S.Amdt. 73

SA 73. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 256, to amend title 11 of the United States Code, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 19, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

“(8)(A) No judge, United States trustee (or bankruptcy administrator, if any), trustee, or other party in interest may file a motion under paragraph (2) if the debtor is a victim of offshoring.

“(B) In this paragraph--

“(i) the term ‘victim of offshoring' means a debtor who, during the 2 year period before the date of the filing of the petition, lost a job in connection with offshoring; and

“(ii) the term ‘offshoring' means any action taken by an employer the effect of which is to create, shift, or transfer employment positions or facilities outside the United States and which results in an employment loss.”.