To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to providing tax benefits to patriot employers that invest in American jobs and provide fair pay and benefits to workers.

SA 1378. Mr. BROWN 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 III, add the following:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PROVIDING
TAX BENEFITS TO PATRIOT EMPLOYERS THAT INVEST
IN AMERICAN JOBS AND PROVIDE FAIR PAY AND
BENEFITS TO WORKERS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this

[[Page S6587]]

resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger,
for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments,
amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports
relating to income taxes paid by businesses, which may
include measures providing tax breaks for companies that have
not moved overseas to avoid paying their fair share of taxes,
have maintained or expanded their United States workforce, or
have provided fair wages and quality health insurance,
prepared workers for retirement, hired veterans and workers
with disabilities, and provided paid family medical leave, by
the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes,
provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit
over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2018
through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2018
through 2027.
______