[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1518 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1518

 To require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 7, 2011

   Mr. Manchin (for himself, Mr. Hoeven, Mr. Kirk, and Mr. Schumer) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                        Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
 To require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress.

    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 ``Jobs Score Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE CBA.

    Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``and'';
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) an estimate of the number of jobs which would be 
        created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such bill or 
        resolution in the fiscal year in which it is to become 
        effective and in each of the 4 fiscal years following such 
        fiscal year, together with the basis for each such estimate.''.
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