II
115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 545
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 7, 2017
Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Cochran, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Enzi, Mrs. Ernst, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Heller, Mr. Inhofe, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Lee, Mr. Moran, Mr. Perdue, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Rubio, Mr. Scott, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Wicker, and Mr. Graham) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the National Right-to-Work Act
.
Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act
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)
.
Unfair labor practices
Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended—
in subsection (a)(3), by striking : Provided, That
and all that follows through retaining membership
;
in subsection (b)—
in paragraph (2), by striking or to discriminate
and all that follows through retaining membership
; and
in paragraph (5), by striking covered by an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3) of this section
; and
in subsection (f)—
by striking clause (2) and redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3), respectively; and
by striking Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall set aside the final proviso to section 8(a)(3) of this Act:
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Additional conforming amendments
The National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended—
in section 9 (29 U.S.C. 159), by striking subsection (e);
in section 3(b), by striking or (e)
; and
in section 8(f), as amended by subsection (b)(3), by striking or 9(e)
.
Amendment to the Railway Labor Act
Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended by striking the Eleventh paragraph under the heading for general duties.
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.
