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; 7 are original cosponsors, there from 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, 2012Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5169, S5170, S5175, S5176, S5180-5181, S5181-5186, S5188-5190)
- 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 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, 2012Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S5072-5074)
- Jul 17, 2012Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S5072; text: CR S5072)
- Jul 11, 2012Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4885-4886)
- Jul 10, 2012Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 442.
- Jul 9, 2012Introduced in Senate
- Jul 9, 2012Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
In the Congressional Record 9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5328, S5346 | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Orrin G. Hatch R-UT | Jul 25, 2012 |
| Senate | Amendments S5263 | Jim DeMint R-SC (amendment) | Jul 23, 2012 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5169, S5170, S5175, S5178, S5180–S5186, S5188–S5190Amendments S5213, S5224, S5231, S5232, S5236, S5237Motions S5169Cloture motions S5189Recorded votes S5189cloture motion on motion to proceed | Al Franken D-MN (cloture motion), Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD (cloture motion), Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD (cloture motion), Carl Levin D-MI, Charles E. Schumer D-NY (cloture motion), Christopher A. Coons D-DE (cloture motion), Debbie Stabenow D-MI (cloture motion), Harry Reid D-NV (cloture motion, motion), Jack Reed D-RI (cloture motion), Jeanne Shaheen D-NH (amendment, cloture motion), Jeff Merkley D-OR (cloture motion), John Cornyn R-TX (amendment), John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV (cloture motion), John McCain R-AZ (amendment), John Thune R-SD (amendment), Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX, Kay R. Hagan D-NC (amendment), Kirsten E. Gillibrand D-NY (cloture motion), Lamar Alexander R-TN (amendment), Michael B. Enzi R-WY (amendment), Orrin G. Hatch R-UT, Patrick J. Leahy D-VT, Richard Blumenthal D-CT (cloture motion), Richard J. Durbin D-IL (cloture motion), Rob Portman R-OH (amendment), Robert P. Casey Jr. D-PA (cloture motion), Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI (cloture motion), Sherrod Brown D-OH (cloture motion), Susan M. Collins R-ME (amendment) | Jul 19, 2012 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5093, S5099, S5105, S5109–S5111, S5114, S5130Amendments S5139, S5140, S5141Motions S5093 | Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD, Barbara Boxer D-CA, Bernard Sanders I-VT (amendment), Christopher A. Coons D-DE, Claire McCaskill D-MO (amendment), Debbie Stabenow D-MI, Harry Reid D-NV (motion), Herb Kohl D-WI, John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV (amendment), Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX (amendment), Richard Blumenthal D-CT (amendment), Rob Portman R-OH (amendment), Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI (amendment), Sherrod Brown D-OH (amendment), Tom Coburn R-OK (amendment), Tom Harkin D-IA (amendment) | Jul 18, 2012 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5072–S5074Motions S5072Cloture motions S5072 | Al Franken D-MN (cloture motion), Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD (cloture motion), Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD (cloture motion), Charles E. Schumer D-NY (cloture motion), Christopher A. Coons D-DE (cloture motion), Debbie Stabenow D-MI (cloture motion), Harry Reid D-NV (cloture motion, motion), Jack Reed D-RI (cloture motion), Jeanne Shaheen D-NH (cloture motion), Jeff Merkley D-OR (cloture motion), John D. Rockefeller IV D-WV (cloture motion), Kirsten E. Gillibrand D-NY (cloture motion), Richard Blumenthal D-CT (cloture motion), Richard J. Durbin D-IL (cloture motion), Robert P. Casey Jr. D-PA (cloture motion), Sheldon Whitehouse D-RI (cloture motion), Sherrod Brown D-OH (cloture motion) | Jul 17, 2012 |
Amendments 12
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2554 | No description on file | Sherrod Brown D-OH | Senate amendment submitted |
| SA 2555 | No description on file | Claire McCaskill D-MO | Senate amendment submitted |
| SA 2556 | No description on file | Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX | Senate amendment submitted |
| SA 2557 | No description on file | Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX | Senate amendment submitted |
| SA 2558 | No description on file | Kay Bailey Hutchison R-TX | Senate amendment submitted |
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 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide an incentive for businesses to bring jobs back to America.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Bring Jobs Home Act
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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