Jobs Score Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-3592
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cicilline, David N. [D-RI-1]
Introduced: 2013-11-21
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Budget process

Economic performance and conditions

Employee hiring

Legislative rules and procedure

Unemployment
Latest action: action_date: 2013-11-21
text: Referred to the Committee on Rules, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-11-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
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>Requires such analysis, to the extent practicable, to include regional and state-level estimates of such jobs. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3592 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 21, 2013 Mr. Cicilline (for himself, Mr. Lance , Mr. McDermott , and Mr. Ribble ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Rules , and in addition to the Committee on the Budget , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 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 ; (2) in paragraph (3), by striking the period 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, and to the extent practicable, the analysis shall include regional and State-level estimates of jobs that would be created, sustained, or lost. .