End Outsourcing Act This bill addresses the outsourcing (transfer) of jobs and companies from the United States to low-tax foreign jurisdictions. The bill (1) requires employers to include an outsourcing statement in worker adjustment and retraining notices; (2) denies employers a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses, including license fees and equipment installation costs; (3) allows a tax credit for similar insourcing expenses; (4) denies employers the use of certain favorable accounting methods and a deduction for interest paid on indebtedness; and (5) requires the recapture of certain tax credit amounts allowed to outsourcing employers. The bill authorizes federal contracting officers to take the outsourcing of jobs from the United States into account in awarding contracts and grants and extending loans and loan guarantees to corporations.
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresBusiness investment and capitalCongressional oversightEmployee hiringForeign and international corporationsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductionsInterest, dividends, interest ratesLabor-management relationsLicensing and registrationsMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentOffice of Management and Budget (OMB)Public contracts and procurementTaxation of foreign incomeUnemploymentU.S. territories and protectorates
End Outsourcing Act
USA117th CongressS-1513| Senate
| Updated: 4/29/2021
End Outsourcing Act This bill addresses the outsourcing (transfer) of jobs and companies from the United States to low-tax foreign jurisdictions. The bill (1) requires employers to include an outsourcing statement in worker adjustment and retraining notices; (2) denies employers a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses, including license fees and equipment installation costs; (3) allows a tax credit for similar insourcing expenses; (4) denies employers the use of certain favorable accounting methods and a deduction for interest paid on indebtedness; and (5) requires the recapture of certain tax credit amounts allowed to outsourcing employers. The bill authorizes federal contracting officers to take the outsourcing of jobs from the United States into account in awarding contracts and grants and extending loans and loan guarantees to corporations.
Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresBusiness investment and capitalCongressional oversightEmployee hiringForeign and international corporationsGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsIncome tax creditsIncome tax deductionsInterest, dividends, interest ratesLabor-management relationsLicensing and registrationsMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentOffice of Management and Budget (OMB)Public contracts and procurementTaxation of foreign incomeUnemploymentU.S. territories and protectorates