in House

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