Bring American Companies Home Act
Bring American Companies Home Act
Plain Language Summary
# Bring American Companies Home Act - Summary **What the Bill Does** The Bring American Companies Home Act would create a tax incentive program to encourage U.S. businesses to move their operations out of China and back to the United States. Specifically, it would allow American companies to deduct the costs of relocating inventory, equipment, and supplies from China as a tax write-off in the year they incur those expenses. To help fund this tax break, the bill would establish a special fund that collects tariffs (import taxes) the U.S. already charges on Chinese goods and use that money to offset the lost tax revenue from the deductions. **Who It Affects** This bill primarily affects U.S.
businesses—particularly manufacturers and companies with supply chains currently based in China. The incentive could make it more affordable for these companies to move production back to America. Consumers might potentially benefit from increased domestic manufacturing, though any long-term effects would depend on how companies respond to the incentive. **Current Status** The bill was introduced by Representative Mark Green (R-Tennessee) in the 119th Congress and is currently under review in committee. It has not yet been voted on by the full House of Representatives.
CRS Official Summary
Bring American Companies Home Act This bill requires the Department of the Treasury to establish a program and regulations allowing U.S. persons (U.S. citizens or residents, domestic partnerships or corporations, or estates and trusts) to deduct in the tax year incurred costs of moving inventory, equipment, and supplies used in a trade or business from China to the United States.The bill alsoestablishes a trust fund and appropriates to such fund tariff amounts collected by the United States on goods manufactured in China,appropriates from such trust fund to the general fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent to the reduction in revenue resulting from the tax deduction, andrequires amounts to be transferred between funds at least monthly.
Latest Action
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.