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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2837 
To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the joint select com-
mittee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore 
the Nation’s workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal 
years 2012 and 2013. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 2, 2011 
Mr. LARSON of Connecticut (for himself, Mr. BOSWELL, Mr. CLAY, Ms. 
ESHOO, Ms. NORTON, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. ROTHMAN of New Jersey, and 
Mr. TOWNS) introduced the following bill 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 
Referred to the Committee on Rules 
A BILL 
To amend the Budget Control Act of 2011 to require the 
joint select committee of Congress to report findings 
and propose legislation to restore the Nation’s workforce 
to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 
and 2013. 
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 ‘‘Job Creation and Eco-
nomic Growth Act’’. 
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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)(1), by inserting ‘‘, Job 
Creation, and Economic Growth’’ after ‘‘Deficit Re-
duction’’; 
(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 of 
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Labor not later than 14 days after the 
date of enactment 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’’; 
(E) in paragraph (3)(B)— 
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘REPORT’’ and inserting ‘‘RE-
PORTS’’; 
(ii) in clause (i)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end 
of subclause (I); 
(II) in subclause (II), by insert-
ing ‘‘with respect to deficit reduction’’ 
after ‘‘subclause (I)’’; 
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(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) SUBCOMMITTEE.—The joint com-
mittee shall appoint some of its members to a 
special subcommittee which shall make rec-
ommendations to the joint committee on meas-
ures to spur economic growth and restore the 
Nation’s workforce to full employment over the 
period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013.’’. 
(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.— 
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‘‘(A) IF APPROVED.—If approved by the 
majority required by section 401(b)(3)(B)(ii), 
the proposed legislative language described in 
clause (i)(III) of section 401(b)(1)(B) sub-
mitted 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 ses-
sion by the majority leader of the Senate or by 
a Member of the Senate designated by the ma-
jority leader of the Senate and shall be intro-
duced in the House of Representatives (by re-
quest) on the next legislative day by the major-
ity leader of the House or by a Member of the 
House designated by the majority leader of the 
House. 
‘‘(B) IF NOT APPROVED.—If no legislative 
language described in subclause (III) of section 
401(b)(1)(B)(i) is approved by the vote re-
quired by such section, then any such legislative 
language 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-
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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)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘the joint committee 
bill’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘a 
joint committee bill’’; and 
(ii) in the last sentence, by striking 
‘‘the joint committee bill’’ and inserting 
‘‘that joint committee bill’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2), in the first sentence, 
by striking ‘‘the joint committee bill’’ and in-
serting ‘‘that joint committee bill’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘The 
joint committee bill’’ and inserting ‘‘A joint 
committee bill’’; 
(3) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraphs (3) and (4), by striking 
‘‘the joint committee bill’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘a joint committee bill’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘the 
joint committee bill’’ the first place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘a joint committee bill’’; 
(4) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘The joint 
committee bill’’ and insert ‘‘A joint committee bill’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)(1) in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘before passing the joint’’ 
and inserting ‘‘before passing a joint’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘a joint committee bill’’ 
and inserting ‘‘a related joint committee bill’’; 
(6) in subsection (f)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘the joint committee bill’’ 
the first place it appears and inserting ‘‘a joint 
committee bill’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘receives the joint com-
mittee bill’’ and inserting ‘‘receives the related 
joint committee bill’’; 
(7) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ‘‘the joint 
committee bill’’ and inserting ‘‘a joint committee 
bill’’; and 
(8) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, in the 
case of a joint committee bill that was intro-
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duced pursuant to subsection (a)(1)’’ before the 
semicolon; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘, in the 
case of any joint committee bill that was intro-
duced pursuant to subsection (a)’’ before the 
period. 
(d) TABLE
OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.—In the 
table of contents in section 1(b) of the Budget Control 
Act of 2011, the item relating to title IV is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘TITLE IV—JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE ON DEFICIT REDUCTION, 
JOB CREATION, AND ECONOMIC GROWTH’’. 
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