,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ahii  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #h1 #bjac ,mr4  
,visclosky introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit       
business enterprises that lay off a     
greater percentage of their ,united     
,states workers than workers in other   
countries from receiving any ,federal   
assistance1 and for other purposes4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,fighting for ,american ,jobs ,act 
of #bjac4  #b4 ,general reporting       
requirements for receipt of ,federal    
assistance by business enterprises  7a7 
,initial requirement ,each ,federal     
department or agency that provides      
contracts1 grants1 loans1 or loan       
guarantees to business enterprises after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act 
shall require that1 as condition of     
receipt of a contract1 grant1 loan1 or  
loan guarantee1 a business enterprise   

shall provide to the department or      
agency on an annual basis for the       
duration of the contract1 grant1 loan1  
or loan guarantee the following         
information3  7#a7 ,the number of       
individuals employed by the business    
enterprise in the ,united ,states4  7#b7
 ,the number of individuals employed by 
the business enterprise outside the     
,united ,states4  7#c7 ,a description of
 the wages and benefits being provided  
to the employees of the business        
enterprise in the ,united ,states4  7b7 
,subsequent requirement ,beginning #a   
year after the date on which a ,federal 
department or agency provides a         
contract1 grant1 loan1 or loan guarantee
 to a business enterprise after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
department or agency shall require the  
business enterprise to provide to the   
department or agency on an annual basis 
for the duration of the contract1 grant1
 loan1 or loan guarantee a written      
certification that contains the         

following information3  7#a7 ,the       
percentage of the workforce of the      
business enterprise employed in the     
,united ,states that has been laid off  
or induced to resign from the business  
enterprise during the preceding year4   
7#b7 ,the percentage of the total       
workforce of the business enterprise    
that has been laid off or induced to    
resign from the business enterprise     
during the preceding year4  #c4         
,prohibition on ,federal assistance to  
business enterprises that lay off a     
greater percentage of workers in the    
,united ,states than in other countries 
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 if1 in a written certification     
provided to a ,federal department or    
agency by a business enterprise under   
section #b7;b71 the percentage described
 in section #b7;b77#a7 is greater than  
the percentage described in section     
#b7;b77#b71 then the business enterprise
 shall be ineligible for further        
assistance from the department or       

agency1 and shall be ineligible for     
assistance from any other ,federal      
department or agency1 unless and until  
the business enterprise provides to the 
department or agency involved a new     
written certification which provides    
that the percentage of the workforce of 
the business enterprise employed in the 
,united ,states is equal to or greater  
than such percentage for the year       
preceding the year for which the written
 certification under section #b7;b7 was 
provided4  #d4 ,definitions ,in this    
,act3  7#a7 ,the term ,united ,states   
includes the several ,states1 the       
,district of ,columbia1 ,puerto ,rico1  
the ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 the    
,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 ,american      
,samoa1 and any other territory or      
possession of the ,united ,states4  7#b7
 ,the term business enterprise does not 
include a small business concern1 as    
defined under the ,small ,business ,act 
and regulations implementing that ,act4