I 111th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5637 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 29, 2010 Mr. Murphy of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. Jones, Ms. Sutton, Mr. Critz, Mr. Schauer, Mr. Ryan of Ohio, Mr. Lipinski, and Mr. Manzullo) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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 A BILL To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 and title 10, United States Code, to allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the American Jobs Matter Act of 2010.

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Consideration and verification of information relating to effect on domestic employment of award of Federal contracts

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Civilian agency contracts

Section 303A of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253a) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (f)(1)An executive agency, in issuing a solicitation for competitive proposals, shall state in the solicitation that the offeror may submit information (in this subsection referred to as a jobs impact statement) with its offer related to the effects on employment within the United States of the contract if it is awarded to the offeror. (2)The information that may be included in a jobs impact statement may include the following: (A)The number of jobs expected to be created in the United States, or the number of jobs retained that otherwise would be lost, if the contract is awarded to the offeror. (B)The number of jobs created or retained in the United States by the subcontractors expected to be used by the offeror in the performance of the contract. (C)A guarantee from the offeror that jobs created or retained in the United States will not be moved outside the United States after award of the contract. (3)The contracting officer may consider the information in the jobs impact statement in the evaluation of the offer and may request further information from the offeror in order to verify the accuracy of any such information submitted. (4)The head of each executive agency shall submit to Congress an annual report on the frequency of use within the agency of jobs impact statements in the evaluation of competitive proposals. . (b)

Defense contracts

Section 2305(a) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6)(A)The head of an agency, in issuing a solicitation for competitive proposals, shall state in the solicitation that the offeror may submit information (in this paragraph referred to as a jobs impact statement) with its offer related to the effects on employment within the United States of the contract if it is awarded to the offeror. (B)The information that may be included in a jobs impact statement may include the following: (i)The number of jobs expected to be created in the United States, or the number of jobs retained that otherwise would be lost, if the contract is awarded to the offeror. (ii)The number of jobs created or retained in the United States by the subcontractors expected to be used by the offeror in the performance of the contract. (iii)A guarantee from the offeror that jobs created or retained in the United States will not be moved outside the United States after award of the contract. (C)The contracting officer may consider the information in the jobs impact statement in the evaluation of the offer and may request further information from the offeror in order to verify the accuracy of any such information submitted. (D)The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Congress an annual report on the frequency of use within the Department of Defense of jobs impact statements in the evaluation of competitive proposals. .