Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025

House Bill

H.R. 5206

119th Congress

Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025

In Committee

Introduced:Sep 8, 2025

Primary Sponsor

Donald W. Norcross

Representative

Democratic

NJ-1

Cosponsors

2

Quick Stats

Policy Area

Taxation

Summary

This bill would allow small businesses with less than $1 million in gross receipts that are doing research on medical countermeasures, like drugs or devices to prevent harm from health threats, to get a tax credit that they can receive as a refund even if they don't owe any taxes.

Latest Action

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

SponsorDonald W. Norcross (D-NJ)

Introduced9/8/2025

StatusReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025

This bill would allow small businesses with less than $1 million in gross receipts that are doing research on medical countermeasures, like drugs or devices to prevent harm from health threats, to get a tax credit that they can receive as a refund even if they

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This bill would allow small businesses with less than $1 million in gross receipts that are doing research on medical countermeasures, like drugs or devices to prevent harm from health threats, to get a tax credit that they can receive as a refund even if they don't owe any taxes.

Bill Number: 5206
Sponsor: Donald W. Norcross (D-NJ)
Introduced: 9/8/2025
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Policy Area: Taxation

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Fact Sheet

Title: Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025
Bill Number: 5206
Sponsor: Donald W. Norcross (D-NJ)
Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced: 9/8/2025
Summary: This bill would allow small businesses with less than $1 million in gross receipts that are doing research on medical countermeasures, like drugs or devices to prevent harm from health threats, to get a tax credit that they can receive as a refund even if they don't owe any taxes.

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Plain-English explanation of this bill

This bill would allow small businesses with less than $1 million in gross receipts that are doing research on medical countermeasures, like drugs or devices to prevent harm from health threats, to get a tax credit that they can receive as a refund even if they don't owe any taxes.

Last updated: 12/30/2025

Official Summary

Congressional Research Service summary

<p>This bill allows for the refundability of a portion of the tax credit for increasing research activities for small businesses (gross receipts not exceeding $1 million) engaged in specified medical research. Under the Public Health Service Act, <em>specified medical research</em> means research with respect to qualified countermeasures (i.e., a drug, biological product, or device for preventing harm from any biological agent or from a condition that may result in adverse health consequences or death).</p>

Key Points

Main provisions of the bill

Allows small businesses with less than $1 million in gross receipts to get a tax credit for medical research, even if they don't owe taxes
The research must be on qualified countermeasures like drugs, vaccines, or medical devices to prevent harm from health threats
Makes the tax credit refundable, so small businesses can get the money back as a refund

How This Impacts Americans

Potential effects on citizens and communities

This bill would help small businesses that are doing important medical research get financial support, even if they aren't making a profit yet. It could encourage more innovation and development of new drugs, vaccines, and treatments to protect public health.

Policy Areas

Primary Policy Area

Taxation

Scope & Jurisdiction

Jurisdiction Level

federal

Congressional Session

119th Congress

Citation Reference

5206, 119th Congress (2025). "Empowering Striking Workers Act of 2025". Source: Voter's Right Platform. https://votersright.org/bills/118-hr-5206

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