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<dc:title>110 HR 3264 IH: American Life Sciences
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<dc:date>2007-07-31</dc:date>
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		<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code>
		<congress>110th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>H. R. 3264</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20070731">July 31, 2007</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S001162">Ms. Schwartz</sponsor> (for
			 herself, <cosponsor name-id="B000755">Mr. Brady of Texas</cosponsor>,
			 <cosponsor name-id="N000015">Mr. Neal of Massachusetts</cosponsor>, and
			 <cosponsor name-id="H000528">Mr. Herger</cosponsor>) introduced the following
			 bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee
			 on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modernize
		  the tax treatment of biomedical research corporations.</official-title>
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	<legis-body id="H2F2436B122324BC6A944476DCA2B8FA4" style="OLC">
		<section id="H976B013B673E44B497C9B10D25771F1" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title; table of
			 contents</header>
			<subsection id="HCB356CCD851F4E1789002646A0115C4F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Short
			 title</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This Act may be cited
			 as the <quote><short-title>American Life Sciences
			 Competitiveness Act of 2007</short-title></quote>.</text>
			</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5EA5A1D0F42B47789825EF1500EB8B34"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendment of
			 1986 Code</header><text>Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
			 this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or
			 repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to
			 be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of
			 1986.</text>
			</subsection><subsection id="HD9AA9C491FF94208B55CC96D3701E5EC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Table of
			 contents</header><text>The table of contents is as follows:</text>
				<toc container-level="legis-body-container" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
					<toc-entry idref="H976B013B673E44B497C9B10D25771F1" level="section">Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="H8758163E3526494D85967885AD899061" level="title">Title I—Provisions relating to corporate tax incentives
				</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="H68C5DEC7C8CD4E0E9FF4BB394D31069E" level="section">Sec. 101. Modify change of ownership rules.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="HE3BC10920A2B468B936EB9648256CAB7" level="section">Sec. 102. Research credit expansion.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="HDF342CF91410467593BAB22B09CD4DF5" level="section">Sec. 103. Orphan drug credit expansion.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="H6B2F0BE85D284B1EB0D1E8E4DDE61715" level="section">Sec. 104. Countermeasures and pandemic flu research
				incentives.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="HDB55DFF7C8924F2BBDAC000011B4FB5D" level="title">Title II—Provisions relating to investor tax
				incentives</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="H09E68F9717964A28B3DC899278E4F44D" level="section">Sec. 201. Capital gains rollover.</toc-entry>
					<toc-entry idref="HD7A6AADF52C5444E85000097077E5800" level="section">Sec. 202. Equity credit for incubational firms.</toc-entry>
				</toc>
			</subsection></section><title id="H8758163E3526494D85967885AD899061"><enum>I</enum><header>Provisions
			 relating to corporate tax incentives </header>
			<section id="H68C5DEC7C8CD4E0E9FF4BB394D31069E"><enum>101.</enum><header>Modify change
			 of ownership rules</header>
				<subsection id="H61C24B71A95C46BFB3555B559B1EDC8F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Subsection (l) of section 382 is amended by adding at the
			 end the following new paragraph:</text>
					<quoted-block id="H0C33DFC849B04152B171987E3FA857F1" style="OLC">
						<paragraph id="HFBB9FEE646424EDA8EFAB49D57C49CDC"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Certain
				financing transactions of biomedical research corporations</header>
							<subparagraph id="H6E0610201B194A7184F80642D1FB1B8E"><enum>(A)</enum><header>General
				rule</header><text>In the case of a biomedical research corporation, any owner
				shift involving a 5-percent shareholder which occurs as the result of a
				qualified investment or qualified transaction during the testing period shall
				be treated for purposes of this section (other than this paragraph) as
				occurring before the testing period.</text>
							</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB378BB24B76945219386F076AEE80056"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Biomedical
				research corporation</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term
				<term>biomedical research corporation</term> means, with respect to any
				qualified investment, any domestic corporation subject to tax under this
				subchapter which is not in bankruptcy and which, as of the time of the closing
				on such investment—</text>
								<clause id="HCCEF9019D17F4626A057F59B3156FB4C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>holds the rights
				to a drug or biologic for which an investigational new drug application is in
				effect under section 505 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or holds
				the rights to a device for which an investigational device exemption is
				approved under section 520(g) of such Act, and</text>
								</clause><clause id="HBC2407B1F8F14E34882027493772A7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">certifies that, as of the time of such
				closing, the drug, biologic, or device is, or in the 6 month period beginning 3
				months before such closing has been, under study pursuant to an investigational
				use exemption under section 505(i) or section 520(g) of the Federal Food, Drug,
				and Cosmetic Act.</text>
								</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD38A226837FF48BB86399296A699445D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Qualified
				investment</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term
				<term>qualified investment</term> means any acquisition of stock by a
				shareholder (who after such acquisition is a less than 50 percent shareholder)
				in a biomedical research corporation if such stock is acquired at its original
				issue (directly or through an underwriter) solely in exchange for cash.</text>
							</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2AD4352D721947AAB9F6C91B1614F625"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Qualified
				transaction</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term
				<term>qualified transaction</term> means any acquisition of stock in a
				biomedical research corporation if such stock is acquired as part of a merger
				or acquisition by another biomedical research corporation that is a loss
				corporation. If the acquiring loss corporation is a member of a controlled
				group of corporations under section 1563(a), the group must be a loss
				group.</text>
							</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2C4E1DE0F12845B480218F8534FA2E31"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Stock issued in
				exchange for convertible debt</header><text>For purposes of this paragraph,
				stock issued by a biomedical research corporation in exchange for its
				convertible debt (or stock deemed under this section to be so issued) shall be
				treated as stock acquired by the debt holder at its original issue and solely
				in exchange for cash if the debt holder previously acquired the convertible
				debt at its original issue and solely in exchange for cash. In the case of an
				acquisition of stock in exchange for convertible debt, the requirements of this
				paragraph shall be applied separately as of the time of closing on the
				investment in convertible debt, and as of the time of actual conversion (or
				deemed conversion under this section) of the convertible debt for stock.</text>
							</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A69DFCAB0814392B01394D01CFF999C"><enum>(F)</enum><header>Biomedical
				research corporation must meet 3-year expenditure and continuity of business
				tests with respect to any qualified investment</header>
								<clause id="H3299BDCF781442E390F8C8AD00479FC7"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>This paragraph shall not apply to a qualified investment
				or transaction in a biomedical research corporation unless such corporation
				meets the expenditure test for each year of the measuring period and the
				continuity of business test.</text>
								</clause><clause id="H44CE037BD19740439905E451ACB87ED6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Measuring
				period</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
				<term>measuring period</term> means, with respect to any qualified investment
				or transaction, the taxable year of the biomedical research corporation in
				which the closing on the investment occurs, and the 2 preceding taxable
				years.</text>
								</clause><clause id="HE9BE83EB7E00440A921C2E0572283565"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Expenditure
				test</header><text>A biomedical research corporation meets the expenditure test
				of this subparagraph for a taxable year if at least 35 percent of its
				expenditures for the taxable year (including, for purposes of this clause,
				payments in redemption of its stock) are expenditures described in section
				41(b) or clinical and preclinical expenses.</text>
								</clause><clause id="H9CE05CCC69CE4891A9DFEA07197859D9"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Continuity of
				business test</header><text>A biomedical research corporation meets the
				continuity of business test if, at all times during the 2-year period following
				a qualified investment or transaction, such corporation continues the business
				enterprise of such corporation.</text>
								</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7CDDFB2BAF6B4985B07116B7731E818F"><enum>(G)</enum><header>Effect of
				corporate redemptions on qualified investments</header><text>Rules similar to
				the rules of section 1202(c)(3) shall apply to qualified investments under this
				paragraph except that <quote>stock acquired in a qualified investment</quote>
				shall be substituted for <quote>qualified small business stock</quote> each
				place it appears therein.</text>
							</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCB910B05639745F89FFB9BD8C59321E7"><enum>(H)</enum><header>Effect of other
				transactions between biomedical research corporations and investors making
				qualified investments</header>
								<clause id="H9A075953A8A24DF5AE4C9FFE45A15DE4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>If, during the 2-year period beginning 1 year before any
				qualified investment, the biomedical research corporation engages in another
				transaction with a member of its qualified investment group and such biomedical
				research corporation receives any consideration other than cash in such
				transaction, there shall be a presumption that stock received in the otherwise
				qualified investment transaction was not received solely in exchange for
				cash.</text>
								</clause><clause id="H7CF16DA411F74F088295F67E357F8F6F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Qualified
				investment group</header><text>For purposes of this subparagraph, the term
				<term>qualified investment group</term> means, with respect to any qualified
				investment, one or more persons who receive stock issued in exchange for the
				qualified investment, and any person related to such persons within the meaning
				of section 267(b) or section 707(b).</text>
								</clause><clause id="H5F0192936488497BAA8302849E2E5BAF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
				Secretary may promulgate regulations exempting from this subparagraph
				transactions which are customary in the bioscience research industry and are of
				minor value relative to the amount of the qualified investment. The Secretary
				may issue such regulations as may be appropriate to achieve the purposes of
				this paragraph to prevent abuse and to provide for treatment of biomedical
				research corporations under sections 383 and 384 that is consistent with the
				purposes of this
				paragraph.</text>
								</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="H7B995D59BF94448AB06C4731479E5E88"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendment made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2007.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="HE3BC10920A2B468B936EB9648256CAB7"><enum>102.</enum><header>Research credit
			 expansion</header>
				<subsection id="H64FC3650924A49D4A910AF77AFD2C5D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Contract research
			 expenses</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subparagraph (D) of
			 section 41(b)(3) (relating to contract research expenses) is amended—</text>
					<paragraph id="H0731A664648B48E7AFA2382B07F61FCB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the heading by
			 inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">biomedical
			 research corporations,</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subparagraph" style="OLC">eligible small
			 businesses,</header-in-text></quote>, and</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HA4FFA01A93C04588A4693DA85C7BB700"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in clause (i) by
			 redesignating subclauses (II) and (III) as subclauses (III) and (IV)
			 respectively, and by inserting after subclause (I) the following new
			 subclause:</text>
						<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H19A34F3E884F48C7BF00B7136D613E3C" style="OLC">
							<subclause id="HE29F91A0411F49BD87F36320499B6B6C"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a biomedical
				research corporation (as defined in section
				382(l)(9)(B)),</text>
							</subclause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA915F44885514097B68C88BBFE05D199"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Basic research
			 expenses of qualifying biomedical research corporation</header><text>Section
			 41(e)(3) is amended to read as follows:</text>
					<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72371A89545A4D7E89AAC3ECB38E20AD" style="OLC">
						<paragraph commented="no" id="H3C054A98330649A78358036612E8075F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Qualified
				organization base period amount</header><text>For purposes of this
				subsection—</text>
							<subparagraph commented="no" id="H17ED4D7FE67148B8B8007E7193AECC56"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>The term <term>qualified organization base period
				amount</term> means an amount equal to the sum of—</text>
								<clause commented="no" id="H41C83D3252614254B511257CFF53F906"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the minimum basic
				research amount, plus</text>
								</clause><clause commented="no" id="H79F33709388148009DC75882FA005713"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
				maintenance-of-effort amount.</text>
								</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HB9F107DE8F1B470BA448F5B57216891E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Biomedical
				research corporation</header><text>In the case of a biomedical research
				corporation, the qualified organization base period amount is
				zero.</text>
							</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="H6F8ECCD664C94CB9B76D0086004C577C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2007.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="HDF342CF91410467593BAB22B09CD4DF5"><enum>103.</enum><header>Orphan drug
			 credit expansion</header>
				<subsection id="HA2B8FD5159B84C4D9299BD34DC4EE82"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Subclause (I) of section 45C(b)(2)(A)(ii) is amended to
			 read as follows:</text>
					<quoted-block id="HDBD4775009DC46D28100C99BBE5C8397" style="OLC">
						<subparagraph id="HCAF11445CA224AE48E813C314CBD236B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>after the date
				that the application is filed for designation under section 526 of such Act,
				and</text>
						</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="H86FE7C94F0784668B5C55CFA2903E7D5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to amounts
			 paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007.</text>
				</subsection></section><section id="H6B2F0BE85D284B1EB0D1E8E4DDE61715"><enum>104.</enum><header>Countermeasures
			 and pandemic flu research incentives</header>
				<subsection id="HA2777707BFE3401DA429D3A7B6671762"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tax credit To
			 fund countermeasure research</header>
					<paragraph id="HC49D8E0F0A514A30A6FE2ECE09BB90B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1
			 (relating to business related credits) is amended by adding at the end the
			 following new section:</text>
						<quoted-block id="H7E69D4996AF54FA5AB9DD914711E3FE3" style="OLC">
							<section id="HE883D6EE464A4B47B1C7002089F8DE1D"><enum>45O.</enum><header>Credit for
				medical research related to developing countermeasures</header>
								<subsection id="HEFD1ECF48D244B46BEE77AB019F1280"><enum>(a)</enum><header>General
				rule</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of section
				38, in the case of a biomedical research corporation, the countermeasures
				research credit determined under this section for the taxable year is an amount
				equal to 20 percent of the eligible countermeasures research expenses for the
				taxable year.</text>
								</subsection><subsection id="H13753C813DBE45E7AE28E9B4C63790AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligible
				countermeasures research expenses</header><text>For purposes of this
				section—</text>
									<paragraph id="H368CF36FB51340B38434639709FE8F4F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Eligible
				countermeasures research expenses</header>
										<subparagraph id="H57BE0388DE4243B1AB61FE11C7206D71"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise
				provided in this paragraph, the term <term>eligible countermeasures research
				expenses</term> means amounts paid or incurred by the taxpayer during the
				taxable year for research, including preclinical research and animal model
				development, which would be described in subsection (b) of section 41 if such
				subsection were applied with the modifications set forth in subparagraph (B) of
				this paragraph and that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines
				has significant potential to lead to the development of a covered
				countermeasure.</text>
										</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFAEC965CA87A4DA086E8D69B3C132BE6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Modifications;
				increased incentive for contract research payments</header><text>For purposes
				of subparagraph (A), subsection (b) of section 41 shall be applied—</text>
											<clause commented="no" id="HF7E6DF08C9C74A689D0561F55C725715"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by substituting
				<quote>eligible countermeasures research</quote> for <quote>qualified
				research</quote> each place it appears in paragraphs (2) and (3) of such
				subsection, and</text>
											</clause><clause id="HB4CB4CDB85ED420A90131B34F6CDEB91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by substituting
				<quote>100 percent</quote> for <quote>65 percent</quote> in paragraph (3)(A) of
				such subsection.</text>
											</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC714011221A74E3EA5367D76A427B27"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exclusion for
				amounts funded by grants, etc</header><text>The term <term>eligible
				countermeasures research expenses</term> shall not include any amount to the
				extent such amount is funded by any grant, contract, or otherwise by another
				person (or any governmental entity).</text>
										</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70FEEF6B538A41D9AE14FDE7CB31E15"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Covered
				countermeasure</header><text>The term <term>covered countermeasure</term> has
				the meaning given such term in division C of the Department of Defense,
				Emergency Supplemental Appropriations to Address Hurricanes in the Gulf of
				Mexico, and Pandemic Influenza Act, 2006.</text>
									</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2C09F49272624332009D9D009D002898"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination
				with credit for increasing research expenditures</header>
									<paragraph id="HAEAF3D2A8E294E06953825005440F26F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), any eligible
				countermeasures research expenses for a taxable year shall not be taken into
				account for purposes of determining the credit allowable under section 41 for
				such taxable year.</text>
									</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC1D4A4950414C50B68F6C3F1B9D8C00"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Expenses
				included in determining base period research expenses</header><text>Any
				eligible countermeasures research expenses for any taxable year which are
				qualified research expenses (within the meaning of section 41(b)) shall be
				taken into account in determining base period research expenses for purposes of
				applying section 41 to subsequent taxable years.</text>
									</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H689D285AB1CE495AA75EAC06AD2A5D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Coordination with
				credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare
				diseases</header><text>Any eligible countermeasures research expense for a
				taxable year shall not be taken into account for purposes of determining the
				credit allowable under section 45C for such taxable year.</text>
								</subsection><subsection id="H5D293BC776D345039B3FCDACD40218EF"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Certain rules
				made applicable</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (1) and
				(2) of section 41(f) shall apply for purposes of this
				section.</text>
								</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HCEBF82F2091B49429C6DAEF9C01E1DC2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Inclusion in
			 general business credit</header><text>Section 38(b) is amended by striking
			 <quote>plus</quote> at the end of paragraph (30), by striking the period at the
			 end of paragraph (31) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the
			 end the following new paragraph:</text>
						<quoted-block id="HAAC23C1A6E4446028F1FBC1E8D19EF40" style="OLC">
							<paragraph id="HF3A7355C2D9E4DFD88109BBD6FE32EE"><enum>(32)</enum><text>the
				countermeasures research credit determined under section
				45O.</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H928BAACF58254B7D99D378E22E479C06"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Denial of double
			 benefit</header><text>Section 280C is amended by adding at the end the
			 following new subsection:</text>
						<quoted-block id="HADE343B19ECA49668474ABA5B090055F" style="OLC">
							<subsection id="H2476B622536543B9889C60C9A2D6A18C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Credit for
				eligible countermeasures research expenses</header>
								<paragraph id="H2F726E00E9C141BAA567A859F27CCEDB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>No deduction shall be allowed for that portion of the
				eligible countermeasures research expenses (as defined in section 45O(b))
				otherwise allowable as a deduction for the taxable year which is equal to the
				amount of the credit determined for such taxable year under section
				45O(a).</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="H1924DEDE4C0E40D0B261BA8B1BE5F999"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certain rules to
				apply</header><text>Rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)
				of subsection (c) shall apply for purposes of this
				subsection.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H07925942541C4D45B928D884FF4279A6"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Deduction for
			 unused portion of credit</header><text>Section 196(c) is amended by striking
			 <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (12), by striking the period at the
			 end of paragraph (13) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the
			 end the following new paragraph:</text>
						<quoted-block id="H91A9C66635614EEFAD320026073FE5BB" style="OLC">
							<paragraph id="H5B9F5DF6FCD241B48547016BAC78F1A3"><enum>(14)</enum><text>the
				countermeasures research credit determined under section
				45O(a).</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7A932B81BFD413C00C2549835741876"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Technical
			 amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of
			 subchapter A of chapter 1 is amended by adding at the end the following new
			 item:</text>
						<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2D4220FC7F124485A9818E159026F67C" style="OLC">
							<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
								<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 45O. Credit for medical research
				related to developing
				countermeasures.</toc-entry>
							</toc>
							<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC0BD849786744BC08E5CE71FB1CE2EEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2007.</text>
				</subsection></section></title><title id="HDB55DFF7C8924F2BBDAC000011B4FB5D"><enum>II</enum><header>Provisions
			 relating to investor tax incentives</header>
			<section id="H09E68F9717964A28B3DC899278E4F44D"><enum>201.</enum><header>Capital gains
			 rollover</header>
				<subsection id="H51C0BA98284E4159B0D87E25623EA1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header>
					<paragraph id="H4BBB3538792042A6904CBD15E0061400"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 1045(a) is
			 amended by inserting <quote>or biomedical research corporation stock</quote>
			 after <quote>qualified small business stock</quote> each place it appears
			 herein.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H1545F532FE0C43D4ABDE998858EBEA00"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 1045(b) is
			 amended by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (3),
			 (4), (5), and (6), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (1) the
			 following new paragraph:</text>
						<quoted-block id="HAA362FE3A23B4AFA8BB0EA92820205D0" style="OLC">
							<paragraph id="H316E39230B3F4344B3DC802D00E9DC18"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Biomedical
				research corporation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
				<term>biomedical research corporation</term> has the meaning given to such term
				in section 382(l)(9)(B) and has gross assets that do not exceed $250,000,000
				and agrees to submit such reports to the Secretary and to shareholders as the
				Secretary may require to carry out the purposes of this section. An entity
				meets the gross assets test of the preceding sentence if the average annual
				gross assets of such entity for the 3-taxable-year period ending with the
				taxable year prior to the taxable year in which the sale of qualified small
				business stock does not exceed $250,000,000. For purposes of the preceding
				sentence, rules similar to the rules of paragraphs (2) and (3) of section
				448(c) (other than paragraph (3)(C) thereof) shall
				apply.</text>
							</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H927C317190F54BD19217114B66FE3608"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments</header>
					<paragraph id="H12A9974E97CF4B6B937550E9E2793A5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The heading for
			 section 1045 is amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">or biomedical research</header-in-text></quote> after
			 <quote><header-in-text level="section" style="OLC">small
			 business</header-in-text></quote> each time it appears.</text>
					</paragraph><paragraph id="H22AB7F6A02834C3CB66C3012DA18ED4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The item relating
			 to section 1045 in the table of sections for part III of subchapter O of
			 chapter 1 is amended by inserting <quote>or biomedical research</quote> after
			 <quote>small business</quote> each time it appears.</text>
					</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H36BFD31E18184BF1AA372E4790096368"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2007.</text>
				</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7A6AADF52C5444E85000097077E5800" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>202.</enum><header>Equity credit for
			 incubational firms</header>
				<subsection id="HA0BBCAC68E474A9AB4A37949359BD8EE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text>Subpart D of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 (as
			 amended by this Act) is amended by inserting after section 45O the following
			 new section:</text>
					<quoted-block id="H75113E553155470BA29425654631BDB6" style="OLC">
						<section id="H2EF0F890B2DA48989C86162B63FC6E65"><enum>45P.</enum><header>Incubational
				equity tax credit</header>
							<subsection id="H2A97A93B17E2497D00D2045CDBA49681"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Allowance of
				credit</header>
								<paragraph id="H1A8DD853A7A04850876308070444F107"><enum>(1)</enum><header>General
				rule</header><text>For purposes of section 38, in the case of a taxpayer who
				makes a qualified incubational equity investment during the taxable year, the
				incubational equity tax credit determined under this section for such taxable
				year is an amount equal to the applicable percentage of the amount paid to the
				qualified incubational company solely in exchange for its stock at original
				issue.</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="H3DE3A749CF384674A2FD3F8831FDAD2D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Applicable
				percentage</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable
				percentage is 20 percent.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9755EE1A7BF541BFAB599190FF5E682D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified
				incubational equity investment</header><text>For purposes of this
				section—</text>
								<paragraph id="H79922B5E33AD4E32827BA05CB400E98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>The term <term>qualified incubational equity
				investment</term> means any equity investment in a qualified incubational
				company if—</text>
									<subparagraph id="H656C42C2D7AD4114A617993E2B4F9700"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such investment
				(not exceeding $500,000 per taxable year) is acquired by the taxpayer at its
				original issue (directly or through an underwriter) solely in exchange for
				cash,</text>
									</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A4095E0B1CC4E30A663008FD15CCC77"><enum>(B)</enum><text>not less than
				<fraction>½</fraction> of such cash is used by the qualified incubational
				company with respect to qualifying research under section 41, and</text>
									</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5867F04C8E944ECC82291948CB4DAC95"><enum>(C)</enum><text>such investment is
				designated for purposes of this section by the qualified incubational
				company.</text>
									</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">Such term
				shall not include any equity investment issued by a qualified incubational
				company more than 5 years after the date that such company receives an
				allocation under subsection (d). Any allocation not used within such 5-year
				period may be reallocated by the Secretary under subsection (d).</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="HC91689DE18914D169EE8CAFF19773B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The
				maximum amount of equity investments issued by a qualified incubational company
				which may be designated under paragraph (1)(C) by such company shall not exceed
				the portion of the limitation amount allocated under subsection (f) to such
				company.</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="H18C118CCAAC64D6E88DF2262AC43B485"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Treatment of
				subsequent purchasers</header><text>The term <term>qualified equity
				investment</term> includes any equity investment which would (but for paragraph
				(1)(A)) be a qualified equity investment in the hands of the taxpayer if such
				investment was a qualified equity investment in the hands of a prior
				holder.</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="HA2101C121FAB4C0BAAC6FE00D6368282"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Redemptions</header><text>A
				rule similar to the rule of section 1202(c)(3) shall apply for purposes of this
				subsection.</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="HC19898B5BFD34FD18C465F90968EF994"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Equity
				investment</header><text>The term <term>equity investment</term> means any
				stock (other than nonqualified preferred stock as defined in section 351(g)(2))
				in an entity which is a corporation.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAF8E965312A5487CBFF41495869CB600"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Qualified
				incubational company</header><text>For purposes of this section—</text>
								<paragraph id="H50EB34B2C11A481999C3F619C5C48F3B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>The term <term>qualified incubational company</term>
				means any domestic biomedical research corporation (as defined in section
				382(l)(9)(B)) subject to tax under subchapter C of this chapter, that has 25
				employees or less and gross assets of less than $25,000,000.</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="HBC409EB9152742BD91EBFC5C794BD641"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Gross assets
				test</header><text>For purpose of paragraph (1), rules similar to the rules of
				section 1244(d)(3) shall apply, determined by substituting
				<quote>$25,000,000</quote> for <quote>$500,000,000</quote> in subparagraph (A)
				thereof.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H865B72DB812F4C42AE89A1BE40F51E77"><enum>(d)</enum><header>National
				limitation on amount of investments designated</header>
								<paragraph id="H504D9FA38F214CE78955488770CA00D1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>There is an incubational equity tax credit limitation of
				$500,000,000 for each taxable year.</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="HD5FAA84FAA2049E0B0EF216087C6E200"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Allocation of
				limitation</header><text>The limitation under paragraph (1) shall be allocated
				by the Secretary among qualified incubational companies selected by the
				Secretary. In making allocations under the preceding sentence, the Secretary
				shall give priority to the extent to which it is reasonably anticipated that a
				qualified incubational company would have insufficient taxable income and tax
				liability to utilize the section 41 research tax credit.</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="H5FE6CD35B6C644DF94FD147C479D68EC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Carryover of
				unused limitation</header><text>If the qualified incubational equity tax credit
				limitation for any taxable year exceeds the aggregate amount allocated under
				paragraph (2) for such year, such limitation for the succeeding taxable year
				shall be increased by the amount of such excess.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE8F482FE1B204FC400B62793A2DF0230"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Recapture of
				credit in certain cases</header>
								<paragraph id="H91B7D9B459314AA1A3A62D769E38C009"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
				general</header><text>If, at any time during the 4-year period beginning on the
				date of the original issue of a qualified incubational equity investment in a
				qualified incubational company, there is a recapture event with respect to such
				investment, then the tax imposed by this chapter for the taxable year in which
				such event occurs shall be increased by the credit recapture amount.</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="H894AAE6812A94EF59EB008BBD19BAF95"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Credit recapture
				amount</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the credit recapture amount
				is an amount equal to the sum of—</text>
									<subparagraph id="H6EF9679B6F5B488198B48569FE31E44D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the aggregate
				decrease in the credits allowed to the taxpayer under section 38 for all prior
				taxable years which would have resulted if no credit had been determined under
				this section with respect to such investment; plus</text>
									</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H51D5BB1A505F446D91842DB47EF135CB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>interest at the
				underpayment rate established under section 6621 on the amount determined under
				subparagraph (A) for each prior taxable year for the period beginning on the
				due date for filing the return for the prior taxable year involved.</text>
									</subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">No
				deduction shall be allowed under this chapter for interest described in
				subparagraph (B).</continuation-text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6838A18EF580462CAAD94B244BAC9881"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Recapture
				event</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), there is a recapture event
				with respect to a qualified countermeasures equity investment in a qualified
				countermeasures company if—</text>
									<subparagraph id="H91AA1088F58F414BBD5215FE3922CD00"><enum>(A)</enum><text>such company
				ceases to be a qualified biomedical research corporation (as defined in section
				382(l)(9)(B)), or</text>
									</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEDF40B6D634D46E2BBEAA2204E6E86D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>such investment is
				redeemed by such company.</text>
									</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB12D86DFE97D4D299053998000B37710"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special
				rules</header>
									<subparagraph id="H7BF4431DEB63462E9857FE46B6ECC36C"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Tax benefit
				rule</header><text>The tax for the taxable year shall be increased under
				paragraph (1) only with respect to credits allowed by reason of this section
				which were used to reduce tax liability. In the case of credits not so used to
				reduce tax liability, the carryforwards and carrybacks under section 39 shall
				be appropriately adjusted.</text>
									</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC327914ED4D5439DBA00DDF04D05EB00"><enum>(B)</enum><header>No credits
				against tax</header><text>Any increase in tax under this subsection shall not
				be treated as a tax imposed by this chapter for purposes of determining the
				amount of any credit under this chapter or for purposes of section 55.</text>
									</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H38EFFF3792B641F29B31002403BD30B1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Basis
				reduction</header><text>The basis of any qualified incubational equity
				investment shall be reduced by the amount of any credit determined under this
				section with respect to such investment. This subsection shall not apply for
				purposes of sections 1202, 1400B, and 1400F.</text>
							</subsection><subsection id="H8FF9597F0FF145DC9CB087C0CB9E4CDA"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text>The
				secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be appropriate to carry out
				this section, including regulations which—</text>
								<paragraph id="HF78676DC48644CE8B494940798E1F380"><enum>(1)</enum><text>prevent the abuse
				of the purposes of this section,</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="H993CE901D5AC4DED99DB61ED476F7672"><enum>(2)</enum><text>impose appropriate
				reporting requirements, and</text>
								</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8585FB3966A42298BF5E8F07F6C61E9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>apply the
				provisions of this section to newly formed
				entities.</text>
								</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3AE3BBE87CA0418F8E620080386760E5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Credit To be
			 part of general business credit</header><text>Section 38(b) (as amended by this
			 Act) is further amended by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph
			 (31), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (32) and inserting
			 <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the end the following:</text>
					<quoted-block id="HC376ED58F9564DFDB09000F44D27F33F" style="OLC">
						<paragraph id="H0E25F733383A48728705A7A136ADE7E1"><enum>(33)</enum><text>the incubational
				equity tax credit determined under section
				45N(a).</text>
						</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="H467F632D516D47F18206F6B374FB22FD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deduction for
			 unused portion of credit</header><text>Section 196(c) (defining qualified
			 business credits), as amended by this section, is amended by striking
			 <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (12), by striking the period at the
			 end of paragraph (13) and inserting <quote>, and</quote>, and by adding at the
			 end the following new paragraph:</text>
					<quoted-block id="H1DCD01F4EF7444F3BEA4D83359196C6" style="OLC">
						<paragraph id="H8B0C17B065A14CFA9EDE8954C16147F3"><enum>(14)</enum><text>the incubational
				equity tax credit determined under section
				45P(a).</text>
						</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="H06345EC14B8142D8AC7860FA603499AC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Clerical
			 amendment</header><text>The table of sections for subpart D of part IV of
			 subchapter A of chapter 1 (as amended by this Act) is further amended by adding
			 after the item relating to section 45O the following new item:</text>
					<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87503AC1712F4C2BA89B2500D4D533C2" style="OLC">
						<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
							<toc-entry level="section">Sec. 45P. Incubational equity tax
				credit.</toc-entry>
						</toc>
						<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</subsection><subsection id="H083FD40E4C604EA1894D8E0730B8DFCD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Effective
			 date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable
			 years beginning after December 31, 2007.</text>
				</subsection></section></title></legis-body>
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