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H.R. 5463: Creating Tech Startup Jobs Act

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H.R. 5463: Creating Tech Startup Jobs Act

115th Congress · introduced 2018-04-10 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2018-04-10 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3] · 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

Creating Tech Startup Jobs Act

Plain summary

Creating Tech Startup Jobs Act This bill allows several tax credits for a qualified research intensive small business concern, which is a small business that is not over 10 years old, has fewer than 100 employees, and spends at least 30% of its gross expenditures on research or experimental expenditures. For a qualified research intensive small business concern, the bill allows a research intensive investment credit for taxpayers who acquire an equity investment in the business, a research employment credit for a portion of the first-year research wages that the business pays to full-time research employees, and a research expenditure credit for a portion of the research or experimental expenditures of the business. The bill also (1) sets forth a special rule for the inclusion in gross income of partnership interests transferred in connection with the performance of services, and (2) modifies the tax treatment of partners who provide investment management services to partnerships.

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Official text

Creating Tech Startup Jobs Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3] · 2 cosponsors

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Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV-3] reported raising $1.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Rulemaking
The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong115-hr5463 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115