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S. 3816 · 111th Congress

Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act

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8 cosponsors · 7 D, 1 I

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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

Table of every position
MemberParty at voteSeatPosition
Lisa MurkowskiRAKNot Voting
Mark BegichDAKYea
Jeff SessionsRALNay
Richard ShelbyRALNay
Blanche LincolnDARNot Voting
Mark PryorDARYea
John McCainRAZNay
Jon KylRAZNay
Barbara BoxerDCAYea
Dianne FeinsteinDCAYea
Mark UdallDCOYea
Michael BennetDCOYea
Christopher DoddDCTYea
Joseph LiebermanIDCTNay
Edward KaufmanDDEYea
Thomas CarperDDEYea
Bill NelsonDFLYea
George LeMieuxRFLNay
Johnny IsaksonRGANay
Saxby ChamblissRGANay
Daniel AkakaDHIYea
Daniel InouyeDHIYea
Chuck GrassleyRIANay
Tom HarkinDIAYea
James RischRIDNay
Mike CrapoRIDNay
Richard DurbinDILYea
Roland BurrisDILYea
Evan BayhDINYea
Richard LugarRINNay
Pat RobertsRKSNay
Sam BrownbackRKSNay
Jim BunningRKYNay
Mitch McConnellRKYNay
David VitterRLANay
Mary LandrieuDLAYea
John KerryDMAYea
Scott BrownRMANay
Barbara MikulskiDMDYea
Benjamin CardinDMDYea
Olympia SnoweRMENay
Susan CollinsRMENay
Carl LevinDMIYea
Debbie StabenowDMIYea
Al FrankenDMNYea
Amy KlobucharDMNYea
Claire McCaskillDMOYea
Kit BondRMONay
Roger WickerRMSNay
Thad CochranRMSNay
Jon TesterDMTNay
Max BaucusDMTNay
Kay HaganDNCYea
Richard BurrRNCNay
Byron DorganDNDYea
Kent ConradDNDYea
Ben NelsonDNENay
Mike JohannsRNENay
Jeanne ShaheenDNHYea
Judd GreggRNHNay
Bob MenendezDNJYea
Frank LautenbergDNJYea
Jeff BingamanDNMYea
Tom UdallDNMYea
Harry ReidDNVYea
John EnsignRNVNay
Chuck SchumerDNYYea
Kirsten GillibrandDNYYea
George VoinovichROHNay
Sherrod BrownDOHYea
Jim InhofeROKNay
Thomas CoburnROKNay
Jeff MerkleyDORYea
Ron WydenDORYea
Arlen SpecterDPAYea
Bob CaseyDPAYea
Jack ReedDRIYea
Sheldon WhitehouseDRIYea
Jim DeMintRSCNay
Lindsey GrahamRSCNay
John ThuneRSDNay
Tim JohnsonDSDYea
Bob CorkerRTNNay
Lamar AlexanderRTNNay
John CornynRTXNay
Kay HutchisonRTXNay
Orrin HatchRUTNay
Robert BennettRUTNay
Jim WebbDVAYea
Mark WarnerDVANay
Bernie SandersIVTYea
Patrick LeahyDVTYea
Maria CantwellDWAYea
Patty MurrayDWAYea
Herb KohlDWIYea
Russell FeingoldDWIYea
Carte GoodwinDWVYea
Jay RockefellerDWVYea
John BarrassoRWYNay
Michael EnziRWYNay
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