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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. 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act shall be cited as the ‘‘Job Creation and Eco5 nomic Growth Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 

2 2011. 

3 (a) TITLE AMENDMENT.—The title heading of title 

4 IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112– 

5 25) is amended by inserting ‘‘, JOB CREATION, 

6 AND ECONOMIC GROWTH’’ after ‘‘DEFICIT 

7 REDUCTION’’. 

8 (b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF JOINT SELECT COM9 MITTEE.—Section 401 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 

10 (Public Law 112–25) is amended— 

11 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, Job Cre12 ation, and Economic Growth’’ after ‘‘Deficit Reduc13 tion’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)— 

15 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, Job 

16 Creation, and Economic Growth’’ after ‘‘Deficit 

17 Reduction’’; 

18 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

19 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik20 ing ‘‘GOAL’’ and inserting ‘‘GOALS’’; 

21 (ii) by striking ‘‘goal’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘goals’’; and 

23 (iii) by inserting before the period 

24 ‘‘and to spur economic growth and restore 

25 the Nation’s workforce to full employment, 

26 which shall be defined by the Secretary not 


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1 later than 14 days after the date of enact2 ment of the Job Creation and Economic 

3 Growth Act, over the period of fiscal years 

4 2012 and 2013’’; 

5 (C) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by inserting 

6 ‘‘and significantly improve the short-term and 

7 long-term employment levels in the United 

8 States and spur economic growth’’ before the 

9 period; 

10 (D) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking 

11 ‘‘reduce the deficit consistent with the goal’’ 

12 and inserting ‘‘reduce the deficit and improve 

13 employment levels consistent with the goal’’; 

14 and 

15 (E) in paragraph (3)(B)— 

16 (i) in the subparagraph heading, by 

17 striking ‘‘REPORT’’ and inserting ‘‘RE18 PORTS’’; 

19 (ii) in clause (i)— 

20 (I) in subclause (I), by inserting 

21 ‘‘with respect to deficit reduction’’ 

22 after ‘‘recommendations of the joint 

23 committee’’; 

24 (II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 

25 of subclause (I); 


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1 (III) by striking the period at the 

2 end of subclause (II) and inserting a 

3 semicolon; 

4 (IV) by inserting after subclause 

5 (II) the following new subclauses: 

6 ‘‘(III) a report that contains a 

7 detailed statement of the findings, 

8 conclusions, and recommendations of 

9 the joint committee with respect to 

10 economic growth and job creation and 

11 the estimate of the Joint Economic 

12 Committee required by paragraph 

13 (5)(D)(ii); and 

14 ‘‘(IV) separate proposed legisla15 tive language to carry out such rec16 ommendations as described in sub17 clause (III) with respect to job cre18 ation measures, which shall include a 

19 statement of the job creation achieved 

20 by the legislation over the period of 

21 fiscal years 2012 and 2013.’’; and 

22 (V) by striking ‘‘Rules of the 

23 Senate included in the report or legis24 lative’’ and inserting ‘‘Rules of the 


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1 Senate included in either report or set 

2 of legislative’’; 

3 (iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘The re4 port of the joint committee and the pro5 posed’’ and inserting ‘‘Each report of the 

6 joint committee and set of proposed’’; 

7 (iv) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘ap8 proval of the report’’ and inserting ‘‘ap9 proval of the reports’’; 

10 (v) in clause (iv)— 

11 (I) by striking ‘‘If the report and 

12 legislative language’’ the first place it 

13 appears and inserting ‘‘If either re14 port and set of legislative language’’; 

15 and 

16 (II) by striking ‘‘the joint com17 mittee report’’ and inserting ‘‘that 

18 joint committee report’’; and 

19 (vi) in clause (v)— 

20 (I) by striking ‘‘disapproval of 

21 the joint committee report and’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘disapproval of either joint 

23 committee report and set of’’; 


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1 (II) by striking ‘‘the full report 

2 and’’ and inserting ‘‘that full report 

3 and set of’’; and 

4 (III) by striking ‘‘vote’’ and in5 serting ‘‘votes’’. 

6 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO EXPE7 DITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE REC8 OMMENDATIONS.—Section 402 of the Budget Control Act 

9 of 2011 (Public Law 112–25) is amended— 

10 (1) in subsection (a)— 

11 (A) by striking ‘‘If approved by the major12 ity’’ and all that follows through ‘‘section 

13 401(b)(3)(B)(iv)’’ and insert the following: 

14 ‘‘(1) APPROVED DEFICIT REDUCTION LEGISLA15 TIVE LANGUAGE.—If approved by the majority re16 quired by section 401(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed leg17 islative language described in clause (i)(II) of section 

18 401(b)(1)(B) and submitted pursuant to clause (iv) 

19 of such section’’. 

20 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

21 ‘‘(2) JOB CREATION LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IF APPROVED.—If approved by the 

23 majority required by section 2(b)(3)(B)(ii), the 

24 proposed legislative language described in 

25 clause (i)(IV) of section 401(b)(1)(B) submitted 


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1 pursuant to clause (iv) of such section shall be 

2 introduced in the Senate (by request) on the 

3 next day on which the Senate is in session by 

4 the majority leader of the Senate or by a Mem5 ber of the Senate designated by the majority 

6 leader of the Senate and shall be introduced in 

7 the House of Representatives (by request) on 

8 the next legislative day by the majority leader 

9 of the House or by a Member of the House des10 ignated by the majority leader of the House. 

11 ‘‘(B) IF NOT APPROVED.—If no legislative 

12 language is approved by the vote required by 

13 section 401(b)(3)(B)(i), then any legislative lan14 guage that was brought to a vote under such 

15 section shall be introduced in the Senate (by re16 quest) on the next day on which the Senate is 

17 in session by the majority leader of the Senate 

18 or by a Member of the Senate designated by the 

19 majority leader of the Senate and shall be in20 troduced in the House of Representatives (by 

21 request) on the next legislative day by the ma22 jority leader of the House or by a Member of 

23 the House designated by the majority leader of 

24 the House.’’; 

25 (2) in subsection (b)— 


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1 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

2 (i) in the first sentence, by striking 

3 ‘‘the joint committee bill’’ and inserting 

4 ‘‘either joint committee bill’’; 

5 (ii) in the second sentence, by striking 

6 ‘‘the joint committee bill’’ and inserting ‘‘a 

7 joint committee bill’’; and 

8 (iii) in the last sentence, by striking 

9 ‘‘the joint committee bill’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘that joint committee bill’’; 

11 (B) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, 

12 by striking ‘‘the joint committee bill’’ and in13 serting ‘‘that joint committee bill’’; and 

14 (C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘The 

15 joint committee bill’’ and inserting ‘‘Any joint 

16 committee bill’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (c)— 

18 (A) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking 

19 ‘‘the joint committee bill’’ each place it appears 

20 and inserting ‘‘a joint committee bill’’; and 

21 (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the 

22 joint committee bill’’ the first place it appears 

23 and inserting ‘‘a joint committee bill’’; 

24 (4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The joint 

25 committee bill’’ and insert ‘‘A joint committee bill’’; 


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1 (5) in subsection (e)(1) in the matter preceding 

2 subparagraph (A)— 

3 (A) by striking ‘‘before passing the joint’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘before passing either joint’’; and 

5 (B) by striking ‘‘a joint committee bill’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘a related joint committee bill’’; 

7 (6) in subsection (f)(2)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘the joint committee bill’’ 

9 the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘a joint 

10 committee bill’’; and 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘receives the joint com12 mittee bill’’ and inserting ‘‘receives the related 

13 joint committee bill’’; 

14 (7) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ‘‘the joint 

15 committee bill’’ and inserting ‘‘a joint committee 

16 bill’’; and 

17 (8) in subsection (g)— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in the 

19 case of a joint committee bill that was intro20 duced pursuant to subsection (a)(1)’’ before the 

21 semicolon; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, in the 

23 case of any joint committee bill that was intro24 duced pursuant to subsection (a)’’ before the 

25 period. 


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1 (d) TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—In the 

2 table of contents in section 1(b) of the Budget Control 

3 Act of 2011, the item relating to title IV is amended to 

4 read as follows: 

‘‘TITLE IV—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION, 

JOB CREATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH’’. 

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