United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 785 (106th)
Biomedical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act
Introduced
23 February 1999
Last action
3 March 1999 · Referred
Status
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Sponsors
Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14], Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8], Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16], Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5], Rep. Shows, Ronnie [D-MS-4], Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7], Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24], Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1], CAROLYN MALONEY, FRED UPTON, Anna Eshoo, Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], JOHN LEWIS, Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5], RON KIND
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
3 June 2026
Summary
Biomedical Research Assistance Voluntary Option Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a taxpayer to designate any income tax overpayment to be used for biomedical research conducted through the National Institutes of Health.
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Timeline
23 February 1999
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
23 February 1999
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Source: IntroReferral
23 February 1999
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
23 February 1999
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
3 March 1999
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Source: Committee
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in House · 23 February 1999 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 23 February 1999
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 23 February 1999
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 23 February 1999
Sponsors
- Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Foley, Mark [R-FL-16] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Nethercutt, George R., Jr. [R-WA-5] · R · Cosponsor
- Rep. Shows, Ronnie [D-MS-4] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Frost, Martin [D-TX-24] · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1] · D · Cosponsor
- CAROLYN MALONEY · D · Cosponsor
- FRED UPTON · R · Cosponsor
- Anna Eshoo · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] · D · Cosponsor
- JOHN LEWIS · D · Cosponsor
- Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5] · D · Cosponsor
- RON KIND · D · Cosponsor
- · hsif00 · Standing
- · hswm00 · Standing
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/house-bill/785
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/106/hr/785
- us · 106-hr-785 · source updated 3 June 2026