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H.R. 1536: Innovation, Research, and Manufacturing Act

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H.R. 1536: Innovation, Research, and Manufacturing Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-03-23 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-03-23 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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

Innovation, Research, and Manufacturing Act

Plain summary

Innovation, Research, and Manufacturing Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for increasing research activities, to: (1) increase such credit (from the sum of 20% of the excess of qualified research expenses for the taxable year over the base amount, 20% of the basic research payments, and 20% of the amounts paid by the taxpayer in carrying on any trade or business during the taxable year to an energy research consortium for energy research to the sum of 30% of each of those); (2) make such credit permanent; and (3) allow such credit to offset the employment taxes of an eligible small employer, as defined by the Small Business Act.

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Official text

Innovation, Research, and Manufacturing Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Brownley, Julia [D-CA-26] reported raising $580,025 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr1536 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114