I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2341 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage domestic 
insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 1, 2021 
Mr. PASCRELL (for himself, Mr. SUOZZI, Ms. NORTON, and Ms. BROWNLEY) 
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 encourage 
domestic insourcing and discourage foreign outsourcing. 
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 ‘‘Bring Jobs Home 
Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CREDIT FOR INSOURCING EXPENSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart D of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
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‘‘SEC. 45U. CREDIT FOR INSOURCING EXPENSES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38, the 
insourcing expenses credit for any taxable year is an 
amount equal to 20 percent of the eligible insourcing ex-
penses of the taxpayer which are taken into account in 
such taxable year under subsection (d). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE INSOURCING EXPENSES.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
‘‘(1) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
term 
‘eligible 
insourcing expenses’ means— 
‘‘(A) eligible expenses paid or incurred by 
the taxpayer in connection with the elimination 
of any business unit of the taxpayer (or of any 
member of any expanded affiliated group in 
which the taxpayer is also a member) located 
outside the United States, and 
‘‘(B) eligible expenses paid or incurred by 
the taxpayer in connection with the establish-
ment of any business unit of the taxpayer (or 
of any member of any expanded affiliated group 
in which the taxpayer is also a member) located 
within the United States, 
if such establishment constitutes the relocation of 
business unit so eliminated. For purposes of the pre-
ceding sentence, a relocation shall not be treated as 
failing to occur merely because such elimination oc-
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curs in a different taxable year than such establish-
ment. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE EXPENSES.—The term ‘eligible 
expenses’ means— 
‘‘(A) any amount for which a deduction is 
allowed to the taxpayer under section 162, and 
‘‘(B) permit and license fees, lease broker-
age fees, equipment installation costs, and, to 
the extent provided by the Secretary, other 
similar expenses. 
Such term does not include any compensation which 
is paid or incurred in connection with severance 
from employment and, to the extent provided by the 
Secretary, any similar amount. 
‘‘(3) BUSINESS UNIT.—The term ‘business unit’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) any trade or business, and 
‘‘(B) any line of business, or functional 
unit, which is part of any trade or business. 
‘‘(4) EXPANDED
AFFILIATED
GROUP.—The 
term ‘expanded affiliated group’ means an affiliated 
group as defined in section 1504(a), determined 
without regard to section 1504(b)(3) and by sub-
stituting ‘more than 50 percent’ for ‘at least 80 per-
cent’ each place it appears in section 1504(a). A 
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partnership or any other entity (other than a cor-
poration) shall be treated as a member of an ex-
panded affiliated group if such entity is controlled 
(within the meaning of section 954(d)(3)) by mem-
bers of such group (including any entity treated as 
a member of such group by reason of this para-
graph). 
‘‘(5) EXPENSES
MUST
BE
PURSUANT
TO 
INSOURCING PLAN.—Amounts shall be taken into ac-
count under paragraph (1) only to the extent that 
such amounts are paid or incurred pursuant to a 
written plan approved by the board of directors or 
authorized officers to carry out the relocation de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(6) OPERATING EXPENSES NOT TAKEN INTO 
ACCOUNT.—Any amount paid or incurred in connec-
tion with the ongoing operation of a business unit 
shall not be treated as an amount paid or incurred 
in connection with the establishment or elimination 
of such business unit. 
‘‘(c) INCREASED DOMESTIC EMPLOYMENT REQUIRE-
MENT.—No credit shall be allowed under this section un-
less the number of full-time equivalent employees of the 
taxpayer for the taxable year for which the credit is 
claimed exceeds the number of full-time equivalent em-
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ployees of the taxpayer for the last taxable year ending 
before the first taxable year in which such eligible 
insourcing expenses were paid or incurred. For purposes 
of this subsection, full-time equivalent employees has the 
meaning given such term under section 45R(d) (and the 
applicable rules of section 45R(e)), determined by only 
taking into account wages (as otherwise defined in section 
45R(e)) paid with respect to services performed within the 
United States. All employers treated as a single employer 
under subsection (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 shall 
be treated as a single employer for purposes of this sub-
section. 
‘‘(d) CREDIT ALLOWED UPON COMPLETION
OF 
INSOURCING PLAN.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), eligible insourcing expenses shall be taken 
into account under subsection (a) in the taxable year 
during which the plan described in subsection (b)(5) 
has been completed and all eligible insourcing ex-
penses pursuant to such plan have been paid or in-
curred. 
‘‘(2) ELECTION TO APPLY EMPLOYMENT TEST 
AND CLAIM CREDIT IN FIRST FULL TAXABLE YEAR 
AFTER
COMPLETION
OF
PLAN.—If the taxpayer 
elects the application of this paragraph, eligible 
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