1. Short title This Act may be cited as the American Jobs Matter Act of 2017 . 2. Consideration and verification of information relating to effect on domestic employment of award of Federal defense contracts (a) In general Section 2305(a)(3) of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: (F) (i) In prescribing the evaluation factors to be included in each solicitation for competitive proposals for covered contracts, an agency shall include the effects on employment within the United States of the contract as an evaluation factor that must be considered in the evaluation of proposals. (ii) In this subparagraph, the term covered contract means— (I) a contract in excess of $1,000,000 for the procurement of manufactured goods; (II) a contract in excess of $1,000,000 for the procurement of goods or services listed in the report of industrial base capabilities required by section 2504 of title 10