SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET CONTROL ACT OF 
2011. 
(a) TITLE AMENDMENT.—The title heading of title 
IV of the Budget Control Act of 2011 (Public Law 112– 
25) is amended by inserting ‘‘, JOB CREATION, 
AND ECONOMIC GROWTH’’ after ‘‘DEFICIT 
REDUCTION’’. 
(b) ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF JOINT SELECT COM-
MITTEE.—Section 401 of the Budget Control Act of 2011 
(Public Law 112–25) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, Job Cre-
ation, and Economic Growth’’ after ‘‘Deficit Reduc-
tion’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, Job 
Creation, and Economic Growth’’ after ‘‘Deficit 
Reduction’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-
ing ‘‘GOAL’’ and inserting ‘‘GOALS’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘goal’’ and inserting 
‘‘goals’’; and 
(iii) by inserting before the period 
‘‘and to spur economic growth and restore 
the Nation’s workforce to full employment, 
which shall be defined by the Secretary not 
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later than 14 days after the date of enact-
ment of the Job Creation and Economic 
Growth Act, over the period of fiscal years 
2012 and 2013’’; 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by inserting 
‘‘and significantly improve the short-term and 
long-term employment levels in the United 
States and spur economic growth’’ before the 
period; 
(D) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘reduce the deficit consistent with the goal’’ 
and inserting ‘‘reduce the deficit and improve 
employment levels consistent with the goal’’; 
and 
(E) in paragraph (3)(B)— 
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘REPORT’’ and inserting ‘‘RE-
PORTS’’; 
(ii) in clause (i)— 
(I) in subclause (I), by inserting 
‘‘with respect to deficit reduction’’ 
after ‘‘recommendations of the joint 
committee’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 
of subclause (I); 
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(III) by striking the period at the 
end of subclause (II) and inserting a 
semicolon; 
(IV) by inserting after subclause 
(II) the following new subclauses: 
‘‘(III) a report that contains a 
detailed statement of the findings, 
conclusions, and recommendations of 
the joint committee with respect to 
economic growth and job creation and 
the estimate of the Joint Economic 
Committee required by paragraph 
(5)(D)(ii); and 
‘‘(IV) separate proposed legisla-
tive language to carry out such rec-
ommendations as described in sub-
clause (III) with respect to job cre-
ation measures, which shall include a 
statement of the job creation achieved 
by the legislation over the period of 
fiscal years 2012 and 2013.’’; and 
(V) by striking ‘‘Rules of the 
Senate included in the report or legis-
lative’’ and inserting ‘‘Rules of the 
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Senate included in either report or set 
of legislative’’; 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘The re-
port of the joint committee and the pro-
posed’’ and inserting ‘‘Each report of the 
joint committee and set of proposed’’; 
(iv) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘ap-
proval of the report’’ and inserting ‘‘ap-
proval of the reports’’; 
(v) in clause (iv)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘If the report and 
legislative language’’ the first place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘If either re-
port and set of legislative language’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘the joint com-
mittee report’’ and inserting ‘‘that 
joint committee report’’; and 
(vi) in clause (v)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘disapproval of 
the joint committee report and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘disapproval of either joint 
committee report and set of’’; 
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(II) by striking ‘‘the full report 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘that full report 
and set of’’; and 
(III) by striking ‘‘vote’’ and in-
serting ‘‘votes’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO EXPE-
DITED CONSIDERATION
OF JOINT COMMITTEE REC-
OMMENDATIONS.—Section 402 of the Budget Control Act 
of 2011 (Public Law 112–25) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘If approved by the major-
ity’’ and all that follows through ‘‘section 
401(b)(3)(B)(iv)’’ and insert the following: 
‘‘(1) APPROVED DEFICIT REDUCTION LEGISLA-
TIVE LANGUAGE.—If approved by the majority re-
quired by section 401(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed leg-
islative language described in clause (i)(II) of section 
401(b)(1)(B) and submitted pursuant to clause (iv) 
of such section’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) JOB CREATION LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.— 
‘‘(A) IF APPROVED.—If approved by the 
majority required by section 2(b)(3)(B)(ii), the 
proposed legislative language described in 
clause (i)(IV) of section 401(b)(1)(B) submitted 
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pursuant to clause (iv) of such section shall be 
introduced in the Senate (by request) on the 
next day on which the Senate is in session by 
the majority leader of the Senate or by a Mem-
ber of the Senate designated by the majority 
leader of the Senate and shall be introduced in 
the House of Representatives (by request) on 
the next legislative day by the majority leader 
of the House or by a Member of the House des-
ignated by the majority leader of the House. 
‘‘(B) IF NOT APPROVED.—If no legislative 
language is approved by the vote required by 
section 401(b)(3)(B)(i), then any legislative lan-
guage that was brought to a vote under such 
section shall be introduced in the Senate (by re-
quest) on the next day on which the Senate is 
in session by the majority leader of the Senate 
or by a Member of the Senate designated by the 
majority leader of the Senate and shall be in-
troduced in the House of Representatives (by 
request) on the next legislative day by the ma-
jority leader of the House or by a Member of 
the House designated by the majority leader of 
the House.’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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