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S 3816 111th Congress Senate

Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create American jobs and to prevent the offshoring of such jobs overseas.

Introduced: September 27, 2010 Introduced by: Durbin, Richard J. Democratic · Illinois See on congress.gov
Taxation Employment taxesForeign and international corporationsGovernment trust fundsIncome tax credits
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Income tax deductionsSocial security and elderly assistanceTaxation of foreign incomeUnemployment
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 28, 2010
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 242. (consideration: CR S7584-7585; text: CR S7584)
Sep 28, 2010
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S7580-7585)
Sep 27, 2010
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7461-7498)
Sep 24, 2010
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR S7438)
Sep 24, 2010
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7438; text: CR S7438)
Sep 24, 2010
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S7438)
Sep 22, 2010
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 578.
Sep 21, 2010
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7278-7279)
Sep 21, 2010
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 2

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 4,660 Grassley, Chuck – Pending –
SAMDT 4,659 Grassley, Chuck – Pending –
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 Latest action September 28, 2010

Cloture on the motion to proceed to the bill not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 53 - 45. Record Vote Number: 242. (consideration: CR S7584-7585; text: CR S7584)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3816: Creating American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3816/
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