[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 532 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
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Calendar No. 17
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 532
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to
form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such
activities.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 27, 2023
Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Risch, Mr. Lankford, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Marshall, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Budd, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Scott
of South Carolina, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Braun, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Boozman,
Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Lee, Mr. Tuberville, Mr.
Cornyn, Mr. Cassidy, Mr. Crapo, and Mr. Cruz) introduced the following
bill; which was read the first time
February 28, 2023
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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A BILL
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to
form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such
activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Right-to-Work Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.
(a) Rights of Employees.--Section 7 of the National Labor Relations
Act (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking ``except to'' and all that
follows through ``authorized in section 8(a)(3)''.
(b) Unfair Labor Practices.--Section 8 of the National Labor
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``: Provided, That''
and all that follows through ``retaining membership'';
(2) in subsection (b)--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or to
discriminate'' and all that follows through ``retaining
membership''; and
(B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``covered by an
agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3)''; and
(3) in subsection (f)--
(A) by striking clause (2) and redesignating
clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3),
respectively; and
(B) by striking ``Provided, That nothing in this
subsection shall set aside the final proviso to section
8(a)(3) of this Act: Provided further,'' and inserting
``Provided,''.
(c) Additional Conforming Amendments.--
(1) National labor relations act.--The National Labor
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended--
(A) in section 9 (29 U.S.C. 159), by striking
subsection (e);
(B) in section 3(b) (29 U.S.C. 153(b)), by striking
``or (e)''; and
(C) in section 8(f) (29 U.S.C. 158(f)), as amended
by subsection (b)(3), by striking ``or 9(e)''.
(2) Other laws.--Section 453A(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653a(a)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by
striking ``section 8(f)(3)'' and inserting ``section 8(f)(2)''.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT.
Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended--
(1) by striking the Eleventh paragraph under the heading
for general duties; and
(2) by redesignating the Twelfth paragraph under the
heading for general duties as the Eleventh paragraph.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to any
agreement entered into or renewed after the date of enactment of this
Act.
Calendar No. 17
118th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 532
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A BILL
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to
form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such
activities.
_______________________________________________________________________
February 28, 2023
Read the second time and placed on the calendar