[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 1532 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1532

  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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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 8, 2011

 Mr. Blumenthal (for himself and Mr. Begich) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget

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                                 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.

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

SEC. 2. 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''.
                    (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''.

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