S. 1660 - American Jobs Act of 2011

American Jobs Act of 2011

S. 1660 — 112^th Congress (2011–2012)

Summary

A bill 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

A bill 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

Harry Reid

Co-Sponsors

Subjects

• Economics and public finance
• Administrative law and regulatory procedures
• Advisory bodies
• Alternative and renewable resources
• Appropriations
• Aviation and airports
• Building construction
• Business investment and capital
• Buy American requirements
• Civil actions and liability
• Congressional oversight
• Education of the disadvantaged
• 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)
• Fires
• First responders and emergency personnel
• Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
• Government lending and loan guarantees
• Government liability
• Government trust funds
• Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
• Higher education
• Housing and community development funding
• Housing finance and home ownership
• Income tax credits
• Income tax deductions
• Income tax rates
• Indian lands and resources rights
• Inflation and prices
• Infrastructure development
• Internet and video services
• Labor and employment
• Law enforcement administration and funding
• Law enforcement officers
• Licensing and registrations
• Manufacturing
• Marine and inland water transportation
• Metals
• National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
• Navigation, waterways, harbors
• Preschool education
• Public contracts and procurement
• Public transit
• Railroads
• Research administration and funding
• Research and development
• Residential rehabilitation and home repair
• Roads and highways
• Rural conditions and development
• Securities
• Self-employed
• Small business
• Social security and elderly assistance
• Solid waste and recycling
• State and local finance
• State and local government operations
• Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
• Teaching, teachers, curricula
• Telephone and wireless communication
• Temporary and part-time employment
• Transportation employees
• 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 resources funding
• Youth employment and child labor

Related Bills

• H.R. 12 (112^th) : American Jobs Act of 2011
• H.R. 2421 (112^th) : Layoff Prevention Act of 2011
• H.R. 2482 (112^th) : Public Safety Spectrum and Wireless Innovation Act
• H.R. 2948 (112^th) : Fix America's Schools Today (FAST) Act of 2011
• H.R. 3502 (112^th) : Project Rebuild Act of 2011
• S. 652 (112^th) : Building and Upgrading Infrastructure for Long-Term Development
• S. 1333 (112^th) : Layoff Prevention Act of 2011
• S. 1549 (112^th) : American Jobs Act of 2011
• S. 1597 (112^th) : Fix America's Schools Today Act of 2011
• S. 1723 (112^th) : Teachers and First Responders Back to Work Act of 2011
• S. 1769 (112^th) : Rebuild America Jobs Act
• S. 1917 (112^th) : Middle Class Tax Cut Act of 2011
• S. 2162 (112^th) : Project Rebuild Act

Major Actions

Introduced

10/05/2011

Bill History

• All Votes
• All Actions
• Amendments

	Chamber/Committee	Motion	Date	Result
select this vote	Senate	On the Cloture Motion S. 1660	10/11/2011	This motion DID NOT PASS the Senate 50 voted YES 49 voted NO 1 voted present/not voting

	Action	Date	Description
	Introduced	10/05/2011
		10/05/2011	Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
	Put on a legislative calendar	10/06/2011	Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 187.
		10/06/2011	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
		10/06/2011	Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the bill presented in Senate.
		10/06/2011	Motion to proceed to consideration of measure withdrawn in Senate.
		10/11/2011	Motion by Senator Reid to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to the bill made in Senate.
select this vote	Vote	10/11/2011	On the Cloture Motion S. 1660

	Number	Sponsor	Date Offered	Status