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House bill · 111th Congress · Did not become law

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make the credit for research activities permanent and to provide an increase in such credit for taxpayers whose gross receipts are predominantly from domestic production activities.

H.R. 1545Introduced Mar 17, 2009Policy area: Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. John Boccieri D-OH
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Where it went

Latest action: Mar 17, 2009 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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

37 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 18 Democrats

19 of 37 cosponsors (51%) are from the other party.

Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), Anh Cao (R-LA), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Charles Dent (R-PA), John Fleming (R-LA), Jim Gerlach (R-PA), Rush Holt (D-NJ), Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH), Ron Kind (D-WI), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Leonard Lance (R-NJ), John Larson (D-CT), Christopher Lee (R-NY), Daniel Lipinski (D-IL), Daniel Maffei (D-NY), Donald Manzullo (R-IL), Eric Massa (D-NY), Michael McMahon (D-NY), Patrick Murphy (D-PA), Glenn Nye (D-VA), Ron Paul (R-TX), Erik Paulsen (R-MN), Thomas Perriello (D-VA), Gary Peters (D-MI), David Reichert (R-WA), Bobby Rush (D-IL), Tim Ryan (D-OH), John Shadegg (R-AZ) and 7 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 111th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. John Boccieri.

Sponsor’s state and district

Ohio in Congress

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Data as of Sep 26, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.