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H.R. 1354 112th Congress House

American Jobs Matter Act of 2011

Official title: To amend titles 10 and 41, United States Code, to allow contracting officers to consider information regarding domestic employment before awarding a Federal contract, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 4, 2011 Introduced by: Christopher Murphy Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Military procurement, research, weapons developmentPublic contracts and procurementUnemployment
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Apr 8, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .
Apr 4, 2011
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, 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.
Apr 4, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 8, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Jobs Matter Act of 2011 - Requires an executive agency to state in a solicitation for competitive proposals that the agency may consider information that the offeror may include on the effects awarding the contract to the offeror would have on employment within the United States (jobs impact statement). Allows such statement to include a guarantee that jobs created or retained in the United States will not be moved outside the United States after award of the contract.

Requires each agency to: (1) assess, annually, the accuracy of such a statement submitted by an offeror awarded a contract; (2) submit an annual report on the frequency of use of such statements in evaluating competitive proposals; and (3) track the number of jobs created or retained during the performance of a contract awarded to an offeror that submitted such a statement. Authorizes an agency to evaluate whether a contractor should be proposed for debarment if the number of jobs that the agency estimates will be created based on such statement significantly exceeds the number created or retained.

Sets forth analogous provisions for defense contracts.

Requires revision of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to implement the amendments made by this Act.

 Related & companion bills 1
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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 22, 2011
MANZULLO, DONALD
· Apr 12, 2011
Sutton, Betty
· Apr 4, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1354: American Jobs Matter Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-1354/
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