# 116-hr-6121: End Outsourcing Act

116-hr-6121, End Outsourcing Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI); status Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Oversight and Reform, 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. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6121
- Congress: 116
- Title: End Outsourcing Act
- Status: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Armed Services, and Oversight and Reform, 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.
- Introduced: 2020-03-05
- Sponsor: Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2] (D-WI)
- Cosponsors: 9
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

End Outsourcing Act This bill addresses the outsourcing (transfer) of jobs and companies from the United States to low-tax foreign jurisdictions. The bill (1) requires employers to include an outsourcing statement in worker adjustment and retraining notices; (2) denies employers a tax deduction for outsourcing expenses, including license fees and equipment installation costs; (3) allows a tax credit for similar insourcing expenses; (4) denies employers the use of certain favorable accounting methods and a deduction for interest paid on indebtedness; and (5) requires the recapture of certain tax credit amounts allowed to outsourcing employers. The bill authorizes federal contracting officers to take the outsourcing of jobs from the United States into account in awarding contracts and grants and extending loans and loan guarantees to corporations.

## Cosponsors (9)

- Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] (D-OH), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12] (D-CA), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13] (D-OH), 2020-03-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8] (D-MA), 2020-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2020-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL), 2020-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9] (D-IL), 2020-03-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2020-08-18T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7673: Represent America Abroad Act of 2020
- 116-hr-7120: George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
- 116-hr-6902: Black History is American History Act
- 116-hr-6745: Clean Water for All Act
- 116-hr-6680: Strengthening Unemployment Insurance for Coronavirus Impacted Workers and Students Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6121 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6121)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6121 (as of 2025-11-18).