H.R. 4280 (111th): Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2009

Introduced:
Dec 10, 2009 (111th Congress, 2009–2010)
Sponsor:
Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN1]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)
See Instead:
This bill was re-introduced as H.R. 1378 (112th) on Apr 05, 2011.

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Status

This bill was introduced on December 10, 2009, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Dec 10, 2009
Cosponsors
none
Committees

House Oversight and Government Reform

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Full Title

To prohibit business enterprises that lay off a greater percentage of their United States workers than workers in other countries from receiving any Federal assistance, and for other purposes.

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Last updated Dec 10, 2009.
4 pages

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12/10/2009--Introduced.
Fighting for American Jobs Act of 2009 - Directs each federal agency that provides contracts, grants, loans, or loan guarantees to businesses to require, as a condition of such assistance, that such businesses provide annually information on: (1) the number of employees employed in the United States and its territories and possessions and the number employed outside the United States, as well as wage information on U.S. employees; and (2) the percentage of the workforce that has been laid off or forced to resign during the preceding year. Prohibits, until the situation is corrected, subsequent federal assistance to businesses that lay off a greater percentage of workers in the United States and its territories and possessions than in other countries.

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