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House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the research credit and to allow greater opportunity to elect the alternative incremental credit.

H.R. 947Introduced Mar 5, 1997Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Nancy Johnson R-CT
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Where it went

Latest action: Aug 5, 1997 — See H.R.2014.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

74 cosponsors — 31 Republicans, 43 Democrats

43 of 74 cosponsors (58%) are from the other party.

Thomas Allen (D-ME), Ken Bentsen (D-TX), Brian Bilbray (R-CA), Sanford Bishop (D-GA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY), Sonny Bono (R-CA), George Brown (D-CA), Dave Camp (R-MI), Tom Campbell (R-CA), Chris Cannon (R-UT), Walter Capps (D-CA), Ben Cardin (D-MD), James Clyburn (D-SC), Merrill Cook (R-UT), William Coyne (D-PA), Rosa DeLauro (D-CT), David Dreier (R-CA), Jennifer Dunn (R-WA), Phil English (R-PA), Anna Eshoo (D-CA), Lane Evans (D-IL), Sam Farr (D-CA), Chaka Fattah (D-PA), Bob Filner (D-CA), Michael Forbes (D-NY), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elizabeth Furse (D-OR), Samuel Gejdenson (D-CT), Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) and 44 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Nancy Johnson.

Sponsor’s state and district

Connecticut in Congress

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Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.