MMEDS Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 4/20/2021
Actions
- 2021-04-20Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- 2021-04-19Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 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.
- 2021-04-19Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and 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.
- 2021-04-19Introduced in House
- 2021-04-19Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-04-19 (00)
Medical Manufacturing, Economic Development, and Sustainability Act of 2021 or the MMEDS Act of 2021
This bill provides incentives for relocating medical manufacturing facilities in the United States and for manufacturing medical products (i.e., drugs and devices) in economically distressed zones. Specifically, the bill allows a income tax credit for 40% of the sum of wages paid in a medical manufacturing economically distressed zone, employee fringe benefit expenses, and depreciation and amortization allowances with respect to qualified medical manufacturing facility property, and a credit for economically distressed zone products and services acquired by domestic medical manufacturers. The bill increases the credit rate for minority businesses.
Cosponsors (4)
- Maria Salazar (R-FL)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
Subjects
- Aging
- Business expenses
- Business investment and capital
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Community life and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
- Economic development
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Government studies and investigations
- Health technology, devices, supplies
- Housing and community development funding
- Immunology and vaccination
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Industrial facilities
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Manufacturing
- Medical research
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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