H.R. 8253 · 117th Congress

Fostering Innovation and Research to Strengthen Tomorrow Act

Introduced on Jun 28, 2022 by Jackie Walorski (R-IN-2). 7 cosponsors, all from the sponsor's party. Latest action (Jun 28, 2022): Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 28, 2022
Cosponsors
7
0 from the other party
Policy area
Taxation
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Progress

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  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the research tax credit and provide better access to the credit for business startups.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 28, 2022). Public domain.

Fostering Innovation and Research to Strengthen Tomorrow Act

This bill doubles the rate of the tax credit for increasing research expenses and the alternative simplified research tax credit. It also increases the credit rate for taxpayers with no research expenses during a specified three-year period and the amount of the credit that certain small businesses may apply against payroll tax liabilities.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Jackie WalorskiR-IN-2Sponsor

Republicans · 7

Roll calls

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History

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  1. Jun 28, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Jun 28, 2022Introduced in House
  3. Jun 28, 2022 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
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  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.