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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2835 

To establish a 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, and to provide for 

expedited consideration of such legislation by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 

Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. CLAY, Ms. 

ESHOO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, Mr. 

TOWNS, Ms. BASS of California, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 

Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 

CICILLINE, Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 

COURTNEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FILNER, 

Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIERREZ, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LANGEVIN, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LUJA ́N, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. MATSUI, 

Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 

MEEKS, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NEAL, Mr. 

REYES, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Ms. LINDA

T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SIRES, Mr. STARK, 

Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. 

WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 

DOYLE, and Mr. CLYBURN) introduced the following bill 

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 

Referred to the Committee on Rules 

A BILL 

To establish a 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 


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years 2012 and 2013, and to provide for expedited consideration of such legislation by both the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

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 ‘‘Joint Select Committee 

5 on Job Creation Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

8 (1) JOINT COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘joint com9 mittee’’ means the Joint Select Committee on Job 

10 Creation established under subsection (b)(1). 

11 (2) JOINT COMMITTEE BILL.—The term ‘‘joint 

12 committee bill’’ means a bill consisting of the pro13 posed legislative language of the joint committee rec14 ommended under subsection (b)(3)(B) and intro15 duced under section 3(a). 

16 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COM17 MITTEE.— 

18 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 

19 joint select committee of Congress to be known as 

20 the ‘‘Joint Select Committee on Job Creation’’. 

21 (2) GOAL.—The goal of the joint committee 

22 shall be to restore the Nation’s workforce to full em23 ployment, as defined by the Secretary of Labor not 


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1 later than 14 days after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act, over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 

3 2013. 

4 (3) DUTIES.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.— 

6 (i) IMPROVING THE SHORT-TERM AND

7 LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT LEVELS.—The 

8 joint committee shall provide recommenda9 tions and legislative language that will sig10 nificantly improve the short-term and long11 term employment levels in the United 

12 States. 

13 (ii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT14 TEES.—Not later than October 14, 2011, 

15 each committee of the House of Represent16 atives and the Senate may transmit to the 

17 joint committee its recommendations for 

18 changes in law to increase employment lev19 els consistent with the goal described in 

20 paragraph (2) for the joint committee’s 

21 consideration. 

22 (B) REPORT, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND

23 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.— 


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1 (i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than No2 vember 23, 2011, the joint committee shall 

3 vote on— 

4 (I) a report that contains a de5 tailed statement of the findings, con6 clusions, and recommendations of the 

7 joint committee and the estimate of 

8 the Joint Economic Committee re9 quired by paragraph (5)(D)(ii); and 

10 (II) proposed legislative language 

11 to carry out such recommendations as 

12 described in subclause (I), which shall 

13 include a statement of the job creation 

14 achieved by the legislation over the 

15 period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013. 

16 Any change to the Rules of the House of 

17 Representatives or the Standing Rules of 

18 the Senate included in the report or legis19 lative language shall be considered to be 

20 merely advisory. 

21 (ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEG22 ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—The report of the 

23 joint committee and the proposed legisla24 tive language described in clause (i) shall 


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1 require the approval of a majority of the 

2 members of the joint committee. 

3 (iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.—A member 

4 of the joint committee who gives notice of 

5 an intention to file supplemental, minority, 

6 or additional views at the time of final 

7 joint committee vote on the approval of the 

8 report and legislative language under 

9 clause (ii) shall be entitled to 3 calendar 

10 days in which to file such views in writing 

11 with the staff director of the joint com12 mittee. Such views shall then be included 

13 in the joint committee report and printed 

14 in the same volume, or part thereof, and 

15 their inclusion shall be noted on the cover 

16 of the report. In the absence of timely no17 tice, the joint committee report may be 

18 printed and transmitted immediately with19 out such views. 

20 (iv) TRANSMISSION OF REPORT AND

21 LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—If the report 

22 and legislative language are approved by 

23 the joint committee pursuant to clause (ii), 

24 then not later than December 2, 2011, the 

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1 mittee report and legislative language de2 scribed in clause (i) to the President, the 

3 Vice President, the Speaker of the House 

4 of Representatives, and the majority and 

5 minority leaders of each House of Con6 gress. 

7 (v) REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN8 GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.—Upon the 

9 approval or disapproval of the joint com10 mittee report and legislative language pur11 suant to clause (ii), the joint committee 

12 shall promptly make the full report and 

13 legislative language, and a record of the 

14 vote, available to the public. 

15 (4) MEMBERSHIP.— 

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—The joint committee 

17 shall be composed of 12 members appointed 

18 pursuant to subparagraph (B). 

19 (B) APPOINTMENT.—Members of the joint 

20 committee shall be appointed as follows: 

21 (i) The majority leader of the Senate 

22 shall appoint three members from among 

23 Members of the Senate. 


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1 (ii) The minority leader of the Senate 

2 shall appoint three members from among 

3 Members of the Senate. 

4 (iii) The Speaker of the House of 

5 Representatives shall appoint three mem6 bers from among Members of the House of 

7 Representatives. 

8 (iv) The minority leader of the House 

9 of Representatives shall appoint three 

10 members from among Members of the 

11 House of Representatives. 

12 (C) CO-CHAIRS.— 

13 (i) IN GENERAL.—There shall be two 

14 Co-Chairs of the joint committee. The ma15 jority leader of the Senate shall appoint 

16 one Co-Chair from among the members of 

17 the joint committee. The Speaker of the 

18 House of Representatives shall appoint the 

19 second Co-Chair from among the members 

20 of the joint committee. The Co-Chairs shall 

21 be appointed not later than 14 calendar 

22 days after the date of enactment of this 

23 Act. 


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1 (ii) STAFF DIRECTOR.—The Co2 Chairs, acting jointly, shall hire the staff 

3 director of the joint committee. 

4 (D) DATE.—Members of the joint com5 mittee shall be appointed not later than 14 cal6 endar days after the date of enactment of this 

7 Act. 

8 (E) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.—Members 

9 shall be appointed for the life of the joint com10 mittee. Any vacancy in the joint committee 

11 shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled 

12 not later than 14 calendar days after the date 

13 on which the vacancy occurs, in the same man14 ner as the original designation was made. If a 

15 member of the joint committee ceases to be a 

16 Member of the House of Representatives or the 

17 Senate, as the case may be, the member is no 

18 longer a member of the joint committee and a 

19 vacancy shall exist. 

20 (5) ADMINISTRATION.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—To enable the joint 

22 committee to exercise its powers, functions, and 

23 duties, there are authorized to be disbursed by 

24 the Senate the actual and necessary expenses of 

25 the joint committee approved by the co-chairs, 


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1 subject to the rules and regulations of the Sen2 ate. 

3 (B) EXPENSES.—In carrying out its func4 tions, the joint committee is authorized to incur 

5 expenses in the same manner and under the 

6 same conditions as the Joint Economic Com7 mittee is authorized by section 11 of Public 

8 Law 79–304 (15 U.S.C. 1024(d)). 

9 (C) QUORUM.—Seven members of the joint 

10 committee shall constitute a quorum for pur11 poses of voting, meeting, and holding hearings. 

12 (D) VOTING.— 

13 (i) PROXY VOTING.—No proxy voting 

14 shall be allowed on behalf of the members 

15 of the joint committee. 

16 (ii) JOB CREATION ESTIMATES.—The 

17 Joint Economic Committee, authorized in 

18 4(C)(iii) shall provide estimates of the leg19 islation (as described in paragraph (3)(B)). 

20 The joint committee may not vote on any 

21 version of the report, recommendations, or 

22 legislative language unless such estimates 

23 are available for consideration by all mem24 bers of the joint committee at least 48 


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1 hours prior to the vote as certified by the 

2 Co-Chairs. 

3 (E) MEETINGS.— 

4 (i) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 

5 45 calendar days after the date of enact6 ment of this Act, the joint committee shall 

7 hold its first meeting. 

8 (ii) AGENDA.—The Co-Chairs of the 

9 joint committee shall provide an agenda to 

10 the joint committee members not less than 

11 48 hours in advance of any meeting. 

12 (F) HEARINGS.— 

13 (i) IN GENERAL.—The joint com14 mittee may, for the purpose of carrying 

15 out this section, hold such hearings, sit 

16 and act at such times and places, require 

17 attendance of witnesses and production of 

18 books, papers, and documents, take such 

19 testimony, receive such evidence, and ad20 minister such oaths as the joint committee 

21 considers advisable. 

22 (ii) HEARING PROCEDURES AND RE23 SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 

24 (I) ANNOUNCEMENT.—The Co25 Chairs of the joint committee shall 


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1 make a public announcement of the 

2 date, place, time, and subject matter 

3 of any hearing to be conducted, not 

4 less than 7 days in advance of such 

5 hearing, unless the Co-Chairs deter6 mine that there is good cause to begin 

7 such hearing at an earlier date. 

8 (II) WRITTEN STATEMENT.—A 

9 witness appearing before the joint 

10 committee shall file a written state11 ment of proposed testimony at least 2 

12 calendar days before the appearance 

13 of the witness, unless the requirement 

14 is waived by the Co-Chairs, following 

15 their determination that there is good 

16 cause for failure to comply with such 

17 requirement. 

18 (G) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon writ19 ten request of the Co-Chairs, a Federal agency 

20 shall provide technical assistance to the joint 

21 committee in order for the joint committee to 

22 carry out its duties. 

23 (c) STAFF OF JOINT COMMITTEE.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Co-Chairs of the joint 

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1 tion of staff as they deem necessary, within the 

2 guidelines for employees of the Senate and following 

3 all applicable rules and employment requirements of 

4 the Senate. 

5 (2) ETHICAL STANDARDS.—Members on the 

6 joint committee who serve in the House of Rep7 resentatives shall be governed by the ethics rules and 

8 requirements of the House. Members of the Senate 

9 who serve on the joint committee and staff of the 

10 joint committee shall comply with the ethics rules of 

11 the Senate. 

12 (d) TERMINATION.—The joint committee shall termi13 nate on January 31, 2012. 

14 SEC. 3. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE 

15 RECOMMENDATIONS. 

16 (a) INTRODUCTION.— 

17 (1) IF APPROVED.—If approved by the majority 

18 required by section 2(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed leg19 islative language submitted pursuant to section 

20 2(b)(3)(B)(iv) shall be introduced in the Senate (by 

21 request) on the next day on which the Senate is in 

22 session by the majority leader of the Senate or by 

23 a Member of the Senate designated by the majority 

24 leader of the Senate and shall be introduced in the 

25 House of Representatives (by request) on the next 


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1 legislative day by the majority leader of the House 

2 or by a Member of the House designated by the ma3 jority leader of the House. 

4 (2) IF NOT APPROVED.—If no legislative lan5 guage is approved by the vote required by section 

6 2(b)(3)(B)(i), then any legislative language that was 

7 brought to a vote under such section shall be intro8 duced in the Senate (by request) on the next day on 

9 which the Senate is in session by the majority leader 

10 of the Senate or by a Member of the Senate des11 ignated by the majority leader of the Senate and 

12 shall be introduced in the House of Representatives 

13 (by request) on the next legislative day by the ma14 jority leader of the House or by a Member of the 

15 House designated by the majority leader of the 

16 House. 

17 (b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT18 ATIVES.— 

19 (1) REFERRAL AND REPORTING.—Any com20 mittee of the House of Representatives to which the 

21 joint committee bill is referred shall report it to the 

22 House without amendment not later than December 

23 9, 2011. If a committee fails to report the joint com24 mittee bill within that period, it shall be in order to 

25 move that the House discharge the committee from 


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1 further consideration of the bill. Such a motion shall 

2 not be in order after the last committee authorized 

3 to consider the bill reports it to the House or after 

4 the House has disposed of a motion to discharge the 

5 bill. The previous question shall be considered as or6 dered on the motion to its adoption without inter7 vening motion except 20 minutes of debate equally 

8 divided and controlled by the proponent and an op9 ponent. If such a motion is adopted, the House shall 

10 proceed immediately to consider the joint committee 

11 bill in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). A 

12 motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 

13 is disposed of shall not be in order. 

14 (2) PROCEEDING TO CONSIDERATION.—After 

15 the last committee authorized to consider a joint 

16 committee bill reports it to the House or has been 

17 discharged (other than by motion) from its consider18 ation, it shall be in order to move to proceed to con19 sider the joint committee bill in the House. Such a 

20 motion shall not be in order after the House has dis21 posed of a motion to proceed with respect to the 

22 joint committee bill. The previous question shall be 

23 considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption 

24 without intervening motion. A motion to reconsider 


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1 the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not 

2 be in order. 

3 (3) CONSIDERATION.—The joint committee bill 

4 shall be considered as read. All points of order 

5 against the joint committee bill and against its con6 sideration are waived. The previous question shall be 

7 considered as ordered on the joint committee bill to 

8 its passage without intervening motion except 2 

9 hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the 

10 proponent and an opponent and one motion to limit 

11 debate on the joint committee bill. A motion to re12 consider the vote on passage of the joint committee 

13 bill shall not be in order. 

14 (4) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 

15 of the joint committee bill shall occur not later than 

16 December 23, 2011. 

17 (c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 

18 (1) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A joint com19 mittee bill introduced in the Senate under subsection 

20 (a) shall be jointly referred to the committee or com21 mittees of jurisdiction, which committees shall report 

22 the bill without any revision and with a favorable 

23 recommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or 

24 without recommendation, not later than December 9, 

25 2011. If any committee fails to report the bill within 


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1 that period, that committee shall be automatically 

2 discharged from consideration of the bill, and the 

3 bill shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 

4 (2) MOTION TO PROCEED.—Notwithstanding 

5 Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it 

6 is in order, not later than 2 days of session after the 

7 date on which a joint committee bill is reported or 

8 discharged from all committees to which it was re9 ferred, for the majority leader of the Senate or the 

10 majority leader’s designee to move to proceed to the 

11 consideration of the joint committee bill. It shall also 

12 be in order for any Member of the Senate to move 

13 to proceed to the consideration of the joint com14 mittee bill at any time after the conclusion of such 

15 2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order even 

16 though a previous motion to the same effect has 

17 been disagreed to. All points of order against the 

18 motion to proceed to the joint committee bill are 

19 waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 

20 motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo21 tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 

22 agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 

23 a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 

24 committee bill is agreed to, the joint committee bill 


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1 shall remain the unfinished business until disposed 

2 of. 

3 (3) CONSIDERATION.—All points of order 

4 against the joint committee bill and against consid5 eration of the joint committee bill are waived. Con6 sideration of the joint committee bill and of all de7 batable motions and appeals in connection therewith 

8 shall not exceed a total of 30 hours which shall be 

9 divided equally between the majority and minority 

10 leaders or their designees. A motion further to limit 

11 debate on the joint committee bill is in order, shall 

12 require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 

13 Members duly chosen and sworn, and is not debat14 able. Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable 

15 for not to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally be16 tween those favoring and those opposing the motion 

17 or appeal. All time used for consideration of the 

18 joint committee bill, including time used for quorum 

19 calls and voting, shall be counted against the total 

20 30 hours of consideration. 

21 (4) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to the 

22 joint committee bill, or a motion to postpone, or a 

23 motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi24 ness, or a motion to recommit the joint committee 

25 bill, is not in order. 


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1 (5) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—If the Senate has 

2 voted to proceed to the joint committee bill, the vote 

3 on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur im4 mediately following the conclusion of the debate on 

5 a joint committee bill, and a single quorum call at 

6 the conclusion of the debate if requested. The vote 

7 on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur not 

8 later than December 23, 2011. 

9 (6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 

10 Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 

11 the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 

12 case may be, to the procedure relating to a joint 

13 committee bill shall be decided without debate. 

14 (d) AMENDMENT.—The joint committee bill shall not 

15 be subject to amendment in either the House of Rep16 resentatives or the Senate. 

17 (e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the joint 

19 committee bill, one House receives from the other a 

20 joint committee bill— 

21 (A) the joint committee bill of the other 

22 House shall not be referred to a committee; and 

23 (B) the procedure in the receiving House 

24 shall be the same as if no joint committee bill 

25 had been received from the other House until 


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1 the vote on passage, when the joint committee 

2 bill received from the other House shall sup3 plant the joint committee bill of the receiving 

4 House. 

5 (2) REVENUE MEASURE.—This subsection shall 

6 not apply to the House of Representatives if the 

7 joint committee bill received from the Senate is a 

8 revenue measure. 

9 (f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER

10 HOUSE.— 

11 (1) TREATMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE BILL OF

12 OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails to introduce or 

13 consider a joint committee bill under this section, 

14 the joint committee bill of the House shall be enti15 tled to expedited floor procedures under this section. 

16 (2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN

17 THE SENATE.—If following passage of the joint com18 mittee bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives 

19 the joint committee bill from the House of Rep20 resentatives, the House-passed joint committee bill 

21 shall not be debatable. The vote on passage of the 

22 joint committee bill in the Senate shall be considered 

23 to be the vote on passage of the joint committee bill 

24 received from the House of Representatives. 


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1 (3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes the joint 

2 committee bill, debate on a veto message in the Sen3 ate under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided 

4 between the majority and minority leaders or their 

5 designees. 

6 (g) LOSS OF PRIVILEGE.—The provisions of this sec7 tion shall cease to apply to the joint committee bill if the 

8 joint committee bill does not pass both Houses not later 

9 than December 23, 2011. 

10 SEC. 4. FUNDING. 

11 Funding for the joint committee shall be derived in 

12 equal portions from— 

13 (1) the applicable accounts of the House of 

14 Representatives; and 

15 (2) the contingent fund of the Senate from the 

16 appropriations account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’, sub17 ject to the rules and regulations of the Senate. 

18 SEC. 5. RULEMAKING. 

19 The provisions of this Act are enacted by Congress— 

20 (1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 

21 the House of Representatives and the Senate, re22 spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 

23 part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 

24 that House to which they specifically apply, and 


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1 such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex2 tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 

3 (2) with full recognition of the constitutional 

4 right of either House to change such rules (so far 

5 as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 

6 manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 

7 any other rule of such House. 

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