II 112th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1533 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 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 may 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)(1), 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 of Labor 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; (E)in paragraph (3)(B)— (i)in the subparagraph heading, by striking Report and inserting Reports; (ii)in clause (i)— (I)by striking and at the end of subclause (I); (II)in subclause (II), by inserting with respect to deficit reduction after 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)proposed legislative language to carry out such recommendations as described in subclause (I) 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 (iii)in clause (iv), by striking the joint committee report and inserting that joint committee report; and (iv)in clause (v), by striking vote and inserting votes; and (F)in paragraph (4)— (i)in subparagraph (A), by striking 12 and inserting 16; (ii)in each of clause (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (B), by striking three each place it appears and inserting 4; and (iii)by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F)

Subcommittee

The joint committee shall appoint some of its members to a special subcommittee which shall make recommendations to the joint committee on measures to spur economic growth and restore the Nation’s workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013. . (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 401(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed legislative language described in clause (i)(III) 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 described in subclause (III) of section 401(b)(1)(B)(i) is approved by the vote required by such section, then any such 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)by striking the joint committee bill each place it appears and inserting a joint committee bill; and (ii)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 A 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 a 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 .