To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to eliminating tax breaks for companies that ship jobs to foreign countries.
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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
Senate amendment agreed to: Amendment SA 1234 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.(text as modified: CR S6620)
October 19, 2017
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
Amendment SA 1234 as modified agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote. (text as modified: CR S6620)
October 19, 2017
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). ______