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HR 3264 110th Congress House Taxation Biomedical engineering Clinical trials Commerce Drug industry Finance and Financial Sector Health Income tax Investment tax credit Investments Losses Medical research Orphan drugs Pharmaceutical research Research and development tax credit Science, Technology, Communications Small business Tax credits Tax deductions Tax deferral

American Life Sciences Competitiveness Act of 2007

Introduced: July 31, 2007 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 2, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1689-1690)
Jul 31, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 31, 2007
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Life Sciences Competitiveness Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow biomedical research corporations to: (1) engage in investment activity involving shifts in ownership without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards; (2) claim a full research and development tax credit for contract research expenses (currently, limited to 65%); (3) claim a business tax credit for 20% of eligible countermeasures research expenses (for biomedical threats); and (4) claim a tax-free rollover of gain from stock sales reinvested in another biomedical research corporation.

Expands the tax credit for clinical testing expenses for drugs to treat rare diseases (orphan drugs) to include expenses incurred after an application is made to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but before receipt of an orphan drug designation.

Allows individual taxpayers a 20% tax credit for equity investments in small biomedical research firms engaged in incubational research (i.e., research conducted prior to large-scale clinical trials).

What's happening now August 2, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1689-1690)

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