[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6579]
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SA 1332. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Casey, Mr.
Menendez, and Mrs. Shaheen) submitted an amendment intended to be
proposed to amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent
resolution H. Con. Res. 71, establishing the congressional budget for
the United States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; which
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:
At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:
SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD GIVE
A TAX CUT TO COMPANIES THAT OFFSHORE AMERICAN
JOBS OR USE OFFSHORE TAX LOOPHOLES.
(a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate
to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment,
amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would
cut taxes on any company that has offshored jobs or that has
used offshore tax loopholes to avoid paying its fair share.
(b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or
suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative
vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly
chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of
the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under
subsection (a).
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