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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2204 
To require Federal agencies to assess the impact of Federal action on jobs 
and job opportunities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 16, 2011 
Mr. TERRY (for himself, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. GARDNER, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, 
Mr. JONES, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. KINZINGER of Illinois, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. 
GERLACH, and Mrs. BLACKBURN) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require Federal agencies to assess the impact of Federal 
action on jobs and job opportunities, 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 ‘‘Employment Impact 
Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 
The purposes of this Act are the following: 
(1) To declare that the impact of Federal regu-
lations on jobs and job prospects in the United 
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States is a significant and relevant consideration to 
all Federal regulatory policy actions and henceforth 
should be taken into account by Federal regulators 
when they decide to take actions under their respec-
tive statutory authorities. 
(2) To express the concern of Congress that 
Federal regulators consider the cumulative impact of 
multiple proposed Federal regulations on jobs and 
jobs prospects in the United States and that the cu-
mulative impact of such regulations should be given 
all due consideration and weighed in the balance 
with the other purposes sought to be achieved by 
such regulatory measures. 
SEC. 3. DUTY TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF FEDERAL ACTION 
ON JOBS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Congress authorizes and di-
rects, to the fullest extent possible, that all agencies of 
the Federal Government shall— 
(1) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary ap-
proach which shall ensure the integrated use of the 
relevant fields of research and learning in planning 
and decisionmaking which may have an impact on 
jobs and job opportunities; 
(2) identify and develop methods and proce-
dures, in consultation with the Council on Economic 
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Advisors, Office of the President, which will ensure 
that presently unquantified impacts on jobs and job 
opportunities may be given appropriate consideration 
in decisionmaking along with environmental and 
other considerations; and 
(3) include in every recommendation or report 
on proposals for legislation and other major Federal 
actions with potentially significant effects on jobs 
and job opportunities, a jobs impact statement as 
described in subsection (b). 
(b) JOBS IMPACT STATEMENT.— 
(1) CONTENTS.—A jobs impact statement re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include a detailed 
statement by the responsible official on— 
(A) the impact of the proposed action on 
jobs and job opportunities, including an assess-
ment of the jobs that would be lost, gained, or 
sent overseas as a result of the proposed action; 
(B) any adverse effect on jobs and job op-
portunities which could not be avoided should 
the proposal be implemented; 
(C) alternatives and modifications to the 
proposed action that could avoid negative im-
pacts on jobs and job opportunities; and 
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(D) the relationship between any local 
short-term impacts on jobs and job opportuni-
ties and the maintenance and enhancements of 
long-term productivity and environmental val-
ues. 
(2) CONSULTATION WITH RELEVANT FEDERAL 
AGENCIES.—Prior to preparing a jobs impact state-
ment, the responsible Federal official shall consult 
with and obtain the comments of any Federal agen-
cy which has jurisdiction by law or special expertise 
with respect to any jobs or job opportunities impacts 
involved. Copies of such statement and the com-
ments and views of the appropriate Federal, State, 
and local agencies that are authorized to develop and 
enforce policies and programs relevant to jobs and 
job opportunities, shall be made available to the 
Council of Economic Advisors and to the public as 
provided by section 552 of title 5, United States 
Code, and shall accompany the proposal through the 
existing agency review process. 
(3) CUMULATIVE
IMPACT
OF
PROPOSED
AC-
TIONS.—In determining the impact of a proposed 
action on jobs and job opportunities, the responsible 
Federal official shall take into account the cumu-
lative impact on jobs and job opportunities of con-
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