US Congress Senate Bill 2139 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on March 13 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-03-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax exclusion of gain from the sale or exchange of small business stock; and (2) exempt from the definition of "passive activity," for purposes of the passive loss tax rules, any qualified research activity carried on by a high technology research small business pass-thru entity. Defines "high technology research small business pass-thru entity" as any domestic pass-thru entity if: (1) more than 75% of the entity's expenditures are paid or incurred in connection with qualified research, or (2) more than 50% of the entity's expenditures constitute qualified research expenses. Designates a high technology research entity as a small business if such entity has 250 or fewer full-time employees and does not have aggregate gross assets in excess of $150 million.

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the exclusion for small business stock, to provide incentives for small business high technology research investment, and for other purposes.

Sen. Robert Menendez [D-NJ]

Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-03-13	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

SB1658 (Related) 2013-11-06 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB4855 (Related) 2014-06-12 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
SB2715 (Related) 2014-07-31 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2139/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2139/BILLS-113s2139is.pdf