1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Jobs Score Act of 2013”.
Jobs Score Act of 2013
A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require a jobs score for each spending bill considered in Congress.
2. Amendment to the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
Section 402 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 653) is amended—
in paragraph (2), by striking “and”;
in paragraph (3), by striking the period and inserting “; and”; and
by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
“(4) an estimate of the number of jobs which would be created, sustained, or lost in carrying out such bill or resolution in the fiscal year in which it is to become effective and in each of the 4 fiscal years following such fiscal year, together with the basis for each such estimate, and to the extent practicable, the analysis shall include regional and State-level estimates of jobs that would be created, sustained, or lost.”