3.0.0 1769 2019-02-20T23:15:54Z 2019-02-23T23:35:37Z Senate S S 2011-10-31 112 American Jobs Act of 2011 112 12 HR 2011-10-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. Related bill CRS Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development 112 652 S 2011-03-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS American Jobs Act of 2011 112 1549 S 2011-09-14 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 165. Related bill CRS American Jobs Act of 2011 112 1660 S 2011-10-11 Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the bill made in Senate. (consideration: CR S6383) Related bill CRS 2011-11-03 Senate Motion to proceed to consideration of measure under the order of 11/2/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 195. (consideration: CR S7113) Floor 195 https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1121/vote_112_1_00195.xml Senate 112 2011-11-03T19:24:17Z 1 2011-11-03 Senate Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S7095-7113) Floor 2011-11-02 Senate Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. Floor 2011-11-02 Senate Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (consideration: CR S7021-7058) Floor 2011-11-01 Senate Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate. (consideration: CR S7009; text: CR S7009) Floor 2011-11-01 Senate Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S7009-7010) Floor 2011-11-01 Senate Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 213. Calendars 2011-10-31 Senate Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time. Calendars 2011-10-31 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV 2011-10-31 True W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2011-10-31 True R000146 Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] HARRY REID D NV M. 2011-10-31 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2011-10-31 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2011-10-31 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2011-10-31 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-10-31 True L000123 Sen. Lautenberg, Frank R. [D-NJ] FRANK LAUTENBERG D NJ R. 2011-10-31 True F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2011-10-31 True S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2011-10-31 True N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2011-10-31 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2011-10-31 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2011-10-31 True L000261 Sen. Levin, Carl [D-MI] CARL LEVIN D MI MILTON 2011-10-31 True M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2011-10-31 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-10-31 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2011-10-31 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2011-11-01 False L000174 Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] Patrick Leahy D VT 2011-11-02 False R000361 Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] JAY ROCKEFELLER D WV 2011-11-02 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2011-11-03 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2011-11-03 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2011-11-10 False Labor and Employment Aviation and airports Building construction Buy American requirements Caribbean area Dams and canals Electric power generation and transmission Employee hiring Employment and training programs Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Forests, forestry, trees Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises Government lending and loan guarantees Income tax exclusion Income tax rates Inflation and prices Infrastructure development Manufacturing Marine and inland water transportation Metals Minority and disadvantaged businesses National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) Navigation, waterways, harbors Public contracts and procurement Public transit Public-private cooperation Puerto Rico Railroads Roads and highways Rural conditions and development Securities Solid waste and recycling Transportation programs funding U.S. territories and protectorates User charges and fees Wages and earnings Water quality Water use and supply Wilderness and natural areas, wildlife refuges, wild rivers, habitats Labor and Employment 00 2011-10-31 Introduced in Senate 2011-11-03T21:10:51Z Rebuild America Jobs Act - Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act for a project for the construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair of a public building or public work unless all of the iron, steel, and manufactured goods used in such project are produced in the United States (Buy American).

Waives such prohibition in cases where: (1) the prohibition would be inconsistent with the public interest; (2) iron, steel, and the relevant manufactured goods are not produced in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available quantities of a satisfactory quality; or (3) inclusion of iron, steel, and manufactured goods produced in the United States will increase the cost of the overall project by more than 25%.

Requires all laborers and mechanics employed on federally-assisted projects to be paid wages at the locally prevailing rates (Davis-Bacon Act).

Makes specified funds available to the Secretary of Transportation (DOT) for: (1) grants-in-aid for airport planning and development and noise compatibility planning projects under the airport improvement program (AIP); (2) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Next Generation air traffic control system advancements; (3) highway and bridge restoration, repair, and construction projects and for passenger and freight rail transportation and port infrastructure projects; (4) grants for high-speed rail projects, capital investment grants for intercity passenger rail service, and grants to reduce congestion on intercity rail passenger transportation; (5) capital grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); (6) transit capital assistance grants; (7) capital projects for existing fixed guideway system modernization, replacement and repair of buses and bus-related equipment, and construction of bus-related facilities; and (8) discretionary capital investment grants for surface transportation infrastructure.

Authorizes the Secretary to establish standards under which contracts for construction projects contain requirements for the local hiring of individuals to perform construction work under such contracts.

Requires projects to comply with Buy American requirements.

Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development - Establishes the American Infrastructure Financing Authority (AIFA) as a wholly-owned government corporation to make direct loans and loan guarantees to facilitate transportation, water, or energy infrastructure projects. Requires infrastructure projects assisted under this Act to have costs that are reasonably anticipated to equal or exceed $100 million ($25 million for rural infrastructure projects).

Sets forth special requirements for infrastructure projects in rural areas. Requires the AIFA Chief Lending Officer to establish: (1) an Office of Rural Assistance to provide technical assistance in the development and financing of rural infrastructure projects, and (2) a Center for Excellence to provide such assistance to public sector borrowers for the same purpose.

Establishes an Office of Special Inspector General to audit and investigate the business activities of AIFA.

Makes private projects for which no public benefit is created ineligible for financial assistance. Sets forth terms for loans or loan guarantees for infrastructure projects.

Requires the Chief Executive Officer of AIFA to establish and collect fees sufficient to cover AIFA administrative costs.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend through 2012 the exemption from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) for certain tax-exempt private activity bonds.

Imposes on individual taxpayers in taxable years beginning after 2012 an additional tax equal to 0.7% of so much of their modified adjusted gross income as exceeds $1 million. Provides for an inflation adjustment to the $1 million threshold amount for taxable years beginning after 2013.

]]> Rebuild America Jobs Act Short Titles as Introduced Rebuild America Jobs Act Short Titles as Introduced for portions of this bill Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development Display Title Rebuild America Jobs Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America. Placed on Calendar Senate 2011-11-01T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1769pcs/xml/BILLS-112s1769pcs.xml 2011-11-03 Motion to proceed to consideration of measure under the order of 11/2/2011, not having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, was rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 49. Record Vote Number: 195. (consideration: CR S7113) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.