Bring Jobs Home Act
Latest action · Jul 19, 2012 Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 42. Record Vote Number: 181. (consideration: CR S5189; text: CR S5189)
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.
- IntroducedJul 9, 2012
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bring Jobs Home Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) grant business taxpayers a tax credit for up to 20% of insourcing expenses incurred for eliminating a business located outside the United States and relocating it within the United States, and (2) deny a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses incurred in relocating a U.S. business outside the United States. Requires an increase in the taxpayer's employment of full-time employees in the United States in order to claim the tax credit for insourcing expenses.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate 181 | On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed S. 3364 | Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected56–42 | Jul 19, 2012 |
Cosponsors 15
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 9, 2012 to Jul 18, 2012, with 7 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Charles E. Schumer | Original | Jul 9, 2012 |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Original | Jul 9, 2012 |
| D-OR | Jeff Merkley | Original | Jul 9, 2012 |
| D-NY | Kirsten E. Gillibrand | Original | Jul 9, 2012 |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | Original | Jul 9, 2012 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Jul 9, 2012 |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Original | Jul 9, 2012 |
| D-MN | Al Franken | Jul 11, 2012 | |
| D-WV | John D. Rockefeller IV | Jul 11, 2012 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Jul 11, 2012 | |
| D-MD | Barbara A. Mikulski | Jul 16, 2012 | |
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Jul 16, 2012 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Jul 16, 2012 | |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Jul 18, 2012 | |
| D-MO | Claire McCaskill | Jul 18, 2012 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 19, 2012Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 56 - 42. Record Vote Number: 181. (consideration: CR S5189; text: CR S5189)
- Jul 19, 2012Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5169, S5170, S5175, S5176, S5180-5181, S5181-5186, S5188-5190)
- Jul 18, 2012Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5093, S5098, S5099-5101, S5105-5106, S5109-5111, S5114-5115, S5130)
- Jul 17, 2012Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S5072; text: CR S5072)
- Jul 17, 2012Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5072-5074)
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2884 | Bring Jobs Home Act | Identical bill | May 8, 2012 |
| HR 5542 | Bring Jobs Home Act | Related bill | May 8, 2012 |
| HR 6152 | Bring Jobs Home Act | Related bill | Jul 19, 2012 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 10, 2012Placed on Calendar Senate
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