H.R. 12 - American Jobs Act of 2011
- Sponsor:
- John Larson
- Summary:
- To provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs. (by CRS)
- Status:
- The bill has been introduced.
American Jobs Act of 2011
H.R. 12 — 112th Congress (2011–2012)
- Summary
- To provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs. (by CRS)
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- Title
- To provide tax relief for American workers and businesses, to put workers back on the job while rebuilding and modernizing America, and to provide pathways back to work for Americans looking for jobs.
- Other Titles
- American Jobs Act of 2011
- Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development Act
- Fair Employment Opportunity Act of 2011
- Pathways Back to Work Act of 2011
- Supporting Unemployed Workers Act of 2011
- Sponsor
- John Larson
- Co-Sponsors
- Gary Ackerman
- Robert Andrews
- Joe Baca
- Karen Bass
- Timothy Bishop
- Earl Blumenauer
- Madeleine Bordallo
- Leonard Boswell
- Robert Brady
- Corrine Brown
- George Butterfield
- Lois Capps
- Russ Carnahan
- André Carson
- Donna Christensen
- Judy Chu
- David Cicilline
- Hansen Clarke
- Yvette Clarke
- Wm. Clay
- Emanuel Cleaver
- James Clyburn
- Steve Cohen
- John Conyers
- Joe Courtney
- Elijah Cummings
- Danny Davis
- Susan Davis
- Diana DeGette
- Rosa DeLauro
- Theodore Deutch
- Norman Dicks
- John Dingell
- Michael Doyle
- Anna Eshoo
- Sam Farr
- Chaka Fattah
- Bob Filner
- Barney Frank
- Marcia Fudge
- John Garamendi
- Charles Gonzalez
- Al Green
- Luis Gutierrez
- Janice Hahn
- Alcee Hastings
- Maurice Hinchey
- Rubén Hinojosa
- Michael Honda
- Steny Hoyer
- Sheila Jackson Lee
- Jesse Jackson
- Eddie Johnson
- Henry Johnson
- Marcy Kaptur
- William Keating
- Dale Kildee
- Barbara Lee
- Carolyn Maloney
- Edward Markey
- Betty McCollum
- Jim McDermott
- James McGovern
- Gregory Meeks
- R. Miller
- Gwen Moore
- James Moran
- Christopher Murphy
- Jerrold Nadler
- Grace Napolitano
- Eleanor Norton
- John Olver
- Frank Pallone
- Nancy Pelosi
- Ed Perlmutter
- Gary Peters
- Pedro Pierluisi
- Chellie Pingree
- David Price
- Charles Rangel
- Laura Richardson
- Steven Rothman
- Lucille Roybal-Allard
- C. Ruppersberger
- Bobby Rush
- Tim Ryan
- Gregorio Sablan
- Linda Sánchez
- Janice Schakowsky
- Adam Schiff
- Robert Scott
- José Serrano
- Terri Sewell
- Brad Sherman
- Louise Slaughter
- Adam Smith
- Fortney Stark
- Bennie Thompson
- Paul Tonko
- Edolphus Towns
- Chris Van Hollen
- Timothy Walz
- Debbie Wasserman Schultz
- Maxine Waters
- Henry Waxman
- Peter Welch
- Frederica Wilson
- Subjects
- Labor and employment
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Appropriations
- Aviation and airports
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Building construction
- Business investment and capital
- Buy American requirements
- Congressional committees
- Economic development
- Economic performance and conditions
- Education programs funding
- Educational facilities and institutions
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Elementary and secondary education
- Emergency communications systems
- Employee hiring
- Employment and training programs
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Employment taxes
- Energy efficiency and conservation
- Energy storage, supplies, demand
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Financial services and investments
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government trust funds
- Higher education
- Housing and community development funding
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Income tax exclusion
- Income tax rates
- Indian social and development programs
- Infrastructure development
- Internet and video services
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Law enforcement officers
- Licensing and registrations
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Metals
- Minority education
- Navigation, waterways, harbors
- Oil and gas
- Preschool education
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public transit
- Railroads
- Research and development
- Roads and highways
- Rural conditions and development
- Securities
- Self-employed
- Solid waste and recycling
- Taxation of foreign income
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Transportation programs funding
- U.S. territories and protectorates
- Unemployment
- Urban and suburban affairs and development
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Wages and earnings
- Water quality
- Water use and supply
- Youth employment and child labor
- Related Bills
- H.R. 2421 (112th) : Layoff Prevention Act of 2011
- H.R. 2482 (112th) : Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act
- H.R. 2948 (112th) : Fix America's Schools Today (FAST) Act of 2011
- H.R. 3502 (112th) : Project Rebuild Act of 2011
- H.R. 4016 (112th) : Carried Interest Fairness Act of 2012
- S. 652 (112th) : Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development
- S. 1333 (112th) : Layoff Prevention Act of 2011
- S. 1549 (112th) : American Jobs Act of 2011
- S. 1597 (112th) : Fix America's Schools Today Act of 2011
- S. 1660 (112th) : American Jobs Act of 2011
- S. 1769 (112th) : Rebuild America Jobs Act
- S. 1917 (112th) : Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011
- S. 2162 (112th) : Project Rebuild Act
- Major Actions
Introduced 9/21/2011 Referred to Committee - Bill History
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There have been no votes on this bill.
Action Date Description Introduced 9/21/2011 9/21/2011 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Small Business, Transportation and Infrastructure, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, Financial Services, House Administration, the Judiciary, Oversight and Government Reform, Rules, and Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. 9/21/2011 Referred to House Ways and Means 9/21/2011 Referred to House Small Business 9/21/2011 Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure 9/21/2011 Referred to House Education and the Workforce 9/21/2011 Referred to House Energy and Commerce 9/21/2011 Referred to House Financial Services 9/21/2011 Referred to House House Administration 9/21/2011 Referred to House Judiciary 9/21/2011 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform 9/21/2011 Referred to House Rules 9/21/2011 Referred to House Science, Space, and Technology 10/03/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform . 10/05/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology. 10/21/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology. 10/21/2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity. Number Sponsor Date Offered Status
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Total contributions given to House members from Builders associations, which…
supported this bill
| Builders associations | $808,609 |
| $808,609 |
Contributions data source: OpenSecrets.org
