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H.R. 1277 (106th): Workplace Democracy Act of 1999

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To amend the National Labor Relations Act, to establish the National Public Employment Relations Commission, and to amend title I of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans.

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Bernard “Bernie” Sanders

Sponsor. Representative for Vermont At Large. Independent.

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Last Updated: Mar 24, 1999
Length: 60 pages
Introduced
Mar 24, 1999
106th Congress (1999–2000)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced on March 24, 1999, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.

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Congress.gov

History

Sep 25, 1992
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 6041 (102nd).
Sep 28, 1994
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 5126 (103rd).
Mar 29, 1995
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1355 (104th).
Jun 23, 1997
 
Earlier Version — Introduced

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 2012 (105th).
Mar 24, 1999
 
Introduced

Bills and resolutions are referred to committees which debate the bill before possibly sending it on to the whole chamber.

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H.R. 1277 (106th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 1277. This is the one from the 106th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 106th Congress, which met from Jan 6, 1999 to Dec 15, 2000. Legislation not enacted by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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