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H.R. 6678: College Research Education and Teacher Excellence (CREATE) Opportunity Act of 2012

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H.R. 6678: College Research Education and Teacher Excellence (CREATE) Opportunity Act of 2012

112th Congress · introduced 2012-12-18 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2012-12-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

College Research Education and Teacher Excellence (CREATE) Opportunity Act of 2012

Plain summary

College Research Education and Teacher Excellence (CREATE) Opportunity Act of 2012 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make the research tax credit permanent. Makes 100% of a taxpayer's expenditures for qualified research at an institution of higher education eligible for the research tax credit. (Currently, 65% of those expenditures are eligible.) Considers research in the social sciences to be qualified research, eligible for the research tax credit. Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow the Secretary of Education to award a student two Pell Grants during a single award year if the student is enrolled in an associate degree or certificate program at a junior or community college on at least a half-time basis for the equivalent of more than one academic year during the Pell Grant award year. Treats a Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant as a Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan only in proportion to the extent to which its recipient fails to comply with the Grant's service obligation. (TEACH Grants are provided to students who agree to teach for four years in a high-need field at an elementary or secondary school that serves a high number or percentage of low-income students.)

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

College Research Education and Teacher Excellence (CREATE) Opportunity Act of 2012

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Holt, Rush [D-NJ-12] · 0 cosponsors

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr6678 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112