HR 2857
112th Congress
House
Economics and Public Finance
Appropriations
Budget deficits and national debt
Employment and training programs
Unemployment
Prioritize Emergency Job Creation Act
Introduced: September 7, 2011
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Became law
Sep 7, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Sep 7, 2011
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
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