I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2835 
To establish a 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, and to provide for 
expedited consideration of such legislation by both the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
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, Mr. 
TOWNS, Ms. BASS of California, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mrs. CAPPS, Mr. CAPUANO, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mr. 
CICILLINE, Mr. CLARKE of Michigan, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. COHEN, Mr. 
COURTNEY, Mr. CUMMINGS, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FILNER, 
Mr. GONZALEZ, Mr. GENE GREEN of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. GUTIER-
REZ, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LAN-
GEVIN, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LUJA´N, Mrs. MALONEY, Ms. MATSUI, 
Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. 
MEEKS, Mr. MURPHY of Connecticut, Mr. NADLER, Mr. NEAL, Mr. 
REYES, Ms. RICHARDSON, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr. RUSH, Ms. LINDA 
T. SA´NCHEZ of California, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. SIRES, Mr. STARK, 
Mr. TONKO, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. VAN HOLLEN, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. 
WELCH, Ms. WILSON of Florida, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. 
DOYLE, and Mr. CLYBURN) introduced the following bill 
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011 
Referred to the Committee on Rules 
A BILL 
To establish a 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 
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years 2012 and 2013, and to provide for expedited con-
sideration of such legislation by both the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
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 ‘‘Joint Select Committee 
on Job Creation Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF JOINT SELECT COMMITTEE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) JOINT COMMITTEE.—The term ‘‘joint com-
mittee’’ means the Joint Select Committee on Job 
Creation established under subsection (b)(1). 
(2) JOINT COMMITTEE BILL.—The term ‘‘joint 
committee bill’’ means a bill consisting of the pro-
posed legislative language of the joint committee rec-
ommended under subsection (b)(3)(B) and intro-
duced under section 3(a). 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
OF
JOINT
SELECT
COM-
MITTEE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a 
joint select committee of Congress to be known as 
the ‘‘Joint Select Committee on Job Creation’’. 
(2) GOAL.—The goal of the joint committee 
shall be to restore the Nation’s workforce to full em-
ployment, as defined by the Secretary of Labor not 
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later than 14 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 
2013. 
(3) DUTIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.— 
(i) IMPROVING THE SHORT-TERM AND 
LONG-TERM
EMPLOYMENT
LEVELS.—The 
joint committee shall provide recommenda-
tions and legislative language that will sig-
nificantly improve the short-term and long- 
term employment levels in the United 
States. 
(ii) RECOMMENDATIONS OF COMMIT-
TEES.—Not later than October 14, 2011, 
each committee of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate may transmit to the 
joint committee its recommendations for 
changes in law to increase employment lev-
els consistent with the goal described in 
paragraph (2) for the joint committee’s 
consideration. 
(B) REPORT, 
RECOMMENDATIONS, 
AND 
LEGISLATIVE LANGUAGE.— 
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(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than No-
vember 23, 2011, the joint committee shall 
vote on— 
(I) a report that contains a de-
tailed statement of the findings, con-
clusions, and recommendations of the 
joint committee and the estimate of 
the Joint Economic Committee re-
quired by paragraph (5)(D)(ii); and 
(II) proposed legislative language 
to carry out such recommendations as 
described in subclause (I), which shall 
include a statement of the job creation 
achieved by the legislation over the 
period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013. 
Any change to the Rules of the House of 
Representatives or the Standing Rules of 
the Senate included in the report or legis-
lative language shall be considered to be 
merely advisory. 
(ii) APPROVAL OF REPORT AND LEG-
ISLATIVE LANGUAGE.—The report of the 
joint committee and the proposed legisla-
tive language described in clause (i) shall 
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require the approval of a majority of the 
members of the joint committee. 
(iii) ADDITIONAL VIEWS.—A member 
of the joint committee who gives notice of 
an intention to file supplemental, minority, 
or additional views at the time of final 
joint committee vote on the approval of the 
report and legislative language under 
clause (ii) shall be entitled to 3 calendar 
days in which to file such views in writing 
with the staff director of the joint com-
mittee. Such views shall then be included 
in the joint committee report and printed 
in the same volume, or part thereof, and 
their inclusion shall be noted on the cover 
of the report. In the absence of timely no-
tice, the joint committee report may be 
printed and transmitted immediately with-
out such views. 
(iv) TRANSMISSION OF REPORT AND 
LEGISLATIVE
LANGUAGE.—If the report 
and legislative language are approved by 
the joint committee pursuant to clause (ii), 
then not later than December 2, 2011, the 
joint committee shall submit the joint com-
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mittee report and legislative language de-
scribed in clause (i) to the President, the 
Vice President, the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives, and the majority and 
minority leaders of each House of Con-
gress. 
(v) REPORT AND LEGISLATIVE LAN-
GUAGE TO BE MADE PUBLIC.—Upon the 
approval or disapproval of the joint com-
mittee report and legislative language pur-
suant to clause (ii), the joint committee 
shall promptly make the full report and 
legislative language, and a record of the 
vote, available to the public. 
(4) MEMBERSHIP.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The joint committee 
shall be composed of 12 members appointed 
pursuant to subparagraph (B). 
(B) APPOINTMENT.—Members of the joint 
committee shall be appointed as follows: 
(i) The majority leader of the Senate 
shall appoint three members from among 
Members of the Senate. 
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(ii) The minority leader of the Senate 
shall appoint three members from among 
Members of the Senate. 
(iii) The Speaker of the House of 
Representatives shall appoint three mem-
bers from among Members of the House of 
Representatives. 
(iv) The minority leader of the House 
of Representatives shall appoint three 
members from among Members of the 
House of Representatives. 
(C) CO-CHAIRS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—There shall be two 
Co-Chairs of the joint committee. The ma-
jority leader of the Senate shall appoint 
one Co-Chair from among the members of 
the joint committee. The Speaker of the 
House of Representatives shall appoint the 
second Co-Chair from among the members 
of the joint committee. The Co-Chairs shall 
be appointed not later than 14 calendar 
days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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(ii) 
STAFF
DIRECTOR.—The 
Co- 
Chairs, acting jointly, shall hire the staff 
director of the joint committee. 
(D) DATE.—Members of the joint com-
mittee shall be appointed not later than 14 cal-
endar days after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(E) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT.—Members 
shall be appointed for the life of the joint com-
mittee. Any vacancy in the joint committee 
shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled 
not later than 14 calendar days after the date 
on which the vacancy occurs, in the same man-
ner as the original designation was made. If a 
member of the joint committee ceases to be a 
Member of the House of Representatives or the 
Senate, as the case may be, the member is no 
longer a member of the joint committee and a 
vacancy shall exist. 
(5) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—To enable the joint 
committee to exercise its powers, functions, and 
duties, there are authorized to be disbursed by 
the Senate the actual and necessary expenses of 
the joint committee approved by the co-chairs, 
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subject to the rules and regulations of the Sen-
ate. 
(B) EXPENSES.—In carrying out its func-
tions, the joint committee is authorized to incur 
expenses in the same manner and under the 
same conditions as the Joint Economic Com-
mittee is authorized by section 11 of Public 
Law 79–304 (15 U.S.C. 1024(d)). 
(C) QUORUM.—Seven members of the joint 
committee shall constitute a quorum for pur-
poses of voting, meeting, and holding hearings. 
(D) VOTING.— 
(i) PROXY VOTING.—No proxy voting 
shall be allowed on behalf of the members 
of the joint committee. 
(ii) JOB CREATION ESTIMATES.—The 
Joint Economic Committee, authorized in 
4(C)(iii) shall provide estimates of the leg-
islation (as described in paragraph (3)(B)). 
The joint committee may not vote on any 
version of the report, recommendations, or 
legislative language unless such estimates 
are available for consideration by all mem-
bers of the joint committee at least 48 
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hours prior to the vote as certified by the 
Co-Chairs. 
(E) MEETINGS.— 
(i) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 
45 calendar days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the joint committee shall 
hold its first meeting. 
(ii) AGENDA.—The Co-Chairs of the 
joint committee shall provide an agenda to 
the joint committee members not less than 
48 hours in advance of any meeting. 
(F) HEARINGS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The joint com-
mittee may, for the purpose of carrying 
out this section, hold such hearings, sit 
and act at such times and places, require 
attendance of witnesses and production of 
books, papers, and documents, take such 
testimony, receive such evidence, and ad-
minister such oaths as the joint committee 
considers advisable. 
(ii) HEARING PROCEDURES AND RE-
SPONSIBILITIES OF CO-CHAIRS.— 
(I) ANNOUNCEMENT.—The Co- 
Chairs of the joint committee shall 
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make a public announcement of the 
date, place, time, and subject matter 
of any hearing to be conducted, not 
less than 7 days in advance of such 
hearing, unless the Co-Chairs deter-
mine that there is good cause to begin 
such hearing at an earlier date. 
(II) WRITTEN
STATEMENT.—A 
witness appearing before the joint 
committee shall file a written state-
ment of proposed testimony at least 2 
calendar days before the appearance 
of the witness, unless the requirement 
is waived by the Co-Chairs, following 
their determination that there is good 
cause for failure to comply with such 
requirement. 
(G) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Upon writ-
ten request of the Co-Chairs, a Federal agency 
shall provide technical assistance to the joint 
committee in order for the joint committee to 
carry out its duties. 
(c) STAFF OF JOINT COMMITTEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Co-Chairs of the joint 
committee may jointly appoint and fix the compensa-
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tion of staff as they deem necessary, within the 
guidelines for employees of the Senate and following 
all applicable rules and employment requirements of 
the Senate. 
(2) ETHICAL
STANDARDS.—Members on the 
joint committee who serve in the House of Rep-
resentatives shall be governed by the ethics rules and 
requirements of the House. Members of the Senate 
who serve on the joint committee and staff of the 
joint committee shall comply with the ethics rules of 
the Senate. 
(d) TERMINATION.—The joint committee shall termi-
nate on January 31, 2012. 
SEC. 3. EXPEDITED CONSIDERATION OF JOINT COMMITTEE 
RECOMMENDATIONS. 
(a) INTRODUCTION.— 
(1) IF APPROVED.—If approved by the majority 
required by section 2(b)(3)(B)(ii), the proposed leg-
islative language submitted pursuant to section 
2(b)(3)(B)(iv) 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 Member 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 
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legislative day by the majority leader of the House 
or by a Member of the House designated by the ma-
jority leader of the House. 
(2) IF NOT APPROVED.—If no legislative lan-
guage is approved by the vote required by section 
2(b)(3)(B)(i), then any legislative language that was 
brought to a vote under such section shall be intro-
duced 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 Member of the Senate des-
ignated 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 ma-
jority leader of the House or by a Member of the 
House designated by the majority leader of the 
House. 
(b) CONSIDERATION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENT-
ATIVES.— 
(1) REFERRAL
AND
REPORTING.—Any com-
mittee of the House of Representatives to which the 
joint committee bill is referred shall report it to the 
House without amendment not later than December 
9, 2011. If a committee fails to report the joint com-
mittee bill within that period, it shall be in order to 
move that the House discharge the committee from 
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further consideration of the bill. Such a motion shall 
not be in order after the last committee authorized 
to consider the bill reports it to the House or after 
the House has disposed of a motion to discharge the 
bill. The previous question shall be considered as or-
dered on the motion to its adoption without inter-
vening motion except 20 minutes of debate equally 
divided and controlled by the proponent and an op-
ponent. If such a motion is adopted, the House shall 
proceed immediately to consider the joint committee 
bill in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3). A 
motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion 
is disposed of shall not be in order. 
(2) PROCEEDING
TO
CONSIDERATION.—After 
the last committee authorized to consider a joint 
committee bill reports it to the House or has been 
discharged (other than by motion) from its consider-
ation, it shall be in order to move to proceed to con-
sider the joint committee bill in the House. Such a 
motion shall not be in order after the House has dis-
posed of a motion to proceed with respect to the 
joint committee bill. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the motion to its adoption 
without intervening motion. A motion to reconsider 
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the vote by which the motion is disposed of shall not 
be in order. 
(3) CONSIDERATION.—The joint committee bill 
shall be considered as read. All points of order 
against the joint committee bill and against its con-
sideration are waived. The previous question shall be 
considered as ordered on the joint committee bill to 
its passage without intervening motion except 2 
hours of debate equally divided and controlled by the 
proponent and an opponent and one motion to limit 
debate on the joint committee bill. A motion to re-
consider the vote on passage of the joint committee 
bill shall not be in order. 
(4) VOTE ON PASSAGE.—The vote on passage 
of the joint committee bill shall occur not later than 
December 23, 2011. 
(c) EXPEDITED PROCEDURE IN THE SENATE.— 
(1) COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION.—A joint com-
mittee bill introduced in the Senate under subsection 
(a) shall be jointly referred to the committee or com-
mittees of jurisdiction, which committees shall report 
the bill without any revision and with a favorable 
recommendation, an unfavorable recommendation, or 
without recommendation, not later than December 9, 
2011. If any committee fails to report the bill within 
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that period, that committee shall be automatically 
discharged from consideration of the bill, and the 
bill shall be placed on the appropriate calendar. 
(2) MOTION
TO
PROCEED.—Notwithstanding 
Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, it 
is in order, not later than 2 days of session after the 
date on which a joint committee bill is reported or 
discharged from all committees to which it was re-
ferred, for the majority leader of the Senate or the 
majority leader’s designee to move to proceed to the 
consideration of the joint committee bill. It shall also 
be in order for any Member of the Senate to move 
to proceed to the consideration of the joint com-
mittee bill at any time after the conclusion of such 
2-day period. A motion to proceed is in order even 
though a previous motion to the same effect has 
been disagreed to. All points of order against the 
motion to proceed to the joint committee bill are 
waived. The motion to proceed is not debatable. The 
motion is not subject to a motion to postpone. A mo-
tion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is 
agreed to or disagreed to shall not be in order. If 
a motion to proceed to the consideration of the joint 
committee bill is agreed to, the joint committee bill 
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shall remain the unfinished business until disposed 
of. 
(3) CONSIDERATION.—All points of order 
against the joint committee bill and against consid-
eration of the joint committee bill are waived. Con-
sideration of the joint committee bill and of all de-
batable motions and appeals in connection therewith 
shall not exceed a total of 30 hours which shall be 
divided equally between the majority and minority 
leaders or their designees. A motion further to limit 
debate on the joint committee bill is in order, shall 
require an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the 
Members duly chosen and sworn, and is not debat-
able. Any debatable motion or appeal is debatable 
for not to exceed 1 hour, to be divided equally be-
tween those favoring and those opposing the motion 
or appeal. All time used for consideration of the 
joint committee bill, including time used for quorum 
calls and voting, shall be counted against the total 
30 hours of consideration. 
(4) NO AMENDMENTS.—An amendment to the 
joint committee bill, or a motion to postpone, or a 
motion to proceed to the consideration of other busi-
ness, or a motion to recommit the joint committee 
bill, is not in order. 
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(5) VOTE
ON
PASSAGE.—If the Senate has 
voted to proceed to the joint committee bill, the vote 
on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur im-
mediately following the conclusion of the debate on 
a joint committee bill, and a single quorum call at 
the conclusion of the debate if requested. The vote 
on passage of the joint committee bill shall occur not 
later than December 23, 2011. 
(6) RULINGS OF THE CHAIR ON PROCEDURE.— 
Appeals from the decisions of the Chair relating to 
the application of the rules of the Senate, as the 
case may be, to the procedure relating to a joint 
committee bill shall be decided without debate. 
(d) AMENDMENT.—The joint committee bill shall not 
be subject to amendment in either the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Senate. 
(e) CONSIDERATION BY THE OTHER HOUSE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If, before passing the joint 
committee bill, one House receives from the other a 
joint committee bill— 
(A) the joint committee bill of the other 
House shall not be referred to a committee; and 
(B) the procedure in the receiving House 
shall be the same as if no joint committee bill 
had been received from the other House until 
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the vote on passage, when the joint committee 
bill received from the other House shall sup-
plant the joint committee bill of the receiving 
House. 
(2) REVENUE MEASURE.—This subsection shall 
not apply to the House of Representatives if the 
joint committee bill received from the Senate is a 
revenue measure. 
(f) RULES TO COORDINATE ACTION WITH OTHER 
HOUSE.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF JOINT COMMITTEE BILL OF 
OTHER HOUSE.—If the Senate fails to introduce or 
consider a joint committee bill under this section, 
the joint committee bill of the House shall be enti-
tled to expedited floor procedures under this section. 
(2) TREATMENT OF COMPANION MEASURES IN 
THE SENATE.—If following passage of the joint com-
mittee bill in the Senate, the Senate then receives 
the joint committee bill from the House of Rep-
resentatives, the House-passed joint committee bill 
shall not be debatable. The vote on passage of the 
joint committee bill in the Senate shall be considered 
to be the vote on passage of the joint committee bill 
received from the House of Representatives. 
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(3) VETOES.—If the President vetoes the joint 
committee bill, debate on a veto message in the Sen-
ate under this section shall be 1 hour equally divided 
between the majority and minority leaders or their 
designees. 
(g) LOSS OF PRIVILEGE.—The provisions of this sec-
tion shall cease to apply to the joint committee bill if the 
joint committee bill does not pass both Houses not later 
than December 23, 2011. 
SEC. 4. FUNDING. 
Funding for the joint committee shall be derived in 
equal portions from— 
(1) the applicable accounts of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(2) the contingent fund of the Senate from the 
appropriations account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’, sub-
ject to the rules and regulations of the Senate. 
SEC. 5. RULEMAKING. 
The provisions of this Act are enacted by Congress— 
(1) as an exercise of the rulemaking power of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, re-
spectively, and as such they shall be considered as 
part of the rules of each House, respectively, or of 
that House to which they specifically apply, and 
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such rules shall supersede other rules only to the ex-
tent that they are inconsistent therewith; and 
(2) with full recognition of the constitutional 
right of either House to change such rules (so far 
as relating to such House) at any time, in the same 
manner, and to the same extent as in the case of 
any other rule of such House. 
Æ 
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