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HR 3757 113th Congress House

Igniting American Research Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit one year, to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit, a… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit one year, to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit, and to provide a 20 percent credit for payments to biotechnology research consortiums for biotechnology research.

Introduced: December 12, 2013 Introduced by: Peters, Scott H. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Taxation Advanced technology and technological innovationsBiological and life sciencesEnergy researchIncome tax creditsResearch and development
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 12, 2013
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 Latest action December 12, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Igniting American Research Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for increasing research expenditures, to: (1) extend such credit through 2014; (2) increase the rate of the alternative simplified research tax credit to 20% and make such credit permanent; (3) allow a 20% research tax credit for payments to a tax-exempt biotechnology research consortium for biotechnology research; and (4) modify the requirements relating to the eligibility of an energy research consortium for the tax credit to require at least 3 unrelated persons (currently, 5 unrelated persons) to make payments to such a consortium for energy research.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3945 Related bill To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend for one year the business research credit.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 5
Loebsack, David
· Mar 12, 2014
 D
Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Feb 26, 2014
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Feb 26, 2014
Lipinski, Daniel
· Feb 6, 2014
Delaney, John
· Jan 27, 2014
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Jan 27, 2014
DAVIS, SUSAN
· Jan 14, 2014
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Jan 10, 2014
 D
DelBene, Suzan K.
Washington · Dec 12, 2013
HONDA, MICHAEL
· Dec 12, 2013
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Dec 12, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3757: Igniting American Research Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3757/
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"H.R. 3757: Igniting American Research Act." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3757/.
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H.R. 3757, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-3757/.
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