Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The American Jobs Act is a bill proposed by US President Barack Obama in a nationally televised address to a joint session of Congress on September 8, 2011. He said that it consists of a set of non-controversial proposals designed to get Americans back to work, and he repeatedly urged Congress to pass the bill "right away"; he also said that the bill would not add to the national deficit and would be fully paid for.