,,ii #aafth ,,congress #ast ,session ,s4 #afaj ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states ,may #bb1 #bjai,ms4 ,klobuchar 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,van ,hollen1 and ,ms4 ,duckworth7 introduced the following bill2 which was read twice and referred to the ,committee on ,finance ,a ,,bill ,to amend the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf to modify the global intangible low-taxed income by repealing the tax-free deemed return on investments and determining net ,,cfc tested income on a per-country basis4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,removing ,incentives for ,outsourcing ,act4 #b4 ,modification of tax on global intangible low-taxed income 7a7 ,repeal of tax-,free deemed return on investments 7#a7 ,in general ,section #iea;,a7a7 of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by striking global intangible low-taxed income and inserting net ,,cfc tested income4 7#b7 ,conforming amendments 7,a7 ,section #iea;,a of such ,code is amended by striking subsections 7b7 and 7d74 7,b7 ,section #iea;,a7e77#a7 of such ,code is amended by striking subsections 7b71 7c77#a77;,a71 and and inserting subsections 7c77#a77;,a7 and4 7,c7 ,section #iea;,a7f7 of such ,code is amended to read as follows3 7f7 ,treatment as subpart ,f income for certain purposes 7#a7 ,in general ,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71 any net ,,cfc tested income included in gross income under subsection 7a7 shall be treated in the same manner as an amount included under section #iea7;a77#a77;,a7 for purposes of applying sections #afh7;h77#b77;,b71 #ece7;b77#aj71 #hea7;b71 #ijd7;h77#a71 #iei1 #ifa1 #ifb1 #iic7;a77#a77;,e71 #iif7;f77#a71 #abdh7;b77#a71 #abdh7;d77#a71 #feja7;e77#a77;,c71 #ffed7;d77#b77;,d71 and #ffee7;e77#d74 7#b7 ,exception ,the ,secretary shall provide rules for the application of paragraph 7#a7 to other provisions of this title in any case in which the determination of subpart ,f income is required to be made at the level of the controlled foreign corporation4 4 7,d7 ,section #ifj7;d77#b77;,a7 of such ,code is amended by striking global intangible low-taxed income 7as defined in section #iea;,a7b77 and inserting net ,,cfc tested income 7as defined in section #iea;,a7c774 7b7 ,determination of net ,,cfc tested income on country-by-,country basis ,section #iea;,a of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf is amended by adding at the end the following3 7g7 ,determination made on country-by-,country basis 7#a7 ,in general ,this section shall be applied with respect to a ,united ,states shareholder of the controlled foreign corporation separately with respect to each foreign country in which the controlled foreign corporation conducts any trade or business4 7#b7 ,special rules 7,a7 ,in general ,for purposes of making country-by-country determinations under this section and sections #ijd and #ifj with respect to net ,,cfc tested income for a taxable year pursuant to paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 taxes paid or accrued to a foreign country by the controlled foreign corporation shall be assigned to that country1 and 7ii7 earnings to which such taxes relate shall be treated as income assigned to the country to which those tax payments are made4 7,b7 ,earnings assigned to two or more countries ,if the same earnings are assigned to two or more countries under subparagraph 7,a71 for purposes of paragraph 7#a7 such earnings and the taxes related thereto shall be treated as assigned to the country with the highest statutory corporate tax rate4 7#c7 ,earnings not subject to tax ,if earnings are not subject to tax by any country1 then with respect to those earnings paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply4 7#d7 ,regulations ,the ,secretary shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out this subsection1 including the time period in which foreign earnings and the associated foreign taxes are assigned to a country4 4 7c7 ,effective date ,the amendments made by this section shall apply with respect to taxable years of controlled foreign corporations beginning after ,december #ca1 #bjai1 and to taxable years of ,united ,states shareholders in which or with which such taxable years of foreign corporations end4 #c4 ,study and report on restructuring international tax laws 7a7 ,study ,the ,chief of ,staff of the ,joint ,committee on ,taxation shall study options for the reform of laws related to the taxation of income from international sources1 including the provisions of sections #ei;,a1 #bej1 and #iea;,a of the ,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf4 ,such study include an evaluation of each option considered with respect to-- 7#a7 the extent to which the option increases or decreases opportunities for tax avoidance2 and 7#b7 the extent to which the option increases or decreases incentives for domestic businesses to shift jobs and operations to other countries4 7b7 ,report ,not later than #ij days after the date of the enactment of this ,act1 the ,chief of ,staff on the ,joint ,committee on ,taxation shall submit to ,congress a report on the results of the study conducted under subsection 7a74