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S. 1522 112th Congress Senate

Joint Select Committee on Job Creation Act of 2011

Official title: A bill to establish a joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to establish a joint select committee of Congress to report findings and propose legislation to restore the Nation's workforce to full employment over the period of fiscal years 2012 and 2013, and to provide for expedited consideration of such legislation by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.

Introduced: September 8, 2011 Introduced by: Richard Blumenthal Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Sep 7, 2011
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
Sep 7, 2011
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 Latest action September 7, 2011

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Joint Select Committee on Job Creation Act of 2011 - Establishes the Joint Select Committee on Job Creation, whose goal shall be to restore the nation's workforce to full employment over FY2012 and FY2013.

Requires the joint committee to provide recommendations and legislative language that will significantly improve the short-term and long-term employment levels in the United States.

Prescribes legislative procedures for consideration in both chambers of the Joint Committee's recommendations.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 2835 Identical bill Joint Select Committee on Job Creation Act of 2011
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  • S 365 Budget Control Act of 2011
  • S 627 Faster FOIA Act of 2011
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Sep 8, 2011
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Sep 7, 2011
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Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Sep 7, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1522: Joint Select Committee on Job Creation Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1522/
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"S. 1522: Joint Select Committee on Job Creation Act of 2011." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-S-1522/.
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