[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 195 (Thursday, November 30, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S7592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1703. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Cardin, Mr. Brown, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Udall, Mr. Booker, and Mr. Reed) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill H.R. 
1, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subpart A of part I of subtitle C, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 13303. EXCEPTION TO REDUCED RATES BASED ON REAL 
                   HOUSEHOLD WAGES.

       (a) Determination of Average Real Household Wages.--Not 
     later than December 31 of each calendar year, the Secretary 
     of the Treasury (in consultation with the Secretary of Labor) 
     shall determine the average real household wages for the 
     calendar year.
       (b) Certification.--If the Secretary of the Treasury does 
     not certify that the average real household wages for any 
     calendar year after December 31, 2019, (as determined under 
     subsection (a)) exceeds the average real household wages for 
     calendar year 2017 (as so determined) by $4,000 or more, the 
     provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 which are 
     amended by section 13001 and 13002 shall each be amended to 
     read as if the amendments made by such section had not been 
     enacted.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
     (b) shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31 
     of the first calendar year for which no certification is made 
     under subsection (b).
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