[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 1701. Ms. STABENOW (for herself, Mr. Casey, Mr. Van Hollen, Mr. 
Cardin, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Menendez, 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) Publication of Average Real Household Wages.--Not later 
     than December 31, 2017, the Congressional Budget Office shall 
     publish a report indicating average household wage income in 
     the United States for 2017. For each subsequent calendar 
     year, not later than December 31 of that year, the 
     Congressional Budget Office shall publish a report indicating 
     average household wage income in the United States for the 
     year, adjusted for inflation.
       (b) Exception.--If for any calendar year after 2019, 
     average real household wage income has not increased by at 
     least $4,000 as compared to 2017 (as determined in the 
     reports published under subsection (a)), then 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.
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