I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5637 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 
and title 10, United States Code, to allow contracting officers to consider 
information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal 
contract, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 29, 2010 
Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. JONES, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. 
CRITZ, Mr. SCHAUER, Mr. RYAN of Ohio, Mr. LIPINSKI, and Mr. MAN-
ZULLO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions 
as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services 
Act of 1949 and title 10, United States Code, to allow 
contracting officers to consider information regarding do-
mestic employment before awarding a Federal contract, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Jobs Matter 
Act of 2010’’. 
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SEC. 2. CONSIDERATION AND VERIFICATION OF INFORMA-
TION RELATING TO EFFECT ON DOMESTIC 
EMPLOYMENT OF AWARD OF FEDERAL CON-
TRACTS. 
(a) CIVILIAN AGENCY CONTRACTS.—Section 303A of 
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 
1949 (41 U.S.C. 253a) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(f)(1) An executive agency, in issuing a solicitation 
for competitive proposals, shall state in the solicitation 
that the offeror may submit information (in this sub-
section referred to as a ‘jobs impact statement’) with its 
offer related to the effects on employment within the 
United States of the contract if it is awarded to the offer-
or. 
‘‘(2) The information that may be included in a jobs 
impact statement may include the following: 
‘‘(A) The number of jobs expected to be created 
in the United States, or the number of jobs retained 
that otherwise would be lost, if the contract is 
awarded to the offeror. 
‘‘(B) The number of jobs created or retained in 
the United States by the subcontractors expected to 
be used by the offeror in the performance of the con-
tract. 
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‘‘(C) A guarantee from the offeror that jobs 
created or retained in the United States will not be 
moved outside the United States after award of the 
contract. 
‘‘(3) The contracting officer may consider the infor-
mation in the jobs impact statement in the evaluation of 
the offer and may request further information from the 
offeror in order to verify the accuracy of any such informa-
tion submitted. 
‘‘(4) The head of each executive agency shall submit 
to Congress an annual report on the frequency of use with-
in the agency of jobs impact statements in the evaluation 
of competitive proposals.’’. 
(b) DEFENSE CONTRACTS.—Section 2305(a) of title 
10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6)(A) The head of an agency, in issuing a solicita-
tion for competitive proposals, shall state in the solicita-
tion that the offeror may submit information (in this para-
graph referred to as a ‘jobs impact statement’) with its 
offer related to the effects on employment within the 
United States of the contract if it is awarded to the offer-
or. 
‘‘(B) The information that may be included in a jobs 
impact statement may include the following: 
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‘‘(i) The number of jobs expected to be created 
in the United States, or the number of jobs retained 
that otherwise would be lost, if the contract is 
awarded to the offeror. 
‘‘(ii) The number of jobs created or retained in 
the United States by the subcontractors expected to 
be used by the offeror in the performance of the con-
tract. 
‘‘(iii) A guarantee from the offeror that jobs 
created or retained in the United States will not be 
moved outside the United States after award of the 
contract. 
‘‘(C) The contracting officer may consider the infor-
mation in the jobs impact statement in the evaluation of 
the offer and may request further information from the 
offeror in order to verify the accuracy of any such informa-
tion submitted. 
‘‘(D) The Secretary of Defense shall submit to Con-
gress an annual report on the frequency of use within the 
Department of Defense of jobs impact statements in the 
evaluation of competitive proposals.’’. 
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