S.Amdt. 1234Senate115th Congress (2017-2019)2nd degree

To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating tax breaks for companies that ship jobs to foreign countries.

Submitted October 18, 2017

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1234 proposed by Senator Enzi for Senator Donnelly to Amendment SA 1116.(consideration: CR S6615-6616, S6620; text: CR S6616)

October 19, 2017

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Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 1234 proposed by Senator Enzi for Senator Donnelly to Amendment SA 1116.(consideration: CR S6615-6616, S6620; text: CR S6616)

October 19, 2017

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Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1234 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.(text as modified: CR S6620)

October 19, 2017

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Amendment SA 1234 proposed by Senator Enzi for Senator Donnelly to Amendment SA 1116. (consideration: CR S6615-6616, S6620; text: CR S6616) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating tax breaks for companies that ship jobs to foreign countries.

October 19, 2017

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Amendment SA 1234 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S6620)

October 19, 2017

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Senate amendment submitted

October 18, 2017

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SA 1234. Mr. DONNELLY (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, and Mrs. Gillibrand)
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 title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST ANY TAX BILL ALLOWING
COMPANIES THAT HAVE OUTSOURCED JOBS TO FOREIGN
COUNTRIES TO BENEFIT FROM ANY TAX BREAKS.

(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
permits companies which have outsourced jobs to foreign
countries to benefit from any tax breaks.
(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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