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    <item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="8253" measure-id="id117hr8253" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2022-06-28" update-date="2022-07-12">
        <title>Fostering Innovation and Research to Strengthen Tomorrow Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117hr8253v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2022-07-12">
            <action-date>2022-06-28</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><strong>Fostering Innovation and Research to Strengthen Tomorrow Act</strong></p> <p>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.</p>]]></summary-text>
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