HR 1769 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Job Protection Act of 2003

Introduced Apr 11, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Philip M. Crane R-IL

Latest action · Apr 12, 2003 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E773-774)

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedApr 11, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Job Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) exclusion, with an exemption for certain binding contracts in effect before the date of enactment of this Act.

Permits a foreign corporation that elected to be treated as a domestic corporation to revoke such election and be treated as a domestic corporation transferring its property to a foreign corporation with no gain recognized on such transfer.

Provides: (1) a transitional 2004 through 2008 sliding-scale deduction for an FSC/ETI beneficiary based on the corporation's 2001 FSC/ETI benefit; and (2) special rules for 2003 and for fiscal year taxpayers. Defines "FSC/ETI benefit."

Allows a deduction for income attributable to U.S. production activities equal to ten percent of qualified production activities. Provides a 2006 through 2009 phase-in period. Defines "qualified production activities" as: (1) the portion of the modified taxable income attributable to domestic activities; and (2) the domestic/foreign fraction.

Sets forth related provisions with respect to: (1) determination of income attributable to domestic production activities; (2) domestic production gross receipts; (3) qualifying production property; (4) domestic/foreign fraction; and (5) special rules.

Cosponsors 177

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 11, 2003 to Sep 29, 2004; 9 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Apr 11, 2003
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Original	Apr 11, 2003
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Apr 11, 2003
R-IL	John Shimkus	Original	Apr 11, 2003
R-GA	Mac Collins	Original	Apr 11, 2003
R-IL	Ray LaHood	Original	Apr 11, 2003
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Apr 11, 2003
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui	Original	Apr 11, 2003
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Original	Apr 11, 2003
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark		May 1, 2003
R-SC	Jim DeMint		May 1, 2003
R-CO	Bob Beauprez		May 8, 2003
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		May 8, 2003
D-WA	Brian Baird		May 8, 2003
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter		May 8, 2003
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		May 8, 2003
D-TX	Chris Bell		May 8, 2003
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		May 8, 2003
R-WA	Doc Hastings		May 8, 2003
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy		May 8, 2003
D-CA	Ellen O. Tauscher		May 8, 2003
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.		May 8, 2003
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka		May 8, 2003
D-WA	Jay Inslee		May 8, 2003
D-CA	Joe Baca		May 8, 2003
R-SC	Joe Wilson		May 8, 2003
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		May 8, 2003
R-IL	Judy Biggert		May 8, 2003
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek		May 8, 2003
D-TX	Martin Frost		May 8, 2003
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		May 8, 2003
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		May 8, 2003
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty		May 8, 2003
R-MI	Nick Smith		May 8, 2003
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		May 8, 2003
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		May 8, 2003
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		May 8, 2003
D-WA	Rick Larsen		May 8, 2003
R-CT	Rob Simmons		May 8, 2003
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		May 8, 2003
R-NC	Robin Hayes		May 8, 2003
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		May 8, 2003
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		May 8, 2003
R-IA	Steve King		May 8, 2003
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		May 8, 2003
D-OH	Tim Ryan		May 8, 2003
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		May 8, 2003
R-FL	Tom Feeney		May 8, 2003
R-AZ	Trent Franks		May 8, 2003
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		May 8, 2003
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		May 8, 2003
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		May 8, 2003
D-WA	Adam Smith		May 9, 2003
R-NC	Howard Coble		May 9, 2003
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		May 9, 2003
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		May 9, 2003
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		May 9, 2003
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		May 13, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		May 13, 2003
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		May 13, 2003
R-NE	Lee Terry		May 13, 2003
R-WI	Mark Green		May 13, 2003
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		May 13, 2003
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		May 15, 2003
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		May 15, 2003
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		May 19, 2003
D-NC	David E. Price		May 19, 2003
D-NY	Major R. Owens		May 19, 2003
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		May 19, 2003
R-NC	Richard Burr		May 19, 2003
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		May 19, 2003
D-MA	Barney Frank		May 20, 2003
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		May 20, 2003
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		May 20, 2003
D-NC	Frank W. Ballance Jr.		May 20, 2003
R-IL	Mark Kirk		May 20, 2003
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		May 21, 2003
R-NC	Cass Ballenger		May 21, 2003
R-KY	Ed Whitfield		May 21, 2003
R-NY	Jack Quinn		May 21, 2003
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		May 21, 2003
R-GA	Nathan Deal		May 21, 2003
R-NY	Peter T. King		May 21, 2003
R-VA	Tom Davis		May 21, 2003
R-KS	Jerry Moran		May 22, 2003
R-NY	John M. McHugh		May 22, 2003
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		May 22, 2003
R-MO	Sam Graves		May 22, 2003
D-NC	Brad Miller		Jun 2, 2003
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock		Jun 2, 2003
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.		Jun 2, 2003
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Jun 2, 2003
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Jun 2, 2003
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Jun 3, 2003
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde		Jun 3, 2003
D-GA	John Lewis		Jun 3, 2003
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave		Jun 3, 2003
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Jun 4, 2003
R-TX	John R. Carter		Jun 4, 2003
D-CA	George Miller		Jun 10, 2003
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		Jun 10, 2003
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Jun 10, 2003
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Jun 12, 2003
R-PA	Don Sherwood		Jun 12, 2003
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Jun 12, 2003
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Jun 12, 2003
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jun 16, 2003
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Jun 16, 2003
D-IL	Rahm Emanuel		Jun 16, 2003
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		Jun 18, 2003
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Jun 18, 2003
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Jun 18, 2003
D-PA	Tim Holden		Jun 18, 2003
R-PA	Bill Shuster		Jun 19, 2003
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jun 19, 2003
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Jun 19, 2003
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Jun 25, 2003
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Jun 25, 2003
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Jun 26, 2003
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jun 26, 2003
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Jul 9, 2003
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Jul 10, 2003
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Jul 10, 2003
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Jul 10, 2003
D-TX	Gene Green		Jul 15, 2003
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Jul 15, 2003
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Jul 15, 2003
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Jul 22, 2003
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Jul 22, 2003
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Jul 23, 2003
R-IN	Mike Pence		Jul 23, 2003
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra		Jul 23, 2003
D-MO	Richard A. Gephardt		Jul 23, 2003
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Jul 23, 2003
D-TX	Max Sandlin		Jul 25, 2003
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Jul 25, 2003
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Sep 4, 2003
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Sep 4, 2003
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Sep 4, 2003
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Sep 9, 2003
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Sep 9, 2003
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Sep 9, 2003
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Sep 10, 2003
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Sep 10, 2003
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		Sep 23, 2003
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Sep 23, 2003
D-IN	Julia Carson		Sep 23, 2003
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Sep 23, 2003
D-CA	Bob Filner		Feb 4, 2004
D-GA	David Scott		Feb 4, 2004
D-GA	Denise L. Majette		Feb 4, 2004
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Feb 4, 2004
D-IL	Lane Evans		Feb 4, 2004
D-WI	Ron Kind		Feb 4, 2004
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Mar 3, 2004
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 3, 2004
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Mar 3, 2004
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Mar 3, 2004
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Mar 3, 2004
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Mar 3, 2004
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Mar 3, 2004
D-NY	Steve Israel		Mar 3, 2004
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Mar 3, 2004
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen		Mar 3, 2004
D-FL	Jim Davis		Mar 10, 2004
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Mar 10, 2004
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Mar 17, 2004
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Mar 17, 2004
D-NM	Tom Udall		Mar 17, 2004
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.		Mar 29, 2004
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Mar 29, 2004
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop		Apr 22, 2004
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Jun 16, 2004
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jun 16, 2004
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Jun 23, 2004
D-MA	John W. Olver		Jun 23, 2004
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Sep 29, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Apr 11, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 12, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E773-774)
Apr 11, 2003Introduced in House
Apr 11, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

In the Congressional Record 11

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E1182	Ron Kind D-WI	Jun 18, 2004
House	Debate and remarks H3935, H3945–H3947, H3952	Sherrod Brown D-OH, Stephanie Tubbs Jones D-OH, Tim Ryan D-OH	Jun 14, 2004
House	Debate and remarks H3750	Sherrod Brown D-OH	Jun 3, 2004
House	Debate and remarks H3568	Sherrod Brown D-OH	Jun 1, 2004
House	Discharge petition H2155	—	Apr 2, 2004

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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 4

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 108-42	THE OFFSHORING OF HIGH-SKILLED JOBS, PART II78 pages	Small Business Committee	Oct 20, 2003
Serial No. 108-36	THE WTO'S CHALLENGE TO THE FSC/ETI RULES AND THE EFFECT ON AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESSES67 pages	Small Business Committee	Sep 10, 2003
Serial No. 108-33	SMALL BUSINESS EXPORTING AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECONOMY94 pages	Small Business Committee	Aug 28, 2003
Serial No. 108-14	THE WTO'S CHALLENGE TO THE FSC/ETI RULES AND THE EFFECT ON AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS54 pages	Small Business Committee	May 14, 2003

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 534	Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1769) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States.	Procedurally related	Mar 9, 2004
S 970	Job Protection Act of 2003	Identical bill	May 1, 2003

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to comply with the World Trade Organization rulings on the FSC/ETI benefit in a manner that preserves jobs and production activities in the United States.
Short Titles as Introduced: Job Protection Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Apr 11, 2003Introduced in House

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