# 116-hr-7527: MMEDS Act of 2020

116-hr-7527, MMEDS Act of 2020, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR); status Referred 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. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7527
- Congress: 116
- Title: MMEDS Act of 2020
- Status: Referred 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.
- Introduced: 2020-07-09
- Sponsor: Resident Commissioner González-Colón, Jenniffer [R-PR-At Large] (R-PR)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Medical Manufacturing, Economic Development, and Sustainability Act of 2020 or the MMEDS Act of 2020 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 (9)

- JOSE SERRANO (D-NY), 2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (D-FL), 2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- PETER KING (R-NY), 2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2020-07-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2020-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26] (R-FL), 2020-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2020-08-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2020-09-04T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-4104: Negro Leagues Baseball Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-7527 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7527)

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- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7527 (as of 2025-11-18).