3.0.0 891 2023-01-11T13:36:57Z 2023-01-11T13:36:57Z Senate S 2017-04-07 115 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-04-07T14:31:51Z 2017-04-07 ssas00 Armed Services Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. IntroReferral 2017-04-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2017-04-07 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2017-04-07 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2017-04-07 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2017-04-07 True Armed Forces and National Security Congressional oversight Employee hiring Government Operations and Politics Military procurement, research, weapons development Public contracts and procurement Unemployment Armed Forces and National Security 00 2017-04-07 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-22T15:33:09Z American Jobs Matter Act of 2017

This bill 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.

An offeror's jobs impact statement may 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.

Each agency shall: (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. If the number of jobs created or retained falls short of agency estimates, an agency may consider this as a factor that affects a contractor's past performance in the award of future contracts.

The Department of Defense (DOD) shall report annually on the frequency of use within DOD of jobs impact statements in the evaluation of competitive proposals.

The Department of Defense Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulation shall be revised to implement this Act.

]]> American Jobs Matter Act of 2017 Display Title American Jobs Matter Act of 2017 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 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s891is/xml/BILLS-115s891is.xml 2017-04-07 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.