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S.1718
Sponsor: Sen Kerry, John F. (introduced 10/12/1999)
Latest Major Action: 10/12/1999 Referred to Senate committee
Title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for medical research related to developing vaccines against widespread diseases.
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10/12/1999:
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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COSPONSORS(5), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]:     (Sort: by date)

Sen Boxer, Barbara - 10/28/1999 Sen Durbin, Richard J. - 10/12/1999
Sen Feinstein, Dianne - 10/28/1999 Sen Murray, Patty - 10/28/1999
Sen Schumer, Charles E. - 11/16/1999

SUMMARY AS OF:
10/12/1999--Introduced.

Lifesaving Vaccine Technology Act of 1999 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an income tax credit for 30 percent of the qualified expenses (excluding amounts funded by any grant, contract, or otherwise by another person or any governmental entity) for medical research related to developing vaccines against malaria, tuberculosis, or HIV.