3.0.0 26 2023-01-11T13:28:49Z 2023-01-11T13:28:49Z Senate S 2015-01-06 114 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-01-06T19:41:38Z American Jobs Matter Act of 2015 114 479 HR 2015-01-22 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. Identical bill CRS 2015-01-06 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2015-01-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2015-01-06 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2015-01-06 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2015-01-06 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2015-01-06 True Government Operations and Politics Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement Unemployment Government Operations and Politics 00 2015-01-06 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-13T15:40:15Z American Jobs Matter Act of 2015

Requires an executive agency to include the effects on employment within the United States (a jobs impact statement) in the evaluation factors that must be considered in each solicitation for competitive proposals for contracts in excess of $1 million for the procurement of: (1) manufactured goods, (2) goods or services listed in a required report of industrial base capabilities, or (3) any item procured as part of a major defense acquisition program.

Allows an offeror's jobs impact statement to include a guarantee that jobs created or retained in the United States will not be moved outside the United States after award of the contract unless doing so is required to provide the goods or services stipulated in the contract or is in the best interest of the federal government.

Requires each agency to: (1) assess, annually, the accuracy of such a statement submitted by an offeror awarded a contract; and (2) track the number of jobs created or retained during the performance of such contract. Allows the agency, if the number of jobs created or retained falls short of agency estimates, to consider this as a factor that affects a contractor's past performance in the award of future contracts.

Requires: (1) the Secretary of Defense to report annually on the frequency of use within the Department of Defense of jobs impact statements in the evaluation of competitive proposals, and (2) revision of the Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement this Act.

]]> American Jobs Matter Act of 2015 Display Title American Jobs Matter Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal defense contract, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced American Jobs Matter Act of 2015 Introduced in Senate 2015-01-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s26is/xml/BILLS-114s26is.xml 2015-01-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. 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.