American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011

Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 112th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

KBR BradySponsor

106 cosponsors · 45 D, 61 R

AED Eshoo JLD Larson MMR McCaul DMD Matsui EPR Paulsen NRD Rahall WHR Herger BHD Higgins LRD Richardson ASR Schock LBD Boswell DRR Reichert MPR Pompeo CSR Stearns RRR Ribble EBD Blumenauer CMR Miller TPR Price SBD Berkley PTR Tiberi NTD Tsongas CBR Boustany WJR Jones RND Neal JBR Biggert JLR Lewis PRR Roskam JLD Lewis JMD McDermott HCR Coble WAR Akin SJR Johnson THD Holden GKD Butterfield BFD Filner DMR Manzullo GCD Connolly SGR Graves JCR Carter ZLD Lofgren JCR Chaffetz MHD Honda SID Israel DLD Lipinski JMD Matheson KMR Marchant BLD Luján RHR Hanna BDR Dold CMD Murphy TPR Petri LSR Smith TBD Baldwin EGR Gallegly BPR Posey HCD Clarke BBD Braley DNR Nunes RBR Berg DBR Black RER Ellmers MHD Hinchey TRR Reed ASR Scott GDR Davis MBR Blackburn JCD Crowley CGR Gardner TMR McCotter GHR Harper GPD Peters LSD Sánchez BSR Schilling HWD Waxman JWR Wilson KGR Granger BJR Johnson AKR Kinzinger ANR Nunnelee RWR Wittman RHR Hultgren LJR Jenkins KSD Schrader DYR Young RCR Crawford FSR Sensenbrenner RPR Paul ASD Schwartz SWR Womack MRD Ross PTD Tonko PKR King TLR Latham BSD Sherman DSD Scott TWD Walz MCD Critz DLD Loebsack MAR Amodei JDD Donnelly JDR Denham DCD Cicilline RKD Kind BBR Bilbray LKD Kissell JGR Gerlach

5 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

American Research and Competitiveness Act of 2011 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) extend through December 31, 2012, the tax credit for increasing research activities; and (2) increase the rate of the alternative simplified tax credit to 20% and make such credit permanent.