H.R. 3217 · 115th Congress
Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2017
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This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to develop and publish a list of countries that are tax havens for corporations.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Jul 13, 2017
Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2017
This bill directs the Department of the Treasury to develop and publish a list of countries that are tax havens for corporations.
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the penalties on corporations for: (1) underpayment of tax involving an undisclosed foreign financial asset located in a tax haven country; (2) reportable transaction understatements involving transactions in a tax haven country; and (3) fraud, tax evasion, or false statements involving transactions in a tax haven country.
The bill also: (1) permits federal departments and agencies to grant a preference in the award of federal contracts to contractors who have not engaged in outsourcing, (2) requires federal departments and agencies to request outsourcing information from potential contractors, and (3) defines "outsourcing" as the laying off of a U.S. worker from a job and the hiring or contracting for the same job to be performed in a foreign country.
Revenues generated by this bill must be set aside for the reduction of the public debt.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Stop Outsourcing and Create American Jobs Act of 2017
Latest action (Jul 13, 2017): Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: House · Introduced: Jul 13, 2017
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No recorded floor vote found.