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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3060 

To make supplemental appropriations to provide additional funds to 

Americorps for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and to amend 

the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend and modify payroll tax 

forgiveness. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2011 

Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and 

Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To make supplemental appropriations to provide additional 

funds to Americorps for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2012, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 to extend and modify payroll tax forgiveness. 

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 may be cited as the ‘‘Economic Growth and 

5 Reducing Unemployment Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

2 The following sums are appropriated, out of any 

3 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

4 fiscal year ending September 30, 2012. 

5 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

6 OPERATING EXPENSES

7 For an additional amount for the Corporation for Na8 tional and Community Service to carry out the National 

9 and Community Service Act of 1990, and notwithstanding 

10 sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), 

11 501(a)(4)(E), and 501(a)(5)(F) of such Act, 

12 $7,892,775,570: Provided, That of such amount up to 1 

13 percent of program grant funds may be used to defray 

14 the costs of conducting grant application reviews, includ15 ing the use of outside peer reviewers and electronic man16 agement of the grants cycle: Provided further, That 

17 $1,878,275,570, to remain available until expended, shall 

18 be paid to the National Service Trust for expenses author19 ized under subtitle D of title I of such Act: Provided fur20 ther, That in addition to the amounts provided in the pre21 vious proviso, the Corporation may transfer funds from 

22 the amounts allocated to grants under subtitle C of title 

23 I of such Act, upon determination that such transfer is 

24 necessary to support the activities of national service par25 ticipants and after notice is transmitted to the Congress: 

26 Provided further, That $9,800,000 shall be available for 


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1 expenses to carry out sections 112(e), 179A, and 198O 

2 and subtitle J of title I of such Act, notwithstanding sec3 tion 501(a)(6) of such Act: Provided further, That 

4 $15,000,000 shall be available for grants to public or pri5 vate nonprofit institutions to increase the participation of 

6 individuals with disabilities in national service and for 

7 demonstration activities in furtherance of this purpose, 

8 notwithstanding section 129(k)(1) of such Act: Provided 

9 further, That $8,000,000 shall be available to provide as10 sistance to State Service Commissions, under section 

11 126(a) of such Act and notwithstanding section 

12 501(a)(5)(B) of such Act. 

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 

15 administration as provided under section 501(a)(5) of the 

16 National and Community Service Act of 1990 including 

17 payment of salaries, authorized travel, hire of passenger 

18 motor vehicles, the rental of conference rooms in the Dis19 trict of Columbia, and the employment of experts and con20 sultants authorized under section 3109 of title 5, United 

21 States Code, $37,500,000. 

22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

23 For an additional amount for necessary expenses of 

24 the Office of Inspector General in carrying out the Inspec25 tor General Act of 1978, $8,000,000. 


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1 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT. 

2 The funds appropriated in this section shall be used 

3 by the Corporation toward the goal of increasing the num4 ber of national service positions approved under subtitle 

5 C of title I of the 1990 Act to 500,000. In carrying out 

6 this section, the Corporation shall give preference to na7 tional service programs which propose to use full-time na8 tional service positions. 

9 SEC. 4. EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF PAYROLL TAX 

10 FORGIVENESS. 

11 (a) EXTENSION.—Paragraph (1) of section 3111(d) 

12 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by in13 serting ‘‘or on the day after the date of the enactment 

14 of the Economic Growth and Reducing Unemployment Act 

15 of 2011 and ending on December 31, 2012,’’ after ‘‘De16 cember 31, 2010,’’. 

17 (b) MODIFICATION.— 

18 (1) UNEMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT.—Subpara19 graph (B) of section 3111(d)(3) of such Code is 

20 amended to read as follows: 

21 ‘‘(B) certifies by signed affidavit (under 

22 penalties of perjury) that such individual, dur23 ing the entire 27-week period ending on the hir24 ing date— 


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1 ‘‘(i) was in receipt of unemployment 

2 compensation under State or Federal law, 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(ii) was unemployed and would have 

5 been so in receipt but for having exhausted 

6 the right to such unemployment compensa7 tion during such period.’’. 

8 (2) LIMITATION.—Subsection (d) of section 

9 3111 of such Code is amended by adding at the end 

10 the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(6) LIMITATION.—The aggregate reduction in 

12 tax imposed under subsection (a) by reason of para13 graph (1) with respect to each qualified individual in 

14 the employer’s employ shall not exceed $5,000.’’. 

15 (c) APPLICATION TO RAILROAD RETIREMENT

16 TAXES.— 

17 (1) EXTENSION.—Paragraph (1) of section 

18 3221(c) of such Code is amended by inserting ‘‘or 

19 on the day after the date of the enactment of the 

20 Economic Growth and Reducing Unemployment Act 

21 of 2011 and ending on December 31, 2012,’’ after 

22 ‘‘December 31, 2010,’’. 

23 (2) MODIFICATION.— 


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1 (A) UNEMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENT.— 

2 Subparagraph (B) of section 3221(c)(3) of such 

3 Code is amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘(B) certifies by signed affidavit (under 

5 penalties of perjury) that such individual, dur6 ing the entire 27-week period ending on the hir7 ing date— 

8 ‘‘(i) was in receipt of unemployment 

9 compensation under State or Federal law, 

10 or 

11 ‘‘(ii) was unemployed and would have 

12 been so in receipt but for having exhausted 

13 the right to such unemployment compensa14 tion during such period.’’. 

15 (3) LIMITATION.—Subsection (c) of section 

16 3221 of such Code is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(6) LIMITATION.—The aggregate reduction in 

19 tax imposed under subsection (a) by reason of para20 graph (1) with respect to each qualified individual in 

21 the employer’s employ shall not exceed $5,000.’’. 

22 (d) SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN CALENDAR QUAR23 TERS.—For purposes of section 3111(d) and 3221(c) of 

24 such Code, if the day after the date of the enactment of 

25 this Act is not the first day of a calendar quarter, then 


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1 rules similar to the rules of section 3111(d)(5) and 

2 3221(c)(5) of such Code, respectively, shall apply with re3 spect to the last calendar quarter beginning before such 

4 day. 

5 (e) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graph (2), the amendments made by this subsection 

8 shall apply to wages paid after the date of the enact9 ment of this Act. 

10 (2) RAILROAD RETIREMENT TAXES.—The 

11 amendments made by subsection (d) shall apply to 

12 compensation paid after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act. 

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