# 117-hr-7515: Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2022

117-hr-7515, Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA); status Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-7515
- Congress: 117
- Title: Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2022
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Introduced: 2022-04-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA)
- Cosponsors: 2
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Infectious Disease Therapies Research and Innovation Act of 2022 This bill exempts from the definition of passive activity, for purposes of the passive loss tax rules, any qualified medical research activity of a specified medical research small business pass-thru entity. The bill defines specified medical research small business pass-thru entity as any domestic pass-thru entity if more than 80% of such entity's expenditures on research are paid or incurred in connection with qualified medical research activities and the gross receipts of such entity for the taxable year are less than $1 million.

## Cosponsors (2)

- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wenstrup, Brad R. [R-OH-2] (R-OH), 2022-04-14T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-7515 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7515)

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- [117-hr-5142: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5142)
- [117-hr-8351: Formula Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8351)
- [117-hr-310: To posthumously award the Congressional Gold Medal, collectively, to Glen Doher…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-310)
- [117-hr-9143: To prevent the use of additional Internal Revenue Service funds from being used…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-9143)
- [117-hr-9092: Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-9092)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-7515 (as of 2025-11-18).