S. 3816 · 111th Congress
Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act
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Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt from employment taxes for a 24-month period employers who hire a employee who replaces another employee who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States and who performs similar duties overseas; (2) deny any tax deduction, deduction for loss, or…
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Sep 21, 2010
Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt from employment taxes for a 24-month period employers who hire a employee who replaces another employee who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States and who performs similar duties overseas; (2) deny any tax deduction, deduction for loss, or tax credit for the cost of an American jobs offshoring transaction (defined as any transaction in which a taxpayer reduces or eliminates the operation of a trade or business in connection with the start-up or expansion of such trade or business outside the United States); and (3) eliminate the deferral of tax on income of a controlled foreign corporation attributable to property imported into the United States by such corporation or a related person, except for property exported before substantial use in the United States and for agricultural commodities not grown in the United States in commercially marketable quantities.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act
Latest action (Sep 28, 2010): Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 242. (consideration: CR S7584-7585; text: CR S7584)
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Sep 21, 2010
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Latest vote · Senate · Sep 28, 2010
Ending debate (cloture) — Cloture Motion Rejected. Vote details
Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid
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All recorded votes (2)
- Ending debate (cloture) Cloture Motion Rejected
Senate · Sep 28, 2010 · “On the Cloture Motion S. 3816” · Majority Leader: Harry Reid - Recorded vote Motion Agreed to
Senate · Sep 27, 2010 · “On the Motion (Motion to Instruct the Sergeant at Arms)” · Majority Leader: Harry Reid