S.88 - Ethical Stem Cell Research Tax Credit Act of 2011

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures. view all titles (2)

All Bill Titles

  • Short: Ethical Stem Cell Research Tax Credit Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Official: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a Federal income tax credit for certain stem cell research expenditures. as introduced.

This Bill currently has no wiki content. If you would like to create a wiki entry for this bill, please Login, and then select the wiki tab to create it.

Bill's Views

  • Today: 3
  • Past Seven Days: 18
  • All-Time: 955
 
Introduced
 
Senate
Passes
 
House
Passes
 
President
Signs
 

 
01/24/11
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sponsor

Senator

David Vitter

R-LA

No Co-Sponsors

Committees

Official Summary

1/25/2011--Introduced.Ethical Stem Cell Research Tax Credit Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 30% of qualified stem cell research expenses paid or incurred in a taxable year. Defines "qualified stem cell research expenses" as expenses for car

Official Summary

1/25/2011--Introduced.Ethical Stem Cell Research Tax Credit Act of 2011- Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for 30% of qualified stem cell research expenses paid or incurred in a taxable year. Defines "qualified stem cell research expenses" as expenses for carrying out basic and applied research to develop techniques for the isolation, derivation, production, testing, and human clinical use of stem cells that may result in improved understanding of or treatments for diseases and other adverse health conditions. Prohibits a tax credit for any research expenses that may involve:
(1) the creation of a human embryo for research purposes;
(2) the destruction of or discarding of, or risk of injury to, a human embryo; or
(3) the use of any stem cell for prohibited purposes.

...Read the Rest

FEED

Recent News Coverage

View All (419)  |  View Top Rated

05/30/12
Noncon rivalries that should be rekindled

The total: 42 games between 1966 and 1995. It was, in fact, Notre Dame that halted UCLA’s 88-game win streak in 1974, during Bill Walton’s senior year. The rivalry ended because ... well, that depends on who you ask. Scheduling difficulties ...

Source: ESPN
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
05/30/12
State highways named after Ohio's fallen soldiers

The newspaper reports that since the first designation, highways in 35 of the state's 88 counties have been given memorial designations. Among them are stretches of I-71, I-76 and I-77 in northeastern Ohio; I-480 in Cleveland; and I-275 in Cincinnati.

Source: Fox 19
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
05/30/12
Texans seeing Red: Republicans dominate primary forecast for November?

President Obama won the vast majority of his party’s Texas votes, with 516,248. That’s 88% of the registered Democrats who voted. His opponent will be Mitt Romney, who gained the obvious support of Texans, with nearly double the votesof Obama ...

Source: Examiner
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
FEED

Recent Blog Coverage

View All (39)  |  View Top Rated

01/25/12
The quantum of evidence required in administrative cases is ...

S. 88, 33S. Ct. 185, 57 Law. ed. 431.) Only by confining the administrative tribunal to the evidence disclosed to the parties, can the latter be protected in their right to know and meet the case against them. It should not, however ...

Source: erineus
Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
12/25/11
Orientalism, Afghanistan, and the Recycling Rhetoric - Kabul Press ...

“The Man Outside: The Problem with the External Perception of Afghanistan in Historical Sources.” Asien 104 (Juli, 2007), S. 88 – 105. Pg. 91. [10] Lady Florentina Sale. A Journal of the First Afghan War. Ed. Patrick Macrory. ...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate
04/09/11
iBrattleboro.com - BCTV Channel 8 and 10 Schedules, Week of 4/11/11

10:30 pm Testimony on S.88: Involuntary Medicines 11:20 pm The David Pakman Show: From This Week Tuesday April 12 12:30 am Monpelier Connection: with Mike Mrowicki & Valerie Stuart 4/7/11 1:00 am Inside Your Statehouse: ...

Add to My Political Notebook Save to Notebook Rate

Latest Letters to Congress

See All Letters (1)
 


Users tracking S.88 (3) are also tracking:

Bills People Issues



Users supporting S.88 (6) are also:

Supporting Bill Supporting Senator Supporting Representative
  • S.1 American Competitiven... 5
  • S.27 Preserve Access to Af... 5
  • S.34 Denying Firearms and ... 5
  • S.5 Reform America's Scho... 4
  • S.6 Reform America's Brok... 4


Opposing Bill Opposing Senator Opposing Representative



Users opposing S.88 (2) are also:

Supporting Bill


Opposing Bill


Vote on This Bill

75% Users Support Bill

6 in favor / 2 opposed
 

Send Your Senator a Letter

about this bill Support Oppose Tracking
Track with MyOC
Save to Notebook Make A Bill Widget

Top-Rated Comments

OpenCongress is a free and open-source project of the Participatory Politics Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization with a mission to increase civic engagement. The non-profit Sunlight Foundation is the Founding and Primary Supporter of OpenCongress.