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111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4280 
To prohibit business enterprises that lay off a greater percentage of their 
United States workers than workers in other countries from receiving 
any Federal assistance, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 10, 2009 
Mr. VISCLOSKY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To prohibit business enterprises that lay off a greater per-
centage of their United States workers than workers 
in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance, 
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 ‘‘Fighting for American 
Jobs Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. GENERAL REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR RE-
CEIPT OF FEDERAL ASSISTANCE BY BUSI-
NESS ENTERPRISES. 
(a) INITIAL REQUIREMENT.—Each Federal depart-
ment or agency that provides contracts, grants, loans, or 
loan guarantees to business enterprises after the date of 
the enactment of this Act shall require that, as condition 
of receipt of a contract, grant, loan, or loan guarantee, 
a business enterprise shall provide to the department or 
agency on an annual basis for the duration of the contract, 
grant, loan, or loan guarantee the following information: 
(1) The number of individuals employed by the 
business enterprise in the United States. 
(2) The number of individuals employed by the 
business enterprise outside the United States. 
(3) A description of the wages and benefits 
being provided to the employees of the business en-
terprise in the United States. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT REQUIREMENT.—Beginning 1 year 
after the date on which a Federal department or agency 
provides a contract, grant, loan, or loan guarantee to a 
business enterprise after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the department or agency shall require the business 
enterprise to provide to the department or agency on an 
annual basis for the duration of the contract, grant, loan, 
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or loan guarantee a written certification that contains the 
following information: 
(1) The percentage of the workforce of the busi-
ness enterprise employed in the United States that 
has been laid off or induced to resign from the busi-
ness enterprise during the preceding year. 
(2) The percentage of the total workforce of the 
business enterprise that has been laid off or induced 
to resign from the business enterprise during the 
preceding year. 
SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FEDERAL ASSISTANCE TO BUSI-
NESS ENTERPRISES THAT LAY OFF A GREAT-
ER 
PERCENTAGE 
OF 
WORKERS 
IN 
THE 
UNITED STATES THAN IN OTHER COUNTRIES. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if, in a 
written certification provided to a Federal department or 
agency by a business enterprise under section 2(b), the 
percentage described in section 2(b)(1) is greater than the 
percentage described in section 2(b)(2), then the business 
enterprise shall be ineligible for further assistance from 
the department or agency, and shall be ineligible for as-
sistance from any other Federal department or agency, 
unless and until the business enterprise provides to the 
department or agency involved a new written certification 
which provides that the percentage of the workforce of the 
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business enterprise employed in the United States is equal 
to or greater than such percentage for the year preceding 
the year for which the written certification under section 
2(b) was provided. 
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘United States’’ includes the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, 
the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, and any other territory or 
possession of the United States. 
(2) The term ‘‘business enterprise’’ does not in-
clude a small business concern, as defined under the 
Small Business Act and regulations implementing 
that Act. 
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