[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 545 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 545

To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
   to create an adjustment to the discretionary spending limits for 
               appropriations for emergency job creation.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 6, 2013

  Mr. Grijalva (for himself, Mr. Conyers, and Ms. Lee of California) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                               the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
   to create an adjustment to the discretionary spending limits for 
               appropriations for emergency job creation.

    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 ``Prioritize Emergency Job Creation 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EMERGENCY JOB CREATION.

    Section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph:
                    ``(E) Emergency job creation.--If, for fiscal years 
                2013 through 2021, appropriations for discretionary 
                accounts are enacted that Congress designates and the 
                President subsequently so designates as being for 
                emergency job creation in statute, the adjustment for a 
                fiscal year shall be the total of such appropriations 
                for the fiscal year in discretionary accounts 
                designated as being for emergency job creation.''.

SEC. 3. EMERGENCY JOB CREATION ADJUSTMENT FOR SECTION 251A 
              SEQUESTRATION.

    Section 251A(3) of the Balance Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 
Act of 1985 is amended by striking ``and'' at end of subparagraph (D), 
by striking the period and inserting ``; and'' at the end of 
subparagraph (E), and by adding at the end the following subparagraph:
                    ``(F) for fiscal year 2013, further reducing the 
                amount calculated under subparagraphs (A) through (D) 
                by appropriations for discretionary accounts that are 
                enacted and that Congress designates and the President 
                subsequently so designates as being for emergency job 
                creation.''.
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