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On the recordNovember 30, 2017
I call up my motion that is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Ohio [Mr. BROWN] moves to commit the bill H.R. 1 to the Committee on Finance with instructions to report the same back to the Senate in 3 days, not counting any day on which the Senate is not in session, with changes that-- (1) are within the jurisdiction of such committee; (2) create a tax credit of up to $1,500 per employee for employers that-- (A) maintain headquarters in the United States if the company has ever been headquartered in United States; (B) maintain or increase the number of employees in the United States as compared to the number of employees overseas (including independent contractors); (C) have not inverted to avoid United States taxes; (D) pay not less than 90 percent of their employees in the United States an hourly wage that is not less than 218 percent of the Federal poverty line for an individual; (E) provide quality health insurance coverage to employees in the United States; (F) provide not less than 90 percent of their employees in the United States who are not highly compensated with a defined benefit plan or a defined contribution plan and match employee contributions to such plan up to an amount that is not less than 5 percent of the employee's annual compensation; (G) pay to any employee who is a member of a reserve component (as defined in section 101 of title 37, United States…
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Sherrod Brown
Democratic · Ohio
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Nov 30, 2017

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