,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #abdf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bg1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,murphy 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,brown1 ,mr4 ,merkley1 and ,mr4         
,blumenthal7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services   
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title #aj1 ,united 
,states ,code1 to require contracting   
officers to consider information        
regarding domestic employment before    
awarding a ,federal defense 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
 defense contracts  7a7 ,in general     
,section #bcje7;a77#c7 of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended by    
adding at the end the following new     
subparagraph3  7,c7 7i7 ,in prescribing 
the evaluation factors to be included in

 each solicitation for competitive      
proposals for covered contracts1 an     
agency shall include the effects on     
employment within the ,united ,states of
 the contract as an evaluation factor   
that must be considered in the          
evaluation of proposals4  7ii7 ,in this 
subparagraph1 the term covered contract 
means--  7,i7 a contract in excess of   
#a1jjj1jjj for the procurement of       
manufactured goods2  7,,ii7 a contract  
in excess of #a1jjj1jjj for the         
procurement of goods or services listed 
in the report of industrial base        
capabilities required by section #bejd  
of title #aj2 and  7,,iii7 a contract in
 excess of #a1jjj1jjj for the           
procurement of any item procured as part
 of a major defense acquisition program4
  7iii7 ,the head of an agency1 in      
issuing a solicitation for competitive  
proposals1 shall state in the           
solicitation that the agency may        
consider1 and in the case of a covered  
contract will consider as an evaluation 

factor under subparagraph 7,a71         
information 7in this subsection referred
 to as a jobs impact statement7 that the
 offeror includes in its offer related  
to the effects on employment within the 
,united ,states of the contract if it is
 awarded to the offeror4  7iv7 ,the     
information that may be included in a   
jobs impact statement may include the   
following3  7,i7 ,the number of jobs    
expected to be created or retained in   
the ,united ,states if the contract is  
awarded to the offeror4  7,,ii7 ,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,,iii7 ,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 contract unless doing so is     
required to provide the goods or        
services stipulated in the contract or  
is in the best interest of the ,federal 

,government4  7v7 ,the contracting      
officer may consider1 and in the case of
 a covered contract will consider1 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  7vi7
 ,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 one year 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  7vii7 ,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  7viii7 7,i7 ,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  7,,ii7 ,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 consider this as a      
factor that affects a contractor's past 
performance in the award of future      
contracts4  7,,iii7 ,contractors shall  
be provided an opportunity to explain   
any differences between their original  
jobs impact statement and the actual    
amount of jobs created or retained      
before the discrepancy affects the      
agency's assessment of the contractor's 
past performance4  4  7b7 ,revision of  
,federal ,acquisition ,regulation ,the  
,department of ,defense ,supplement to  
the ,federal ,acquisition ,regulation   
shall be revised to implement the       
amendment made by subsection 7a74