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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 13, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Sep 7, 2011
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 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.


What's happening now September 7, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3
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Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · 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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"H.R. 2857: Prioritize Emergency Job Creation Act." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-2857/.
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