I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2836 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 2, 2011 Mr. Larson of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. Boswell, Mr. Clay, Ms. Eshoo, Ms. Norton, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Rothman of New Jersey, Mr. Towns, Mr. Van Hollen, and Mr. Clyburn) introduced the following bill September 6, 2011 Referred to the Committee on Rules A BILL To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation’s workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.

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Short title

This Act shall be cited as the Job Creation and Economic Growth Act.

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Amendments to the Budget Control Act of 2011

(a)

Title amendment

The title heading of title IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–25) is amended by inserting , Job Creation, and Economic Growth after Deficit Reduction. (b)

Additional duties of joint select committee

Section 401 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–25) is amended— (1)in subsection (a), by inserting , Job Creation, and Economic Growth after Deficit Reduction; (2)in subsection (b)— (A)in paragraph (1), by inserting , Job Creation, and Economic Growth after Deficit Reduction; (B)in paragraph (2)— (i)in the paragraph heading, by striking Goal and inserting Goals; (ii)by striking goal and inserting goals; and (iii)by inserting before the period and to spur economic growth and restore the Nation’s workforce to full employment, which shall be defined by the Secretary not later than 14 days after the date of enactment of the Job Creation and Economic Growth Act, over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013; (C)in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by inserting and significantly improve the short-term and long-term employment levels in the United States and spur economic growth before the period; (D)in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking reduce the deficit consistent with the goal and inserting reduce the deficit and improve employment levels consistent with the goal; and (E)in paragraph (3)(B)— (i)in the subparagraph heading, by striking Report and inserting Reports; (ii)in clause (i)— (I)in subclause (I), by inserting with respect to deficit reduction after recommendations of the joint committee; (II)by striking and at the end of subclause (I); (III)by striking the period at the end of subclause (II) and inserting a semicolon; (IV)by inserting after subclause (II) the following new subclauses: (III)a report that contains a detailed statement of the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the joint committee with respect to economic growth and job creation and the estimate of the Joint Economic Committee required by paragraph (5)(D)(ii); and (IV)separate proposed legislative language to carry out such recommendations as described in subclause (III) with respect to job creation measures, which shall include a statement of the job creation achieved by the legislation over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013. ; and (V)by striking Rules of the Senate included in the report or legislative and inserting Rules of the Senate included in either report or set of legislative; (iii)in clause (ii), by striking The report of the joint committee and the proposed and inserting Each report of the joint committee and set of proposed; (iv)in clause (iii), by striking approval of the report and inserting approval of the reports; (v)in clause (iv)— (I)by striking If the report and legislative language the first place it appears and inserting If either report and set of legislative language; and (II)by striking the joint committee report and inserting that joint committee report; and (vi)in clause (v)— (I)by striking disapproval of the joint committee report and and inserting disapproval of either joint committee report and set of; (II)by striking the full report and and inserting that full report and set of; and (III)by striking vote and inserting votes. (c)

Conforming amendments relating to expedited consideration of joint committee recommendations

Section 402 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112–25) is amended— (1)in subsection (a)— (A)by striking If approved by the majority and all that follows through section 401(b)(3)(B)(iv) and insert the following: (1)

Approved deficit reduction legislative language

If approved by the majority required by section 401(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed legislative language described in clause (i)(II) of section 401(b)(1)(B) and submitted pursuant to clause (iv) of such section ; and (B)by adding at the end the following: (2)

Job creation legislative language

(A)

If approved

If approved by the majority required by section 2(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed legislative language described in clause (i)(IV) of section 401(b)(1)(B) submitted pursuant to clause (iv) of such section shall be introduced in the Senate (by request) on the next day on which the Senate is in session by the majority leader of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by the majority leader of the Senate and shall be introduced in the House of Representatives (by request) on the next legislative day by the majority leader of the House or by a Member of the House designated by the majority leader of the House. (B)

If not approved

If no legislative language is approved by the vote required by section 401(b)(3)(B)(i), then any legislative language that was brought to a vote under such section shall be introduced in the Senate (by request) on the next day on which the Senate is in session by the majority leader of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate designated by the majority leader of the Senate and shall be introduced in the House of Representatives (by request) on the next legislative day by the majority leader of the House or by a Member of the House designated by the majority leader of the House. ; (2)in subsection (b)— (A)in paragraph (1)— (i)in the first sentence, by striking the joint committee bill and inserting either joint committee bill; (ii)in the second sentence, by striking the joint committee bill and inserting a joint committee bill; and (iii)in the last sentence, by striking the joint committee bill and inserting that joint committee bill; (B)in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, by striking the joint committee bill and inserting that joint committee bill; and (C)in paragraph (3), by striking The joint committee bill and inserting Any joint committee bill; (3)in subsection (c)— (A)in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking the joint committee bill each place it appears and inserting a joint committee bill; and (B)in paragraph (5), by striking the joint committee bill the first place it appears and inserting a joint committee bill; (4)in subsection (d), by striking The joint committee bill and insert A joint committee bill; (5)in subsection (e)(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)— (A)by striking before passing the joint and inserting before passing either joint; and (B)by striking a joint committee bill and inserting a related joint committee bill; (6)in subsection (f)(2)— (A)by striking the joint committee bill the first place it appears and inserting a joint committee bill; and (B)by striking receives the joint committee bill and inserting receives the related joint committee bill; (7)in subsection (f)(3), by striking the joint committee bill and inserting a joint committee bill; and (8)in subsection (g)— (A)in paragraph (1), by inserting , in the case of a joint committee bill that was introduced pursuant to subsection (a)(1) before the semicolon; and (B)in paragraph (2), by inserting , in the case of any joint committee bill that was introduced pursuant to subsection (a) before the period. (d)

Table of contents amendment

In the table of contents in section 1(b) of the Budget Control Act of 2011, the item relating to title IV is amended to read as follows: TITLE IV—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION, JOB CREATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH .