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H.R. 2857 112th Congress House

Prioritize Emergency Job Creation Act

Official title: To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to create an adjustment to the discretionary spending limits for appropriations for emergency job creation.

Introduced: September 13, 2011 See on congress.gov
Economics and Public Finance AppropriationsBudget deficits and national debtEmployment and training programsUnemployment
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Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Sep 7, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 7, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to require that, if for FY2012-FY2021 appropriations for discretionary accounts are enacted that Congress and the President designate as being for emergency job creation, the adjustment to discretionary spending limits for a fiscal year shall be the total of such appropriations for the fiscal year in discretionary accounts designated for emergency job creation.


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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · Nov 30, 2011
FILNER, BOB
· Nov 30, 2011
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Waters, Maxine
California · Nov 30, 2011
JACKSON, JESSE
· Sep 13, 2011
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Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Sep 13, 2011
KUCINICH, DENNIS
· Sep 13, 2011
WOOLSEY, LYNN
· Sep 13, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2857: Prioritize Emergency Job Creation Act. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2857/
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