,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #accb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ba1 #bjac    
,mrs4 ,bustos introduced the following  
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committee on ,armed ,services1 for a   
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
amend titles #aj and #da1 ,united       
,states ,code1 to allow contracting     
officers to consider information        
regarding domestic employment before    
awarding a ,federal contract1 and for   
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,american ,jobs
 ,matter ,act of #bjac4  #b4            
,consideration and verification of      
information relating to effect on       
domestic employment of award of ,federal
 contracts  7a7 ,civilian agency        

contracts ,section #ccjf of title #da1  
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subsection3  7g7 7#a7 ,an executive     
agency1 in issuing a solicitation for   
competitive proposals1 shall state in   
the solicitation that the agency may    
consider information 7in this subsection
 referred to as a jobs impact statement7
 that the offeror may include in its    
offer related to the effects on         
employment within the ,united ,states of
 the contract if it is awarded to the   
offeror4  7#b7 ,the information that may
 be included in a jobs impact statement 
may include the following3  7,a7 ,the   
number of jobs expected to be created in
 the ,united ,states1 or the number of  
jobs retained that otherwise would be   
lost1 if the contract is awarded to the 
offeror4  7,b7 ,the number of jobs      
created or retained in the ,united      
,states by the subcontractors expected  
to be used by the offeror in the        
performance of the contract4  7,c7 ,a   

guarantee from the offeror that jobs    
created or retained in the ,united      
,states will not be moved outside the   
,united ,states after award of the      
contract4  7#c7 ,the contracting officer
 may consider the information in the    
jobs impact statement in the evaluation 
of the offer and may request further    
information from the offeror in order to
 verify the accuracy of any such        
information submitted4  7#d7 ,in the    
case of a contract awarded to an offeror
 that submitted a jobs impact statement 
with the offer for the contract1 the    
executive agency shall1 not later than  
six months after the award of the       
contract and annually thereafter for the
 duration of the contract or contract   
extension1 assess the accuracy of the   
jobs impact statement4  7#e7 ,the head  
of each executive agency shall submit to
 ,congress an annual report on the      
frequency of use within the agency of   
jobs impact statements in the evaluation
 of competitive proposals4  7#f7 ,in any

 contract awarded to an offeror that    
submitted a jobs impact statement with  
its offer in response to the            
solicitation for proposals for the      
contract1 the executive agency shall    
track the number of jobs created or     
retained during the performance of the  
contract4 ,if the number of jobs that   
the agency estimates will be created 7by
 using the jobs impact statement7       
significantly exceeds the number of jobs
 created or retained1 then the agency   
may evaluate whether the contractor     
should be proposed for debarment4  4    
7b7 ,defense contracts ,section         
#bcje7;a7 of title #aj1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following new paragraph3  7#f7 7,a7 
,the head of an agency1 in issuing a    
solicitation for competitive proposals1 
shall state in the solicitation that the
 agency may consider information 7in    
this paragraph referred to as a jobs    
impact statement7 that the offeror may  
include in its offer related to the     

effects on employment within the ,united
 ,states of the contract if it is       
awarded to the offeror4  7,b7 ,the      
information that may be included in a   
jobs impact statement may include the   
following3  7i7 ,the number of jobs     
expected to be created in the ,united   
,states1 or the number of jobs retained 
that otherwise would be lost1 if the    
contract is awarded to the offeror4     
7ii7 ,the number of jobs created or     
retained in the ,united ,states by the  
subcontractors expected to be used by   
the offeror in the performance of the   
contract4  7iii7 ,a guarantee from the  
offeror that jobs created or retained in
 the ,united ,states will not be moved  
outside the ,united ,states after award 
of the contract4  7,c7 ,the contracting 
officer may consider the information in 
the jobs impact statement in the        
evaluation of the offer and may request 
further information from the offeror in 
order to verify the accuracy of any such
 information submitted4  7,d7 ,in the   

case of a contract awarded to an offeror
 that submitted a jobs impact statement 
with the offer for the contract1 the    
agency shall1 not later than six months 
after the award of the contract and     
annually thereafter for the duration of 
the contract or contract extension1     
assess the accuracy of the jobs impact  
statement4  7,e7 ,the ,secretary of     
,defense shall submit to ,congress an   
annual report on the frequency of use   
within the ,department of ,defense of   
jobs impact statements in the evaluation
 of competitive proposals4  7,f7 ,in any
 contract awarded to an offeror that    
submitted a jobs impact statement with  
its offer in response to the            
solicitation for proposals for the      
contract1 the agency shall track the    
number of jobs created or retained      
during the performance of the contract4 
,if the number of jobs that the agency  
estimates will be created 7by using the 
jobs impact statement7 significantly    
exceeds the number of jobs created or   

retained1 then the agency may evaluate  
whether the contractor should be        
proposed for debarment4  4  7c7         
,revision of ,federal ,acquisition      
,regulation ,the ,federal ,acquisition  
,regulation shall be revised to         
implement the amendments made by this   
section4