I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 244 
To prohibit the use of certain stimulus and disaster relief funds for business 
relocation incentives. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2011 
Mr. LATTA (for himself, Ms. JENKINS, and Mr. TURNER) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services 
and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provi-
sions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To prohibit the use of certain stimulus and disaster relief 
funds for business relocation incentives. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Jobs in 
Your State Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN STIMULUS AND 
DISASTER RELIEF FUNDS FOR BUSINESS RE-
LOCATION INCENTIVES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State or a political subdivision 
of a State may not use any funds described in subsection 
(b) as an incentive for a business— 
(1) to relocate a plant, facility, or other oper-
ation, in whole or in part, from one State to an-
other; or 
(2) to expand such an operation in a State in 
a manner that will result in a reduction in such an 
operation in another State. 
(b) FUNDS DESCRIBED.—The funds described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) Funds made available under any of the fol-
lowing: 
(A) The American Recovery and Reinvest-
ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) or any 
amendment made by such Act. 
(B) The Hiring Incentives to Restore Em-
ployment Act (Public Law 111–147) or any 
amendment made by such Act. 
(C) Public Law 111–226 (relating to edu-
cation jobs and Medicaid payments to States) 
or any amendment made by such Public Law. 
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(D) The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 
(H.R. 5297, as enacted into law) or any amend-
ment made by such Act. 
(E) The Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5211 
et seq.). 
(2) Funds for disaster relief administered by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) PETITION.— 
(A) BY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF STATE 
TO
GOVERNOR.—A political subdivision of a 
State may submit to the Governor of such State 
a petition stating that the political subdivision 
has been adversely affected by a violation of 
subsection (a) and requesting that the Governor 
submit to the Secretary of Commerce a petition 
for an investigation of whether a violation has 
occurred. 
(B) BY
GOVERNOR
TO
SECRETARY
OF 
COMMERCE.—A Governor who receives a peti-
tion under subparagraph (A) may submit to the 
Secretary of Commerce a petition for an inves-
tigation of whether a violation of subsection (a) 
has occurred. 
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(2) INVESTIGATION
BY
SECRETARY
OF
COM-
MERCE.—Upon receiving a petition from a Governor 
under paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary of Commerce 
shall conduct an investigation to determine whether 
a violation of subsection (a) has occurred. 
(3) RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION; REFERRAL TO 
SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY.—If the Secretary of 
Commerce determines under paragraph (2) that a 
violation of subsection (a) has occurred, the State 
that committed the violation (or in the case of a vio-
lation by a political subdivision of a State, the State 
of which such political subdivision is a part) shall be 
liable to the United States for the amount of funds 
used in violation of such subsection. The Secretary 
of Commerce shall inform the Secretary of the 
Treasury that the United States has a claim against 
such State. 
(4) COLLECTION
BY
SECRETARY
OF
THE 
TREASURY.—If the Secretary of the Treasury is in-
formed under paragraph (3) that the United States 
has a claim against a State, the Secretary shall take 
such action as is necessary to collect on such claim. 
(5) PROHIBITION
ON
RECEIPT
OF
CERTAIN 
FUNDS UNTIL REPAYMENT MADE.—A State that is 
determined to be liable to the United States under 
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paragraph (3) shall not receive any funds described 
in subsection (b) during the period beginning on the 
date of the determination of liability and ending on 
the date on which the State fully repays to the 
United States the amount of funds used in violation 
of subsection (a). 
(6) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 
subsection shall be construed to limit the authority 
or responsibility of any other Federal official to en-
force subsection (a) under other Federal law. 
(d) GAO REPORT.—Biannually during the 5-year pe-
riod that ends on the date that is 5 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall submit to the Committee on En-
ergy and Commerce of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate a report on the impact of the preceding pro-
visions of this section. Such a report shall include, for the 
period covered by the report— 
(1) a statement of the number of petitions re-
ceived by the Secretary of Commerce under sub-
section (c)(1)(B) and a summary of the disposition 
of such petitions, including a list of the instances in 
which the Secretary found violations of subsection 
(a); 
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