[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 25, 2015)]
[Senate]
[Page S1933]
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SA 817. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Reed) submitted
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO PROVIDE TAX
BENEFITS TO PATRIOT EMPLOYERS THAT INVEST IN
AMERICAN JOBS AND PROVIDE FAIR PAY AND BENEFITS
TO WORKERS AND TO ELIMINATE TAX BENEFITS FOR
CORPORATIONS THAT SHIP JOBS OR PROFITS
OVERSEAS.
The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to income taxes paid by businesses, which may
include measures providing tax breaks for companies that have
not inverted, have maintained or expanded their United States
workforce, or have provided livable wages and health care,
and may also include measures ending tax breaks that
encourage businesses to ship jobs offshore, by the amounts
provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided
that such legislation would not increase the deficit over
either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through
2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through
2025.
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