Corporate Welfare Reduction and Job Preservation Act of 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Apr 25, 1996
Corporate Welfare Reduction and Job Preservation Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide that if any profitable large corporation reduces by 15 percent or more the number of employees who perform any task or function at any facility in the United States, the amount of each facility-related tax benefit shall be reduced by 50 percent. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 to require, if a facility-related tax benefit of an entity is reduced, the acceleration of the repayment of any loan and the termination of any insurance policy provided by certain Government entities.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on International Relations, and Banking and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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