HR 3156
111th Congress
House
Taxation
Foreign aid and international relief
Income tax credits
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Intellectual property
Medical research
Prescription drugs
Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
World health
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit against tax for expenses paid or incurred in non-clinical research for neglected diseases.
Introduced: July 9, 2009
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Became law
Jul 9, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 9, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 50% of the non-clinical research expenses for certain infectious diseases or conditions for which there is no significant market in developed nations and which disproportionately affect poor and marginalized populations. Requires any taxpayer who claims this tax credit to donate to a charitable organization or foreign government for public purposes the rights to any license for treatment of such diseases.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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