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HR 1899 113th Congress House

Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2013

Official title: To prohibit business enterprises that lay off a greater percentage of their United States workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 8, 2013 See on congress.gov
Government Operations and Politics Business recordsBuy American requirementsForeign and international corporationsGovernment lending and loan guarantees
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This bill died when the 113th Congress ended
It never became law before the 113th Congress (2013–2014) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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May 8, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
May 8, 2013
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 Latest action May 8, 2013

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2013 - Directs each federal agency that provides contracts, grants, loans, or loan guarantees to businesses to require, as a condition of such assistance, that such businesses provide annually information on: (1) the number of employees employed in the United States and its territories and possessions and the number employed outside the United States, as well as wage information on U.S. employees; and (2) the percentage of the workforce that has been laid off or forced to resign during the preceding year. Prohibits, until the situation is corrected, subsequent federal assistance to businesses that lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States and its territories and possessions than in other countries.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1899: Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1899/
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"H.R. 1899: Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1899/.
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H.R. 1899, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-1899/.
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