S.3816 - Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act

A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create American jobs and to prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create American jobs and to prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas. as introduced.
  • Short: Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act as introduced.

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Latest Vote

Result: Cloture Motion Rejected - September 28, 2010

Roll call number 242 in the Senate

Question: On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S. 3816)

Required percentage of 'Aye' votes: 3/5 (60%)
Percentage of 'aye' votes: 53%

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Blanche Lincoln

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski [R, AK]

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OpenCongress Summary

This bill would give companies a two-year payroll tax holiday, reducing the amount of Social Security taxes they would have to pay, for new employees who replace workers doing similar jobs overseas. It also revokes provisions of the tax code that Democrats say encourage companies to outsource their work force.
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Official Summary

9/21/2010--Introduced.Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt from employment taxes for a 24-month period employers who hire a employee who replaces another employee who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States a

Official Summary

9/21/2010--Introduced.Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to:
(1) exempt from employment taxes for a 24-month period employers who hire a employee who replaces another employee who is not a citizen or permanent resident of the United States and who performs similar duties overseas;
(2) deny any tax deduction, deduction for loss, or tax credit for the cost of an American jobs offshoring transaction (defined as any transaction in which a taxpayer reduces or eliminates the operation of a trade or business in connection with the start-up or expansion of such trade or business outside the United States); and
(3) eliminate the deferral of tax on income of a controlled foreign corporation attributable to property imported into the United States by such corporation or a related person, except for property exported before substantial use in the United States and for agricultural commodities not grown in the United States in commercially marketable quantities.

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Organizations Supporting S.3816

  • AFL-CIO

Organizations Opposing S.3816

  • The National Association of Manufacturers
  • NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE COUNCIL
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce
  • TechAmerica
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11/21/10
Bruce Bialosky: Why Jews Vote Democratic - Redux

...are tring to send American jobs to Pakistan. We need them to keep them here. Please stay on them to vote YES for the following bill: S.3816 - Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create Am

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11/16/10
Ami Horowitz: Women's Wrongs At The U.N.

...tring to send American jobs to Pakistan. We need them to keep them here. Please stay on them to vote YES for the following bill: S.3816 - Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create Americ

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10/23/10
Michael Bolton Thinks DWTS Judge "Should Search His Soul"

...breaks 13 Two Female Supreme Justices were appointed by Obama 14. On 9/28/10 republicans blocked passage of the Off-Shore bill (S. 3816) which would have denied tax breaks to any company sending our jobs overseas. Need the Dems to vote it in. M.B. has a

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12/30/10
Sen. Reid proposes tax break for U.S. hires | National Cyber Security

The bill, S. 3816, is not yet posted online. Under the proposed law, a business must certify that a U.S. worker is replacing an employee who had been performing similar duties overseas to be eligible for the tax break. ...

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12/17/10
In Response to the Historical Vote & Passage of “Don't Ask, Don't ...

An historical vote would be to pass these 2 stand alone bills during the lame duck session S.3706 “Americans Want to Work Act” & S.3816 “Creating Jobs and Stop Outsourcing Act”. Over 5 million hard-working taxpaying Americans have been ...

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12/14/10
So Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison is a “pass the buck” senator?

On September 21, 2010, Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) introduced S. 3816, which would amend the Internal Revenue Code to provide a two year payroll tax break on wages paid to American employees who have certifiably replaced overseas ...

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