[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2204 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2204

 To require Federal agencies to assess the impact of Federal action on 
          jobs and job opportunities, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 16, 2011

Mr. Terry (for himself, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Broun of Georgia, 
   Mr. Jones, Mr. Rokita, Mr. Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Rooney, Mr. 
 Gerlach, and Mrs. Blackburn) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require Federal agencies to assess the impact of Federal action on 
          jobs and job opportunities, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Employment Impact Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSE.

    The purposes of this Act are the following:
            (1) To declare that the impact of Federal regulations on 
        jobs and job prospects in the United States is a significant 
        and relevant consideration to all Federal regulatory policy 
        actions and henceforth should be taken into account by Federal 
        regulators when they decide to take actions under their 
        respective statutory authorities.
            (2) To express the concern of Congress that Federal 
        regulators consider the cumulative impact of multiple proposed 
        Federal regulations on jobs and jobs prospects in the United 
        States and that the cumulative impact of such regulations 
        should be given all due consideration and weighed in the 
        balance with the other purposes sought to be achieved by such 
        regulatory measures.

SEC. 3. DUTY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL ACTION ON JOBS AND JOB 
              OPPORTUNITIES.

    (a) In General.--The Congress authorizes and directs, to the 
fullest extent possible, that all agencies of the Federal Government 
shall--
            (1) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach which 
        shall ensure the integrated use of the relevant fields of 
        research and learning in planning and decisionmaking which may 
        have an impact on jobs and job opportunities;
            (2) identify and develop methods and procedures, in 
        consultation with the Council on Economic Advisors, Office of 
        the President, which will ensure that presently unquantified 
        impacts on jobs and job opportunities may be given appropriate 
        consideration in decisionmaking along with environmental and 
        other considerations; and
            (3) include in every recommendation or report on proposals 
        for legislation and other major Federal actions with 
        potentially significant effects on jobs and job opportunities, 
        a jobs impact statement as described in subsection (b).
    (b) Jobs Impact Statement.--
            (1) Contents.--A jobs impact statement required under 
        subsection (a) shall include a detailed statement by the 
        responsible official on--
                    (A) the impact of the proposed action on jobs and 
                job opportunities, including an assessment of the jobs 
                that would be lost, gained, or sent overseas as a 
                result of the proposed action;
                    (B) any adverse effect on jobs and job 
                opportunities which could not be avoided should the 
                proposal be implemented;
                    (C) alternatives and modifications to the proposed 
                action that could avoid negative impacts on jobs and 
                job opportunities; and
                    (D) the relationship between any local short-term 
                impacts on jobs and job opportunities and the 
                maintenance and enhancements of long-term productivity 
                and environmental values.
            (2) Consultation with relevant federal agencies.--Prior to 
        preparing a jobs impact statement, the responsible Federal 
        official shall consult with and obtain the comments of any 
        Federal agency which has jurisdiction by law or special 
        expertise with respect to any jobs or job opportunities impacts 
        involved. Copies of such statement and the comments and views 
        of the appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies that are 
        authorized to develop and enforce policies and programs 
        relevant to jobs and job opportunities, shall be made available 
        to the Council of Economic Advisors and to the public as 
        provided by section 552 of title 5, United States Code, and 
        shall accompany the proposal through the existing agency review 
        process.
            (3) Cumulative impact of proposed actions.--In determining 
        the impact of a proposed action on jobs and job opportunities, 
        the responsible Federal official shall take into account the 
        cumulative impact on jobs and job opportunities of concurrently 
        pending proposals affecting a particular industry or sector of 
        the economy, and shall not make a finding of no significant 
        impact solely on the basis of examining the impacts of a single 
        proposal in isolation from other pending proposals.
            (4) Combining environmental and job impact statements.--A 
        jobs impact statement required under this Act may be combined 
        with a detailed statement of environmental impacts required to 
        be prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 
        (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), if both statements are required with 
        respect to the same proposed action.

SEC. 4. CONFORMITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES.

    All agencies of the Federal Government shall review their present 
statutory authority, administrative regulations, and current policies 
and procedures for the purpose of determining whether there are any 
deficiencies or inconsistencies therein which prohibit full compliance 
with the purposes and provisions of this Act, and shall propose to the 
President not later than one year after enactment of this Act, such 
measures as may be necessary to bring their authority and policies into 
conformity with the intent, purposes, and procedures set forth in this 
Act.

SEC. 5. NO JUDICIAL REVIEW OF JOBS IMPACT STATEMENTS.

    Implementation of this Act, including a jobs impact statement 
prepared in accordance with this Act, shall not be subject to judicial 
review.
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