I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2280 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the taxation 
of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2011 
Mr. CICILLINE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
for the taxation of income of controlled foreign corpora-
tions attributable to imported property. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Offshoring Prevention 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TAXATION OF INCOME OF CONTROLLED FOREIGN 
CORPORATIONS 
ATTRIBUTABLE 
TO 
IM-
PORTED PROPERTY. 
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subsection (a) of section 954 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
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ing the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting 
‘‘, and’’, by redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4), 
and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(5) imported property income for the taxable 
year (determined under subsection (j) and reduced 
as provided in subsection (b)(5)).’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF
IMPORTED
PROPERTY
IN-
COME.—Section 954 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) IMPORTED PROPERTY INCOME.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a)(5), the term ‘imported property income’ means 
income (whether in the form of profits, commissions, 
fees, or otherwise) derived in connection with— 
‘‘(A) manufacturing, producing, growing, 
or extracting imported property; 
‘‘(B) the sale, exchange, or other disposi-
tion of imported property; or 
‘‘(C) the lease, rental, or licensing of im-
ported property. 
Such term shall not include any foreign oil and gas 
extraction income (within the meaning of section 
907(c)) or any foreign oil related income (within the 
meaning of section 907(c)). 
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‘‘(2) IMPORTED PROPERTY.—For purposes of 
this subsection— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this paragraph, the term ‘imported 
property’ means property which is imported 
into the United States by the controlled foreign 
corporation or a related person. 
‘‘(B) IMPORTED PROPERTY INCLUDES CER-
TAIN
PROPERTY
IMPORTED
BY
UNRELATED 
PERSONS.—The term ‘imported property’ in-
cludes any property imported into the United 
States by an unrelated person if, when such 
property was sold to the unrelated person by 
the controlled foreign corporation (or a related 
person), it was reasonable to expect that— 
‘‘(i) such property would be imported 
into the United States; or 
‘‘(ii) such property would be used as 
a component in other property which would 
be imported into the United States. 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION FOR PROPERTY SUBSE-
QUENTLY
EXPORTED.—The term ‘imported 
property’ does not include any property which is 
imported into the United States and which— 
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‘‘(i) before substantial use in the 
United States, is sold, leased, or rented by 
the controlled foreign corporation or a re-
lated person for direct use, consumption, 
or disposition outside the United States; or 
‘‘(ii) is used by the controlled foreign 
corporation or a related person as a com-
ponent in other property which is so sold, 
leased, or rented. 
‘‘(D) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN AGRICUL-
TURAL
COMMODITIES.—The term ‘imported 
property’ does not include any agricultural com-
modity which is not grown in the United States 
in commercially marketable quantities. 
‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(A) IMPORT.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘import’ means entering, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption or 
use. Such term includes any grant of the right 
to use intangible property (as defined in section 
936(h)(3)(B)) in the United States. 
‘‘(B) UNITED
STATES.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘United States’ in-
cludes the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
Virgin Islands of the United States, Guam, 
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