Jobs Score Act of 2013

Bill: 113-s-1835
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2013-12-17
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process

Economic performance and conditions

Employee hiring

Legislative rules and procedure

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2013-12-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-12-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Jobs Score Act of 2013 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of any public bill or resolution reported from a congressional committee (except each chamber's Committee on Appropriations) to estimate the number of jobs which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such measure in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in each of the four ensuing fiscal years, together with the basis for each such estimate.</p> <p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1835 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES December 17, 2013 Mr. Manchin (for himself, Mr. Schumer , and Mr. Kirk ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget A BILL To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Jobs Score Act of 2013 . 2. Amendment to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 653 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: (4) an estimate of the number of jobs which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such bill or resolution in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in each of the 4 fiscal years following such fiscal year, together with the basis for each such estimate. .