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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 20
5	5	To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor Management Rela-
6	6	tions Act, 1947, and the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure
7	7	Act of 1959, and for other purposes.
8	8	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9	9	FEBRUARY28, 2023
10	10	Mr. S
11	11	COTTof Virginia (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr.
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13	13	ELUZIO, Mr. SARBANES, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms.
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15	15	OULAHAN, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. PASCRELL, Mr. GOLDENof Maine, Mr.
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17	17	OYER, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Ms. MOOREof Wisconsin, Mrs.
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19	19	ELTOLA, Mr. POCAN, Mr. CARSON, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. PAYNE, Mr.
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21	21	OBERTGARCIAof California, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. SORENSEN, Mr.
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23	23	IGGINSof New York, Mr. CASTEN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr.
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25	25	AVISof Illinois, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Ms. HOYLEof Oregon, Mr.
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27	27	ILDEE, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms. PORTER, Ms.
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29	29	CHRIER, Mr. SWALWELL, Ms. TOKUDA, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. BOYLE
30	30	of Pennsylvania, Ms. N
31	31	ORTON, Ms. TITUS, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. NICKEL, Ms.
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33	33	ILSONof Florida, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. NADLER, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr.
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35	35	OLDMANof New York, Mr. CLEAVER, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. CROCKETT,
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37	37	EATTY, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. BEYER, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. KIMof
38	38	New Jersey, Ms. P
39	39	INGREE, Mr. CASAR, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. LARSONof
40	40	Connecticut, Mrs. D
41	41	INGELL, Mr. LANDSMAN, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr.
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43	43	ARCI´Aof Illinois, Mr. NORCROSS, Ms. LEEof California, Mr. MOULTON,
44	44	Mr. M
45	45	AGAZINER, Mr. HUFFMAN, Mr. FROST, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. WILD,
46	46	Mr. T
47	47	HOMPSONof California, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, Mr. CA´RDENAS,
48	48	Ms. B
49	49	ARRAGA´N, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. VEASEY, Mr. MEEKS, Mrs. NAPOLI-
50	50	TANO, Mr. CASTROof Texas, Ms. MENG, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms.
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52	52	ELAURO, Mr. STANTON, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms. CASTORof
53	53	Florida, Mr. D
54	54	AVISof North Carolina, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. CICILLINE, Mr.
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56	56	UIZ, Mr. KEATING, Mr. MRVAN, Ms. ADAMS, Ms. JACOBS, Ms.
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58	58	CHOLTEN, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. COHEN, Mrs. HAYES, Mr. EVANS, Mr.
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60	60	OSTER, Ms. ROSS, Ms. GARCIAof Texas, Ms. CHU, Ms. JACKSONLEE,
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62	62	ILMER, Mr. QUIGLEY, Ms. MANNING, Mr. SCHIFF, Mr. CARBAJAL,
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64	64	REENof Texas, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. BALINT, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms.
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66	66	ELLYof Illinois, Ms. LOISFRANKELof Florida, Ms. ESHOO, Ms.
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68	68	AYAPAL, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. TRONE, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Mr.
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70	70	FUME, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. TORRESof New
71	71	York, Mr. J
72	72	ACKSONof North Carolina, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof Georgia, Mr.
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76	76	SOTO, Mr. LARSENof Washington, Ms. KAPTUR, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr.
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78	78	YAN, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. MCGARVEY, Mr. HARDERof California, Ms.
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80	80	TANSBURY, Ms. CRAIG, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. TONKO, Mr. SABLAN, Mr.
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82	82	ENENDEZ, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. BUSH, Mr.
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84	84	CGOVERN, Ms. BROWNLEY, Ms. OMAR, Mr. GALLEGO, Ms.
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86	86	ASSERMANSCHULTZ, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK,
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88	88	LUNTROCHESTER, Ms. BROWN, Ms. MATSUI, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr.
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90	90	ULLIN, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. GRIJALVA, Ms. UNDERWOOD,
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92	92	EGERFERNANDEZ, Ms. KUSTER, Mr. PAPPAS, Mr. AGUILAR, Mr.
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94	94	OGGETT, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr.
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96	96	ISHOPof Georgia, Ms. SALINAS, Mr. CROW, Ms. DEANof Pennsylvania,
97	97	Mr. K
98	98	HANNA, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. SEWELL, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. MOSKOWITZ,
99	99	Ms. P
100	100	EREZ, Ms. STRICKLAND, Mr. CARTERof Louisiana, Mr.
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102	102	UCHINCLOSS, Mr. NEAL, Ms. SPANBERGER, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mrs.
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104	104	ORRESof California, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. WEXTON, Mr. JOHNSONof
105	105	Georgia, Ms. C
106	106	ARAVEO, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. LIEU, Mr. CASE, Mrs.
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108	108	YKES, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Mr. THANEDAR, Ms. LEEof Pennsyl-
109	109	vania, Mr. V
110	110	ASQUEZ, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. LOFGREN, Ms. DAVIDSof Kansas,
111	111	Mr. V
112	112	ICENTEGONZALEZof Texas, Mr. JEFFRIES, Ms. CLARKof Massa-
113	113	chusetts, Mr. P
114	114	HILLIPS, and Mr. HIMES) introduced the following bill;
115	115	which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
116	116	A BILL
117	117	To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor
118	118	Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Man-
119	119	agement Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and
120	120	for other purposes.
121	121	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
122	122	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
123	123	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
124	124	(a) S
125	125	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
126	126	‘‘Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act 5
127	127	of 2023’’. 6
128	128	(b) T
129	129	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
130	130	this Act is as follows: 8
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134	134	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
135	135	TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
136	136	ACT
137	137	Sec. 101. Definitions.
138	138	Sec. 102. Reports.
139	139	Sec. 103. Appointment.
140	140	Sec. 104. Unfair labor practices.
141	141	Sec. 105. Representatives and elections.
142	142	Sec. 106. Damages for unfair labor practices.
143	143	Sec. 107. Enforcing compliance with orders of the board.
144	144	Sec. 108. Injunctions against unfair labor practices involving discharge or other
145	145	serious economic harm.
146	146	Sec. 109. Penalties.
147	147	Sec. 110. Limitations on the right to strike.
148	148	Sec. 111. Fair share agreements permitted.
149	149	TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR MANAGEMENT RELA-
150	150	TIONS ACT, 1947 AND THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING
151	151	AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959
152	152	Sec. 201. Conforming amendments to the Labor Management Relations Act,
153	153	1947.
154	154	Sec. 202. Amendments to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
155	155	of 1959.
156	156	TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS
157	157	Sec. 301. Electronic voting in Union elections.
158	158	Sec. 302. GAO report on sectoral bargaining.
159	159	Sec. 303. Severability.
160	160	Sec. 304. Authorization of appropriations.
161	161	Sec. 305. Rule of Construction.
162	162	Sec. 306. Rule of Construction.
163	163	Sec. 307. Rule of Construction.
164	164	Sec. 308. Rule of Construction.
165	165	Sec. 309. GAO Report.
166	166	TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE 1
167	167	NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS 2
168	168	ACT 3
169	169	SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 4
170	170	(a) J
171	171	OINTEMPLOYER.—Section 2(2) of the National 5
172	172	Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(2)) is amended by 6
173	173	adding at the end the following: ‘‘Two or more persons 7
174	174	shall be employers with respect to an employee if each 8
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178	178	such person codetermines or shares control over the em-1
179	179	ployee’s essential terms and conditions of employment. In 2
180	180	determining whether such control exists, the Board or a 3
181	181	court of competent jurisdiction shall consider as relevant 4
182	182	direct control and indirect control over such terms and 5
183	183	conditions, reserved authority to control such terms and 6
184	184	conditions, and control over such terms and conditions ex-7
185	185	ercised by a person in fact: Provided, That nothing herein 8
186	186	precludes a finding that indirect or reserved control stand-9
187	187	ing alone can be sufficient given specific facts and cir-10
188	188	cumstances.’’. 11
189	189	(b) E
190	190	MPLOYEE.—Section 2(3) of the National Labor 12
191	191	Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(3)) is amended by adding 13
192	192	at the end the following: ‘‘An individual performing any 14
193	193	service shall be considered an employee (except as pro-15
194	194	vided in the previous sentence) and not an independent 16
195	195	contractor, unless— 17
196	196	‘‘(A) the individual is free from control and 18
197	197	direction in connection with the performance of 19
198	198	the service, both under the contract for the per-20
199	199	formance of service and in fact; 21
200	200	‘‘(B) the service is performed outside the 22
201	201	usual course of the business of the employer; 23
202	202	and 24
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206	206	‘‘(C) the individual is customarily engaged 1
207	207	in an independently established trade, occupa-2
208	208	tion, profession, or business of the same nature 3
209	209	as that involved in the service performed.’’. 4
210	210	(c) S
211	211	UPERVISOR.—Section 2(11) of the National 5
212	212	Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(11)) is amended— 6
213	213	(1) by inserting ‘‘and for a majority of the indi-7
214	214	vidual’s worktime’’ after ‘‘interest of the employer’’; 8
215	215	(2) by striking ‘‘assign,’’; and 9
216	216	(3) by striking ‘‘or responsibly to direct them,’’. 10
217	217	SEC. 102. REPORTS. 11
218	218	Section 3(c) of the National Labor Relations Act is 12
219	219	amended— 13
220	220	(1) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 14
221	221	The Board’’; and 15
222	222	(2) by adding at the end the following: 16
223	223	‘‘(2) Effective January 1, 2025, section 3003 of the 17
224	224	Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 18
225	225	(Public Law 104–66; 31 U.S.C. 1113 note) shall not apply 19
226	226	with respect to reports required under this subsection. 20
227	227	‘‘(3) Each report issued under this subsection shall— 21
228	228	‘‘(A) include no less detail than reports issued by the 22
229	229	Board prior to the termination of such reports under sec-23
230	230	tion 3003 of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset 24
231	231	Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–66; 31 U.S.C. 1113 note); 25
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235	235	‘‘(B) list each case in which the Designated Agency 1
236	236	Ethics Official provided advice regarding whether a Mem-2
237	237	ber should be recused from participating in a case or rule-3
238	238	making; and 4
239	239	‘‘(C) list each case in which the Designated Agency 5
240	240	Ethics Official determined that a Member should be 6
241	241	recused from participating in a case or rulemaking.’’. 7
242	242	SEC. 103. APPOINTMENT. 8
243	243	Section 4(a) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 9
244	244	U.S.C. 154(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘, or for economic 10
245	245	analysis’’. 11
246	246	SEC. 104. UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES. 12
247	247	Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 13
248	248	U.S.C. 158) is amended— 14
249	249	(1) in subsection (a)— 15
250	250	(A) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-16
251	251	riod and inserting ‘‘;’’; and 17
252	252	(B) by adding at the end the following: 18
253	253	‘‘(6) to promise, threaten, or take any action— 19
254	254	‘‘(A) to permanently replace an employee 20
255	255	who participates in a strike as defined by sec-21
256	256	tion 501(2) of the Labor Management Rela-22
257	257	tions Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 142(2)); 23
258	258	‘‘(B) to discriminate against an employee 24
259	259	who is working or has unconditionally offered to 25
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263	263	return to work for the employer because the 1
264	264	employee supported or participated in such a 2
265	265	strike; or 3
266	266	‘‘(C) to lockout, suspend, or otherwise 4
267	267	withold employment from employees in order to 5
268	268	influence the position of such employees or the 6
269	269	representative of such employees in collective 7
270	270	bargaining prior to a strike; and 8
271	271	‘‘(7) to communicate or misrepresent to an em-9
272	272	ployee under section 2(3) that such employee is ex-10
273	273	cluded from the definition of employee under section 11
274	274	2(3).’’; 12
275	275	(2) in subsection (b)— 13
276	276	(A) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7); 14
277	277	(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 15
278	278	(6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 16
279	279	(C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 17
280	280	by striking ‘‘affected;’’ and inserting ‘‘affected; 18
281	281	and’’; and 19
282	282	(D) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, 20
283	283	by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 21
284	284	(3) in subsection (c), by striking the period at 22
285	285	the end and inserting the following: ‘‘: Provided, 23
286	286	That it shall be an unfair labor practice under sub-24
287	287	section (a)(1) for any employer to require or coerce 25
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291	291	an employee to attend or participate in such employ-1
292	292	er’s campaign activities unrelated to the employee’s 2
293	293	job duties, including activities that are subject to the 3
294	294	requirements under section 203(b) of the Labor- 4
295	295	Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 5
296	296	(29 U.S.C. 433(b)).’’; 6
297	297	(4) in subsection (d)— 7
298	298	(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 8
299	299	through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), 9
300	300	respectively; 10
301	301	(B) by striking ‘‘For the purposes of this 11
302	302	section’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) For purposes of this 12
303	303	section’’; 13
304	304	(C) by inserting ‘‘and to maintain current 14
305	305	wages, hours, and terms and conditions of em-15
306	306	ployment pending an agreement’’ after ‘‘arising 16
307	307	thereunder’’; 17
308	308	(D) by inserting ‘‘: Provided, That an em-18
309	309	ployer’s duty to collectively bargain shall con-19
310	310	tinue absent decertification of the labor organi-20
311	311	zation following an election conducted pursuant 21
312	312	to section 9’’ after ‘‘making of a concession:’’; 22
313	313	(E) by inserting ‘‘further’’ before ‘‘, That 23
314	314	where there is in effect’’; 24
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318	318	(F) by striking ‘‘The duties imposed’’ and 1
319	319	inserting ‘‘(2) The duties imposed’’; 2
320	320	(G) by striking ‘‘by paragraphs (2), (3), 3
321	321	and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘by subparagraphs (B), 4
322	322	(C), and (D) of paragraph (1)’’; 5
323	323	(H) by striking ‘‘section 8(d)(1)’’ and in-6
324	324	serting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’; 7
325	325	(I) by striking ‘‘section 8(d)(3)’’ and in-8
326	326	serting ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’ in each place it ap-9
327	327	pears; 10
328	328	(J) by striking ‘‘section 8(d)(4)’’ and in-11
329	329	serting ‘‘paragraph (1)(D)’’; and 12
330	330	(K) by adding at the end the following: 13
331	331	‘‘(3) Whenever collective bargaining is for the pur-14
332	332	pose of establishing an initial collective bargaining agree-15
333	333	ment following certification or recognition of a labor orga-16
334	334	nization, the following shall apply: 17
335	335	‘‘(A) Not later than 10 days after receiving a 18
336	336	written request for collective bargaining from an in-19
337	337	dividual or labor organization that has been newly 20
338	338	recognized or certified as a representative as defined 21
339	339	in section 9(a), or within such further period as the 22
340	340	parties agree upon, the parties shall meet and com-23
341	341	mence to bargain collectively and shall make every 24
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345	345	reasonable effort to conclude and sign a collective 1
346	346	bargaining agreement. 2
347	347	‘‘(B) If after the expiration of the 90-day pe-3
348	348	riod beginning on the date on which bargaining is 4
349	349	commenced, or such additional period as the parties 5
350	350	may agree upon, the parties have failed to reach an 6
351	351	agreement, either party may notify the Federal Me-7
352	352	diation and Conciliation Service of the existence of 8
353	353	a dispute and request mediation. Whenever such a 9
354	354	request is received, it shall be the duty of the Service 10
355	355	promptly to put itself in communication with the 11
356	356	parties and to use its best efforts, by mediation and 12
357	357	conciliation, to bring them to agreement. 13
358	358	‘‘(C) If after the expiration of the 30-day period 14
359	359	beginning on the date on which the request for me-15
360	360	diation is made under subparagraph (B), or such ad-16
361	361	ditional period as the parties may agree upon, the 17
362	362	Service is not able to bring the parties to agreement 18
363	363	by conciliation, the Service shall refer the dispute to 19
364	364	a tripartite arbitration panel established in accord-20
365	365	ance with such regulations as may be prescribed by 21
366	366	the Service, with one member selected by the labor 22
367	367	organization, one member selected by the employer, 23
368	368	and one neutral member mutually agreed to by the 24
369	369	parties. The labor organization and employer must 25
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373	373	each select the members of the tripartite arbitration 1
374	374	panel within 14 days of the Service’s referral; if the 2
375	375	labor organization or employer fail to do so, the 3
376	376	Service shall designate any members not selected by 4
377	377	the labor organization or the employer. A majority 5
378	378	of the tripartite arbitration panel shall render a deci-6
379	379	sion settling the dispute as soon as practicable and 7
380	380	not later than within 120 days, absent extraordinary 8
381	381	circumstances or by agreement or permission of the 9
382	382	parties, and such decision shall be binding upon the 10
383	383	parties for a period of 2 years, unless amended dur-11
384	384	ing such period by written consent of the parties. 12
385	385	Such decision shall be based on— 13
386	386	‘‘(i) the employer’s financial status and 14
387	387	prospects; 15
388	388	‘‘(ii) the size and type of the employer’s 16
389	389	operations and business; 17
390	390	‘‘(iii) the employees’ cost of living; 18
391	391	‘‘(iv) the employees’ ability to sustain 19
392	392	themselves, their families, and their dependents 20
393	393	on the wages and benefits they earn from the 21
394	394	employer; and 22
395	395	‘‘(v) the wages and benefits other employ-23
396	396	ers in the same business provide their employ-24
397	397	ees.’’; 25
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401	401	(5) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-1
402	402	lows: 2
403	403	‘‘(e) Notwithstanding chapter 1 of title 9, United 3
404	404	States Code (commonly known as the ‘Federal Arbitration 4
405	405	Act’), or any other provision of law, it shall be an unfair 5
406	406	labor practice under subsection (a)(1) for any employer— 6
407	407	‘‘(1) to enter into or attempt to enforce any 7
408	408	agreement, express or implied, whereby prior to a 8
409	409	dispute to which the agreement applies, an employee 9
410	410	undertakes or promises not to pursue, bring, join, 10
411	411	litigate, or support any kind of joint, class, or collec-11
412	412	tive claim arising from or relating to the employ-12
413	413	ment of such employee in any forum that, but for 13
414	414	such agreement, is of competent jurisdiction; 14
415	415	‘‘(2) to coerce an employee into undertaking or 15
416	416	promising not to pursue, bring, join, litigate, or sup-16
417	417	port any kind of joint, class, or collective claim aris-17
418	418	ing from or relating to the employment of such em-18
419	419	ployee; or 19
420	420	‘‘(3) to retaliate or threaten to retaliate against 20
421	421	an employee for refusing to undertake or promise 21
422	422	not to pursue, bring, join, litigate, or support any 22
423	423	kind of joint, class, or collective claim arising from 23
424	424	or relating to the employment of such employee: 24
425	425	Provided, That any agreement that violates this sub-25
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429	429	section or results from a violation of this subsection 1
430	430	shall be to such extent unenforceable and void: Pro-2
431	431	vided further, That this subsection shall not apply to 3
432	432	any agreement embodied in or expressly permitted 4
433	433	by a contract between an employer and a labor orga-5
434	434	nization.’’; 6
435	435	(6) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘clause (B) of 7
436	436	the last sentence of section 8(d) of this Act’’ and in-8
437	437	serting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)(B)’’; and 9
438	438	(7) by adding at the end the following: 10
439	439	‘‘(h)(1) The Board shall promulgate regulations re-11
440	440	quiring each employer to post and maintain, in con-12
441	441	spicuous places where notices to employees and applicants 13
442	442	for employment are customarily posted both physically and 14
443	443	electronically, a notice setting forth the rights and protec-15
444	444	tions afforded employees under this Act. The Board shall 16
445	445	make available to the public the form and text of such 17
446	446	notice. The Board shall promulgate regulations requiring 18
447	447	employers to notify each new employee of the information 19
448	448	contained in the notice described in the preceding two sen-20
449	449	tences and to ensure that such notice is provided to em-21
450	450	ployees in a language spoken by such employees. 22
451	451	‘‘(2) Whenever the Board directs an election under 23
452	452	section 9(c) or approves an election agreement, the em-24
453	453	ployer of employees in the bargaining unit shall, not later 25
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457	457	than 2 business days after the Board directs such election 1
458	458	or approves such election agreement, provide a voter list 2
459	459	to a labor organization that has petitioned to represent 3
460	460	such employees. Such voter list shall include the names 4
461	461	of all employees in the bargaining unit and such employ-5
462	462	ees’ home addresses, work locations, shifts, job classifica-6
463	463	tions, and, if available to the employer, personal landline 7
464	464	and mobile telephone numbers, and work and personal 8
465	465	email addresses; the voter list must be provided in a 9
466	466	searchable electronic format generally approved by the 10
467	467	Board unless the employer certifies that the employer does 11
468	468	not possess the capacity to produce the list in the required 12
469	469	form. Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment 13
470	470	of the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Orga-14
471	471	nize Act of 2023, the Board shall promulgate regulations 15
472	472	implementing the requirements of this paragraph. 16
473	473	‘‘(i) The rights of an employee under section 7 in-17
474	474	clude the right to use electronic communication devices 18
475	475	and systems (including computers, laptops, tablets, inter-19
476	476	net access, email, cellular telephones, or other company 20
477	477	equipment) of the employer of such employee to engage 21
478	478	in activities protected under section 7 if such employer has 22
479	479	given such employee access to such devices and systems 23
480	480	in the course of the work of such employee, absent a com-24
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484	484	pelling business rationale for denying or limiting such 1
485	485	use.’’. 2
486	486	SEC. 105. REPRESENTATIVES AND ELECTIONS. 3
487	487	Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 4
488	488	U.S.C. 159) is amended— 5
489	489	(1) in subsection (c)— 6
490	490	(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 7
491	491	follows: 8
492	492	‘‘(1) Whenever a petition shall have been filed, in ac-9
493	493	cordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by 10
494	494	the Board, by an employee or group of employees or any 11
495	495	individual or labor organization acting in their behalf al-12
496	496	leging that a substantial number of employees (i) wish to 13
497	497	be represented for collective bargaining and that their em-14
498	498	ployer declines to recognize their representative as the rep-15
499	499	resentative defined in section 9(a), or (ii) assert that the 16
500	500	individual or labor organization, which has been certified 17
501	501	or is being recognized by their employer as the bargaining 18
502	502	representative, is no longer a representative as defined in 19
503	503	section 9(a), the Board shall investigate such petition and 20
504	504	if it has reasonable cause to believe that a question of rep-21
505	505	resentation affecting commerce exists shall provide for an 22
506	506	appropriate hearing upon due notice. Such hearing may 23
507	507	be conducted by an officer or employee of the regional of-24
508	508	fice, who shall not make any recommendations with re-25
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512	512	spect thereto. If the Board finds upon the record of such 1
513	513	hearing that such a question of representation exists, it 2
514	514	shall direct an election by secret ballot and shall certify 3
515	515	the results thereof. The Board shall find the labor organi-4
516	516	zation’s proposed unit to be appropriate if the employees 5
517	517	in the proposed unit share a community of interest, and 6
518	518	if the employees outside the unit do not share an over-7
519	519	whelming community of interest with employees inside. At 8
520	520	the request of the labor organization, the Board shall di-9
521	521	rect that the election be conducted through certified mail, 10
522	522	electronically, at the work location, or at a location other 11
523	523	than one owned or controlled by the employer. No em-12
524	524	ployer shall have standing as a party or to intervene in 13
525	525	any representation proceeding under this section.’’; 14
526	526	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an eco-15
527	527	nomic strike who are not entitled to reinstate-16
528	528	ment’’ and inserting ‘‘a strike’’; 17
529	529	(C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 18
530	530	(5) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; 19
531	531	(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 20
532	532	following: 21
533	533	‘‘(4) If the Board finds that, in an election under 22
534	534	paragraph (1), a majority of the valid votes cast in a unit 23
535	535	appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining have been 24
536	536	cast in favor of representation by the labor organization, 25
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540	540	the Board shall certify the labor organization as the rep-1
541	541	resentative of the employees in such unit and shall issue 2
542	542	an order requiring the employer of such employees to col-3
543	543	lectively bargain with the labor organization in accordance 4
544	544	with section 8(d). This order shall be deemed an order 5
545	545	under section 10(c) of this Act, without need for a deter-6
546	546	mination of an unfair labor practice. 7
547	547	‘‘(5)(A) If the Board finds that, in an election under 8
548	548	paragraph (1), a majority of the valid votes cast in a unit 9
549	549	appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining have not 10
550	550	been cast in favor of representation by the labor organiza-11
551	551	tion, the Board shall certify the results of the election, 12
552	552	subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C). 13
553	553	‘‘(B) In any case in which a majority of the valid 14
554	554	votes cast in a unit appropriate for purposes of collective 15
555	555	bargaining have not been cast in favor of representation 16
556	556	by the labor organization and the Board determines, fol-17
557	557	lowing a post-election hearing, that the employer has com-18
558	558	mitted a violation of this Act or otherwise interfered with 19
559	559	a fair election, and the employer has not demonstrated 20
560	560	that the violation or other interference is unlikely to have 21
561	561	affected the outcome of the election, the Board shall, with-22
562	562	out ordering a new election, set aside the election and cer-23
563	563	tify the labor organization as the representative of the em-24
564	564	ployees in such unit and issue an order requiring the em-25
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568	568	ployer to bargain with the labor organization in accord-1
569	569	ance with section 8(d) if, at any time during the period 2
570	570	beginning 1 year preceding the date of the commencement 3
571	571	of the election and ending on the date upon which the 4
572	572	Board makes the determination of a violation or other in-5
573	573	terference, a majority of the employees in the bargaining 6
574	574	unit have signed authorizations designating the labor or-7
575	575	ganization as their collective bargaining representative. 8
576	576	‘‘(C) In any case where the Board determines that 9
577	577	an election under this paragraph should be set aside, the 10
578	578	Board shall direct a new election with appropriate addi-11
579	579	tional safeguards necessary to ensure a fair election proc-12
580	580	ess, except in cases where the Board issues a bargaining 13
581	581	order under subparagraph (B).’’; and 14
582	582	(E) by inserting after paragraph (7), as so 15
583	583	redesignated, the following: 16
584	584	‘‘(8) Except under extraordinary circumstances— 17
585	585	‘‘(A) a pre-election hearing under this sub-18
586	586	section shall begin not later than 8 days after a no-19
587	587	tice of such hearing is served on the labor organiza-20
588	588	tion and shall continue from day to day until com-21
589	589	pleted; 22
590	590	‘‘(B) a regional director shall transmit the no-23
591	591	tice of election at the same time as the direction of 24
592	592	election, and shall transmit such notice and such di-25
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596	596	rection electronically (including transmission by 1
597	597	email or facsimile) or by overnight mail if electronic 2
598	598	transmission is unavailable; 3
599	599	‘‘(C) not later than 2 days after the service of 4
600	600	the notice of hearing, the employer shall— 5
601	601	‘‘(i) post the Notice of Petition for Elec-6
602	602	tion in conspicuous places, including all places 7
603	603	where notices to employees are customarily 8
604	604	posted; 9
605	605	‘‘(ii) if the employer customarily commu-10
606	606	nicates with employees electronically, distribute 11
607	607	such Notice electronically; and 12
608	608	‘‘(iii) maintain such posting until the peti-13
609	609	tion is dismissed or withdrawn or the Notice of 14
610	610	Petition for Election is replaced by the Notice 15
611	611	of Election; 16
612	612	‘‘(D) regional directors shall schedule elections 17
613	613	for the earliest date practicable, but not later than 18
614	614	the 20th business day after the direction of election; 19
615	615	and 20
616	616	‘‘(E) a post-election hearing under this sub-21
617	617	section shall begin not later than 14 days after the 22
618	618	filing of objections, if any.’’; 23
619	619	(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(e) or’’ and 24
620	620	inserting ‘‘(d) or’’; and 25
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624	624	(3) by adding at the end the following: 1
625	625	‘‘(f) The Board shall dismiss any petition for an elec-2
626	626	tion with respect to a bargaining unit or any subdivision 3
627	627	if, during the 12-month period ending on the date on 4
628	628	which the petition is filed— 5
629	629	‘‘(1) the employer has recognized a labor orga-6
630	630	nization without an election and in accordance with 7
631	631	this Act; 8
632	632	‘‘(2) the labor organization and employer en-9
633	633	gaged in their first bargaining session following the 10
634	634	issuance of a bargaining order by the Board; or 11
635	635	‘‘(3) the labor organization and successor em-12
636	636	ployer engaged in their first bargaining session fol-13
637	637	lowing a succession. 14
638	638	‘‘(g) The Board shall dismiss any petition for an elec-15
639	639	tion with respect to a bargaining unit or any subdivision 16
640	640	if there is in effect a lawful written collective bargaining 17
641	641	agreement between the employer and an exclusive rep-18
642	642	resentative covering any employees in the unit specified 19
643	643	in the petition, unless the petition is filed— 20
644	644	‘‘(1) on or after the date that is 3 years after 21
645	645	the date on which the collective bargaining agree-22
646	646	ment took effect; or 23
647	647	‘‘(2) during the 30-day period beginning on the 24
648	648	date that is 90 days before the date that is 3 years 25
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652	652	after the date on which the collective bargaining 1
653	653	agreement took effect. 2
654	654	‘‘(h) The Board shall suspend the processing of any 3
655	655	petition for an election with respect to a bargaining unit 4
656	656	or any subdivision if a labor organization files an unfair 5
657	657	labor practice charge alleging a violation of section 8(a) 6
658	658	and requesting the suspension of a pending petition until 7
659	659	the unlawful conduct, if any, is remedied or the charge 8
660	660	is dismissed unless the Board determines that employees 9
661	661	can, under the circumstances, exercise free choice in an 10
662	662	election despite the unlawful conduct alleged in the 11
663	663	charge.’’. 12
664	664	SEC. 106. DAMAGES FOR UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES. 13
665	665	Section 10(c) of the National Labor Relations Act 14
666	666	(29 U.S.C. 160(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘suffered by 15
667	667	him’’ and inserting ‘‘suffered by such employee: Provided 16
668	668	further, That if the Board finds that an employer has dis-17
669	669	criminated against an employee in violation of paragraph 18
670	670	(3) or (4) of section 8(a) or has committed a violation 19
671	671	of section 8(a) that results in the discharge of an employee 20
672	672	or other serious economic harm to an employee, the Board 21
673	673	shall award the employee back pay without any reduction 22
674	674	(including any reduction based on the employee’s interim 23
675	675	earnings or failure to earn interim earnings), front pay 24
676	676	(when appropriate), consequential damages, and an addi-25
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680	680	tional amount as liquidated damages equal to two times 1
681	681	the amount of damages awarded: Provided further, no re-2
682	682	lief under this subsection shall be denied on the basis that 3
683	683	the employee is, or was during the time of relevant em-4
684	684	ployment or during the back pay period, an unauthorized 5
685	685	alien as defined in section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration 6
686	686	and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)) or any other 7
687	687	provision of Federal law relating to the unlawful employ-8
688	688	ment of aliens’’. 9
689	689	SEC. 107. ENFORCING COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS OF THE 10
690	690	BOARD. 11
691	691	(a) I
692	692	NGENERAL.—Section 10 of the National Labor 12
693	693	Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160) is further amended— 13
694	694	(1) by striking subsection (e); 14
695	695	(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-15
696	696	section (e); 16
697	697	(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-17
698	698	lowing: 18
699	699	‘‘(d)(1) Each order of the Board shall take effect 19
700	700	upon issuance of such order, unless otherwise directed by 20
701	701	the Board, and shall remain in effect unless modified by 21
702	702	the Board or unless a court of competent jurisdiction 22
703	703	issues a superseding order. 23
704	704	‘‘(2) Any person who fails or neglects to obey an 24
705	705	order of the Board shall forfeit and pay to the Board a 25
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709	709	civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation, 1
710	710	which shall accrue to the United States and may be recov-2
711	711	ered in a civil action brought by the Board to the district 3
712	712	court of the United States in which the unfair labor prac-4
713	713	tice or other subject of the order occurred, or in which 5
714	714	such person or entity resides or transacts business. No ac-6
715	715	tion by the Board under this paragraph may be made until 7
716	716	30 days following the issuance of an order. Each separate 8
717	717	violation of such an order shall be a separate offense, ex-9
718	718	cept that, in the case of a violation in which a person fails 10
719	719	to obey or neglects to obey a final order of the Board, 11
720	720	each day such failure or neglect continues shall be deemed 12
721	721	a separate offense. 13
722	722	‘‘(3) If, after having provided a person or entity with 14
723	723	notice and an opportunity to be heard regarding a civil 15
724	724	action under subparagraph (2) for the enforcement of an 16
725	725	order, the court determines that the order was regularly 17
726	726	made and duly served, and that the person or entity is 18
727	727	in disobedience of the same, the court shall enforce obedi-19
728	728	ence to such order by an injunction or other proper proc-20
729	729	ess, mandatory or otherwise, to— 21
730	730	‘‘(A) restrain such person or entity or the offi-22
731	731	cers, agents, or representatives of such person or en-23
732	732	tity, from further disobedience to such order; or 24
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736	736	‘‘(B) enjoin such person or entity, officers, 1
737	737	agents, or representatives to obedience to the 2
738	738	same.’’; 3
739	739	(4) in subsection (f)— 4
740	740	(A) by striking ‘‘proceed in the same man-5
741	741	ner as in the case of an application by the 6
742	742	Board under subsection (e) of this section,’’ and 7
743	743	inserting ‘‘proceed as provided under paragraph 8
744	744	(2) of this subsection’’; 9
745	745	(B) by striking ‘‘Any’’ and inserting the 10
746	746	following: 11
747	747	‘‘(1) Within 30 days of the issuance of an 12
748	748	order, any’’; and 13
749	749	(C) by adding at the end the following: 14
750	750	‘‘(2) No objection that has not been urged before the 15
751	751	Board, its member, agent, or agency shall be considered 16
752	752	by a court, unless the failure or neglect to urge such objec-17
753	753	tion shall be excused because of extraordinary cir-18
754	754	cumstances. The findings of the Board with respect to 19
755	755	questions of fact if supported by substantial evidence on 20
756	756	the record considered as a whole shall be conclusive. If 21
757	757	either party shall apply to the court for leave to adduce 22
758	758	additional evidence and shall show to the satisfaction of 23
759	759	the court that such additional evidence is material and 24
760	760	that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to ad-25
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764	764	duce such evidence in the hearing before the Board, its 1
765	765	member, agent, or agency, the court may order such addi-2
766	766	tional evidence to be taken before the Board, its member, 3
767	767	agent, or agency, and to be made a part of the record. 4
768	768	The Board may modify its findings as to the facts, or 5
769	769	make new findings, by reason of additional evidence so 6
770	770	taken and filed, and it shall file such modified or new find-7
771	771	ings, which findings with respect to questions of fact if 8
772	772	supported by substantial evidence on the record considered 9
773	773	as a whole shall be conclusive, and shall file its rec-10
774	774	ommendations, if any, for the modification or setting aside 11
775	775	of its original order. Upon the filing of the record with 12
776	776	it the jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its 13
777	777	judgment and decree shall be final, except that the same 14
778	778	shall be subject to review by the appropriate United States 15
779	779	court of appeals if application was made to the district 16
780	780	court, and by the Supreme Court of the United States 17
781	781	upon writ of certiorari or certification as provided in sec-18
782	782	tion 1254 of title 28, United States Code.’’; and 19
783	783	(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘subsection 20
784	784	(e) or (f) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 21
785	785	(d) or (f)’’. 22
786	786	(b) C
787	787	ONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 18 of the 23
788	788	National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 168) is amended 24
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792	792	by striking ‘‘section 10(e) or (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-1
793	793	section (d) or (f) of section 10’’. 2
794	794	SEC. 108. INJUNCTIONS AGAINST UNFAIR LABOR PRAC-3
795	795	TICES INVOLVING DISCHARGE OR OTHER SE-4
796	796	RIOUS ECONOMIC HARM. 5
797	797	Section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 6
798	798	U.S.C. 160) is amended— 7
799	799	(1) in subsection (j)— 8
800	800	(A) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and inserting 9
801	801	‘‘(1) The Board’’; and 10
802	802	(B) by adding at the end the following: 11
803	803	‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (m), whenever it is 12
804	804	charged that an employer has engaged in an unfair labor 13
805	805	practice within the meaning of paragraph (1), (3), or (4) 14
806	806	of section 8(a) that significantly interferes with, restrains, 15
807	807	or coerces employees in the exercise of the rights guaran-16
808	808	teed under section 7, or involves discharge or other serious 17
809	809	economic harm to an employee, the preliminary investiga-18
810	810	tion of such charge shall be made forthwith and given pri-19
811	811	ority over all other cases except cases of like character 20
812	812	in the office where it is filed or to which it is referred. 21
813	813	If, after such investigation, the officer or regional attorney 22
814	814	to whom the matter may be referred has reasonable cause 23
815	815	to believe such charge is true and that a complaint should 24
816	816	issue, such officer or attorney shall bring a petition for 25
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820	820	appropriate temporary relief or restraining order as set 1
821	821	forth in paragraph (1). The district court shall grant the 2
822	822	relief requested unless the court concludes that there is 3
823	823	no reasonable likelihood that the Board will succeed on 4
824	824	the merits of the Board’s claim.’’; and 5
825	825	(2) by repealing subsections (k) and (l). 6
826	826	SEC. 109. PENALTIES. 7
827	827	(a) I
828	828	NGENERAL.—Section 12 of the National Labor 8
829	829	Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 162) is amended— 9
830	830	(1) by striking ‘‘S
831	831	EC. 12. Any person’’ and in-10
832	832	serting the following: 11
833	833	‘‘SEC. 12. PENALTIES. 12
834	834	‘‘(a) V
835	835	IOLATIONS FOR INTERFERENCE WITH 13
836	836	B
837	837	OARD.—Any person’’; and 14
838	838	(2) by adding at the end the following: 15
839	839	‘‘(b) V
840	840	IOLATIONS FORPOSTINGREQUIREMENTS AND 16
841	841	V
842	842	OTERLIST.—If the Board, or any agent or agency des-17
843	843	ignated by the Board for such purposes, determines that 18
844	844	an employer has violated section 8(h) or regulations issued 19
845	845	thereunder, the Board shall— 20
846	846	‘‘(1) state the findings of fact supporting such 21
847	847	determination; 22
848	848	‘‘(2) issue and cause to be served on such em-23
849	849	ployer an order requiring that such employer comply 24
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853	853	with section 8(h) or regulations issued thereunder; 1
854	854	and 2
855	855	‘‘(3) impose a civil penalty in an amount deter-3
856	856	mined appropriate by the Board, except that in no 4
857	857	case shall the amount of such penalty exceed $500 5
858	858	for each such violation. 6
859	859	‘‘(c) C
860	860	IVILPENALTIES FORVIOLATIONS.— 7
861	861	‘‘(1) I
862	862	N GENERAL.—Any employer who commits 8
863	863	an unfair labor practice within the meaning of sec-9
864	864	tion 8(a) shall, in addition to any remedy ordered by 10
865	865	the Board, be subject to a civil penalty in an amount 11
866	866	not to exceed $50,000 for each violation, except 12
867	867	that, with respect to an unfair labor practice within 13
868	868	the meaning of paragraph (3) or (4) of section 8(a) 14
869	869	or a violation of section 8(a) that results in the dis-15
870	870	charge of an employee or other serious economic 16
871	871	harm to an employee, the Board shall double the 17
872	872	amount of such penalty, to an amount not to exceed 18
873	873	$100,000, in any case where the employer has with-19
874	874	in the preceding 5 years committed another such 20
875	875	violation. 21
876	876	‘‘(2) C
877	877	ONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the 22
878	878	amount of any civil penalty under this subsection, 23
879	879	the Board shall consider— 24
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882	882	•HR 20 IH
883	883	‘‘(A) the gravity of the unfair labor prac-1
884	884	tice; 2
885	885	‘‘(B) the impact of the unfair labor prac-3
886	886	tice on the charging party, on other persons 4
887	887	seeking to exercise rights guaranteed by this 5
888	888	Act, and on the public interest; and 6
889	889	‘‘(C) the gross income of the employer. 7
890	890	‘‘(3) D
891	891	IRECTOR AND OFFICER LIABILITY .—If 8
892	892	the Board determines, based on the particular facts 9
893	893	and circumstances presented, that a director or offi-10
894	894	cer’s personal liability is warranted, a civil penalty 11
895	895	for a violation described in this subsection may also 12
896	896	be assessed against any director or officer of the em-13
897	897	ployer who directed or committed the violation, had 14
898	898	established a policy that led to such a violation, or 15
899	899	had actual or constructive knowledge of and the au-16
900	900	thority to prevent the violation and failed to prevent 17
901	901	the violation. 18
902	902	‘‘(d) R
903	903	IGHT TOCIVILACTION.— 19
904	904	‘‘(1) I
905	905	N GENERAL.—Any person who is injured 20
906	906	by reason of a violation of paragraph (1), (3), or (4) 21
907	907	of section 8(a) may, after 60 days following the fil-22
908	908	ing of a charge with the Board alleging an unfair 23
909	909	labor practice, bring a civil action in the appropriate 24
910	910	district court of the United States against the em-25
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913	913	•HR 20 IH
914	914	ployer within 90 days after the expiration of the 60- 1
915	915	day period or the date the Board notifies the person 2
916	916	that no complaint shall issue, whichever occurs ear-3
917	917	lier, provided that the Board has not filed a petition 4
918	918	under section 10(j) of this Act prior to the expira-5
919	919	tion of the 60-day period. No relief under this sub-6
920	920	section shall be denied on the basis that the em-7
921	921	ployee is, or was during the time of relevant employ-8
922	922	ment or during the back pay period, an unauthor-9
923	923	ized alien as defined in section 274A(h)(3) of the 10
924	924	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 11
925	925	1324a(h)(3)) or any other provision of Federal law 12
926	926	relating to the unlawful employment of aliens. 13
927	927	‘‘(2) A
928	928	VAILABLE RELIEF.—Relief granted in an 14
929	929	action under paragraph (1) may include— 15
930	930	‘‘(A) back pay without any reduction, in-16
931	931	cluding any reduction based on the employee’s 17
932	932	interim earnings or failure to earn interim earn-18
933	933	ings; 19
934	934	‘‘(B) front pay (when appropriate); 20
935	935	‘‘(C) consequential damages; 21
936	936	‘‘(D) an additional amount as liquidated 22
937	937	damages equal to two times the cumulative 23
938	938	amount of damages awarded under subpara-24
939	939	graphs (A) through (C); 25
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943	943	‘‘(E) in appropriate cases, punitive dam-1
944	944	ages in accordance with paragraph (4); and 2
945	945	‘‘(F) any other relief authorized by section 3
946	946	706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 4
947	947	U.S.C. 2000e–5(g)) or by section 1977A(b) of 5
948	948	the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a(b)). 6
949	949	‘‘(3) A
950	950	TTORNEY’S FEES.—In any civil action 7
951	951	under this subsection, the court may allow the pre-8
952	952	vailing party a reasonable attorney’s fee (including 9
953	953	expert fees) and other reasonable costs associated 10
954	954	with maintaining the action. 11
955	955	‘‘(4) P
956	956	UNITIVE DAMAGES.—In awarding puni-12
957	957	tive damages under paragraph (2)(E), the court 13
958	958	shall consider— 14
959	959	‘‘(A) the gravity of the unfair labor prac-15
960	960	tice; 16
961	961	‘‘(B) the impact of the unfair labor prac-17
962	962	tice on the charging party, on other persons 18
963	963	seeking to exercise rights guaranteed by this 19
964	964	Act, and on the public interest; and 20
965	965	‘‘(C) the gross income of the employer.’’. 21
966	966	(b) C
967	967	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Section 10(b) of 22
968	968	the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160(b)) is 23
969	969	amended— 24
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973	973	(1) by striking ‘‘six months’’ and inserting 1
974	974	‘‘180 days’’; and 2
975	975	(2) by striking ‘‘the six-month period’’ and in-3
976	976	serting ‘‘the 180-day period’’. 4
977	977	SEC. 110. LIMITATIONS ON THE RIGHT TO STRIKE. 5
978	978	Section 13 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 6
979	979	U.S.C. 163) is amended by striking the period at the end 7
980	980	and inserting the following: ‘‘: Provided, That the dura-8
981	981	tion, scope, frequency, or intermittence of any strike or 9
982	982	strikes shall not render such strike or strikes unprotected 10
983	983	or prohibited.’’. 11
984	984	SEC. 111. FAIR SHARE AGREEMENTS PERMITTED. 12
985	985	Section 14(b) of the National Labor Relations Act 13
986	986	(29 U.S.C. 164(b)) is amended by striking the period at 14
987	987	the end and inserting the following: ‘‘: Provided, That col-15
988	988	lective bargaining agreements providing that all employees 16
989	989	in a bargaining unit shall contribute fees to a labor organi-17
990	990	zation for the cost of representation, collective bargaining, 18
991	991	contract enforcement, and related expenditures as a condi-19
992	992	tion of employment shall be valid and enforceable notwith-20
993	993	standing any State or Territorial law.’’. 21
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997	997	TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE 1
998	998	LABOR MANAGEMENT RELA-2
999	999	TIONS ACT, 1947 AND THE 3
1000	1000	LABOR-MANAGEMENT RE-4
1001	1001	PORTING AND DISCLOSURE 5
1002	1002	ACT OF 1959 6
1003	1003	SEC. 201. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR MAN-7
1004	1004	AGEMENT RELATIONS ACT, 1947. 8
1005	1005	The Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 is 9
1006	1006	amended— 10
1007	1007	(1) in section 213(a) (29 U.S.C. 183(a)), by 11
1008	1008	striking ‘‘clause (A) of the last sentence of section 12
1009	1009	8(d) (which is required by clause (3) of such section 13
1010	1010	8(d)), or within 10 days after the notice under 14
1011	1011	clause (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8(d)(2)(A) of the 15
1012	1012	National Labor Relations Act (which is required by 16
1013	1013	section 8(d)(1)(C) of such Act), or within 10 days 17
1014	1014	after the notice under section 8(d)(2)(B) of such 18
1015	1015	Act’’; and 19
1016	1016	(2) by repealing section 303 (29 U.S.C. 187). 20
1017	1017	SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RE-21
1018	1018	PORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959. 22
1019	1019	(a) I
1020	1020	NGENERAL.—Section 203(c) of the Labor-Man-23
1021	1021	agement Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 24
1022	1022	433(c)) is amended by striking the period at the end and 25
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1025	1025	•HR 20 IH
1026	1026	inserting the following ‘‘: Provided, That this subsection 1
1027	1027	shall not exempt from the requirements of this section any 2
1028	1028	arrangement or part of an arrangement in which a party 3
1029	1029	agrees, for an object described in subsection (b)(1), to plan 4
1030	1030	or conduct employee meetings; train supervisors or em-5
1031	1031	ployer representatives to conduct meetings; coordinate or 6
1032	1032	direct activities of supervisors or employer representatives; 7
1033	1033	establish or facilitate employee committees; identify em-8
1034	1034	ployees for disciplinary action, reward, or other targeting; 9
1035	1035	or draft or revise employer personnel policies, speeches, 10
1036	1036	presentations, or other written, recorded, or electronic 11
1037	1037	communications to be delivered or disseminated to employ-12
1038	1038	ees.’’. 13
1039	1039	(b) W
1040	1040	HISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Labor- 14
1041	1041	Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 15
1042	1042	U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is further amended— 16
1043	1043	(1) by redesignating section 611 (29 U.S.C. 17
1044	1044	531) as section 612; and 18
1045	1045	(2) by inserting after section 610 (29 U.S.C. 19
1046	1046	530), the following new section: 20
1047	1047	‘‘
1048	1048	WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS 21
1049	1049	‘‘S
1050	1050	EC. 611. 22
1051	1051	‘‘(a) I
1052	1052	NGENERAL.—No employer or labor organiza-23
1053	1053	tion shall terminate or in any other way discriminate 24
1054	1054	against, or cause to be terminated or discriminated 25
1055	1055	against, any applicant, covered employee, or former cov-26
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1058	1058	•HR 20 IH
1059	1059	ered employee, of the employer or the labor organization 1
1060	1060	by reason of the fact that such applicant, covered em-2
1061	1061	ployee, or former covered employee does, or the employer 3
1062	1062	or labor organization perceives the employee to do, any 4
1063	1063	of the following: 5
1064	1064	‘‘(1) Provide, cause to be provided, or is about 6
1065	1065	to provide or cause to be provided, information to 7
1066	1066	the labor organization, the employer, the Depart-8
1067	1067	ment of Labor, or any other State, local, or Federal 9
1068	1068	Government authority or law enforcement agency re-10
1069	1069	lating to any violation of, or any act or omission 11
1070	1070	that such employee reasonably believes to be a viola-12
1071	1071	tion of, any provision of this Act. 13
1072	1072	‘‘(2) Testify or plan to testify or otherwise par-14
1073	1073	ticipate in any proceeding resulting from the admin-15
1074	1074	istration or enforcement of any provision of this Act. 16
1075	1075	‘‘(3) File, institute, or cause to be filed or insti-17
1076	1076	tuted, any proceeding under this Act. 18
1077	1077	‘‘(4) Assist in any activity described in para-19
1078	1078	graphs (1) through (3). 20
1079	1079	‘‘(5) Object to, or refuse to participate in, any 21
1080	1080	activity, policy, practice, or assigned task that such 22
1081	1081	covered employee reasonably believes to be in viola-23
1082	1082	tion of any provision of this Act. 24
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1086	1086	‘‘(b) DEFINITION OFCOVEREDEMPLOYEE.—For the 1
1087	1087	purposes of this section, the term ‘covered employee’ 2
1088	1088	means any employee or agent of an employer or labor or-3
1089	1089	ganization, including any person with management re-4
1090	1090	sponsibilities on behalf of the employer or labor organiza-5
1091	1091	tion. 6
1092	1092	‘‘(c) P
1093	1093	ROCEDURES AND TIMETABLES.— 7
1094	1094	‘‘(1) C
1095	1095	OMPLAINT.— 8
1096	1096	‘‘(A) I
1097	1097	N GENERAL.—An applicant, covered 9
1098	1098	employee, or former covered employee who be-10
1099	1099	lieves that he or she has been terminated or in 11
1100	1100	any other way discriminated against by any 12
1101	1101	person in violation of subsection (a) may file (or 13
1102	1102	have any person file on his or her behalf) a 14
1103	1103	complaint with the Secretary of Labor alleging 15
1104	1104	such violation. Such a complaint must be filed 16
1105	1105	not later than either— 17
1106	1106	‘‘(i) 180 days after the date on which 18
1107	1107	such alleged violation occurs; or 19
1108	1108	‘‘(ii) 180 days after the date upon 20
1109	1109	which the employee knows or should rea-21
1110	1110	sonably have known that such alleged vio-22
1111	1111	lation in subsection (a) occurred. 23
1112	1112	‘‘(B) A
1113	1113	CTIONS OF SECRETARY OF 24
1114	1114	LABOR.—Upon receipt of such a complaint, the 25
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1118	1118	Secretary of Labor shall notify, in writing, the 1
1119	1119	person named in the complaint who is alleged 2
1120	1120	to have committed the violation, of— 3
1121	1121	‘‘(i) the filing of the complaint; 4
1122	1122	‘‘(ii) the allegations contained in the 5
1123	1123	complaint; 6
1124	1124	‘‘(iii) the substance of evidence sup-7
1125	1125	porting the complaint; and 8
1126	1126	‘‘(iv) opportunities that will be af-9
1127	1127	forded to such person under paragraph 10
1128	1128	(2). 11
1129	1129	‘‘(2) I
1130	1130	NVESTIGATION BY SECRETARY OF 12
1131	1131	LABOR.— 13
1132	1132	‘‘(A) I
1133	1133	N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 14
1134	1134	days after the date of receipt of a complaint 15
1135	1135	filed under paragraph (1), and after affording 16
1136	1136	the complainant and the person named in the 17
1137	1137	complaint who is alleged to have committed the 18
1138	1138	violation that is the basis for the complaint an 19
1139	1139	opportunity to submit to the Secretary of Labor 20
1140	1140	a written response to the complaint and an op-21
1141	1141	portunity to meet with a representative of the 22
1142	1142	Secretary of Labor to present statements from 23
1143	1143	witnesses, the Secretary of Labor shall— 24
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1146	1146	•HR 20 IH
1147	1147	‘‘(i) initiate an investigation and de-1
1148	1148	termine whether there is reasonable cause 2
1149	1149	to believe that the complaint has merit; 3
1150	1150	and 4
1151	1151	‘‘(ii) notify the complainant and the 5
1152	1152	person alleged to have committed the viola-6
1153	1153	tion of subsection (a), in writing, of such 7
1154	1154	determination. 8
1155	1155	‘‘(B) G
1156	1156	ROUNDS FOR DETERMINATION OF 9
1157	1157	COMPLAINTS.—The Secretary of Labor shall 10
1158	1158	dismiss a complaint filed under this subsection, 11
1159	1159	and shall not conduct an investigation otherwise 12
1160	1160	required under paragraph (2), unless the com-13
1161	1161	plainant makes a prima facie showing that any 14
1162	1162	behavior described in paragraphs (1) through 15
1163	1163	(5) of subsection (a) was a contributing factor 16
1164	1164	in the unfavorable personnel action alleged in 17
1165	1165	the complaint. 18
1166	1166	‘‘(3) B
1167	1167	URDENS OF PROOF.— 19
1168	1168	‘‘(A) C
1169	1169	RITERIA FOR DETERMINATION .—In 20
1170	1170	making a determination or adjudicating a com-21
1171	1171	plaint pursuant to this subsection, the Sec-22
1172	1172	retary, an administrative law judge or a court 23
1173	1173	may determine that a violation of subsection (a) 24
1174	1174	has occurred only if the complainant dem-25
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1177	1177	•HR 20 IH
1178	1178	onstrates that any conduct described in sub-1
1179	1179	section (a) with respect to the complainant was 2
1180	1180	a contributing factor in the adverse action al-3
1181	1181	leged in the complaint. 4
1182	1182	‘‘(B) P
1183	1183	ROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding sub-5
1184	1184	paragraph (A), a decision or order that is favor-6
1185	1185	able to the complainant shall not be issued in 7
1186	1186	any administrative or judicial action pursuant 8
1187	1187	to this subsection if the respondent dem-9
1188	1188	onstrates by clear and convincing evidence that 10
1189	1189	the respondent would have taken the same ad-11
1190	1190	verse action in the absence of such conduct. 12
1191	1191	‘‘(C) N
1192	1192	OTICE OF RELIEF AVAILABLE .—If 13
1193	1193	the Secretary of Labor concludes that there is 14
1194	1194	reasonable cause to believe that a violation of 15
1195	1195	subsection (a) has occurred, the Secretary of 16
1196	1196	Labor shall, together with the notice under 17
1197	1197	paragraph (2)(A)(ii), issue a preliminary order 18
1198	1198	providing the relief prescribed by paragraph 19
1199	1199	(4)(B). 20
1200	1200	‘‘(D) R
1201	1201	EQUEST FOR HEARING .—Not later 21
1202	1202	than 30 days after the date of receipt of notifi-22
1203	1203	cation of a determination of the Secretary of 23
1204	1204	Labor under this paragraph, either the person 24
1205	1205	alleged to have committed the violation or the 25
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1208	1208	•HR 20 IH
1209	1209	complainant may file objections to the findings 1
1210	1210	or preliminary order, or both, and request a 2
1211	1211	hearing on the record. The filing of such objec-3
1212	1212	tions shall not operate to stay any reinstate-4
1213	1213	ment remedy contained in the preliminary 5
1214	1214	order. Any such hearing shall be conducted ex-6
1215	1215	peditiously, and if a hearing is not requested in 7
1216	1216	such 30-day period, the preliminary order shall 8
1217	1217	be deemed a final order that is not subject to 9
1218	1218	judicial review. 10
1219	1219	‘‘(E) P
1220	1220	ROCEDURES.— 11
1221	1221	‘‘(i) I
1222	1222	N GENERAL.—A hearing re-12
1223	1223	quested under this paragraph shall be con-13
1224	1224	ducted expeditiously and in accordance 14
1225	1225	with rules established by the Secretary for 15
1226	1226	hearings conducted by administrative law 16
1227	1227	judges. 17
1228	1228	‘‘(ii) S
1229	1229	UBPOENAS; PRODUCTION OF 18
1230	1230	EVIDENCE.— In conducting any such hear-19
1231	1231	ing, the administrative law judge may issue 20
1232	1232	subpoenas. The respondent or complainant 21
1233	1233	may request the issuance of subpoenas 22
1234	1234	that require the deposition of, or the at-23
1235	1235	tendance and testimony of, witnesses and 24
1236	1236	the production of any evidence (including 25
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1239	1239	•HR 20 IH
1240	1240	any books, papers, documents, or record-1
1241	1241	ings) relating to the matter under consid-2
1242	1242	eration. 3
1243	1243	‘‘(4) I
1244	1244	SSUANCE OF FINAL ORDERS ; REVIEW 4
1245	1245	PROCEDURES.— 5
1246	1246	‘‘(A) T
1247	1247	IMING.—Not later than 120 days 6
1248	1248	after the date of conclusion of any hearing 7
1249	1249	under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Labor 8
1250	1250	shall issue a final order providing the relief pre-9
1251	1251	scribed by this paragraph or denying the com-10
1252	1252	plaint. At any time before issuance of a final 11
1253	1253	order, a proceeding under this subsection may 12
1254	1254	be terminated on the basis of a settlement 13
1255	1255	agreement entered into by the Secretary of 14
1256	1256	Labor, the complainant, and the person alleged 15
1257	1257	to have committed the violation. 16
1258	1258	‘‘(B) A
1259	1259	VAILABLE RELIEF.— 17
1260	1260	‘‘(i) O
1261	1261	RDER OF SECRETARY OF 18
1262	1262	LABOR.—If, in response to a complaint 19
1263	1263	filed under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 20
1264	1264	Labor determines that a violation of sub-21
1265	1265	section (a) has occurred, the Secretary of 22
1266	1266	Labor shall order the person who com-23
1267	1267	mitted such violation— 24
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1270	1270	•HR 20 IH
1271	1271	‘‘(I) to take affirmative action to 1
1272	1272	abate the violation; 2
1273	1273	‘‘(II) to reinstate the complain-3
1274	1274	ant to his or her former position, to-4
1275	1275	gether with compensation (including 5
1276	1276	back pay with interest) and restore 6
1277	1277	the terms, conditions, and privileges 7
1278	1278	associated with his or her employ-8
1279	1279	ment; 9
1280	1280	‘‘(III) to provide compensatory 10
1281	1281	damages to the complainant; and 11
1282	1282	‘‘(IV) expungement of all warn-12
1283	1283	ings, reprimands, or derogatory ref-13
1284	1284	erences that have been placed in 14
1285	1285	paper or electronic records or data-15
1286	1286	bases of any type relating to the ac-16
1287	1287	tions by the complainant that gave 17
1288	1288	rise to the unfavorable personnel ac-18
1289	1289	tion, and, at the complainant’s direc-19
1290	1290	tion, transmission of a copy of the de-20
1291	1291	cision on the complaint to any person 21
1292	1292	whom the complainant reasonably be-22
1293	1293	lieves may have received such unfavor-23
1294	1294	able information. 24
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1297	1297	•HR 20 IH
1298	1298	‘‘(ii) COSTS AND EXPENSES .—If an 1
1299	1299	order is issued under clause (i), the Sec-2
1300	1300	retary of Labor, at the request of the com-3
1301	1301	plainant, shall assess against the person 4
1302	1302	against whom the order is issued, a sum 5
1303	1303	equal to the aggregate amount of all costs 6
1304	1304	and expenses (including attorney fees and 7
1305	1305	expert witness fees) reasonably incurred, 8
1306	1306	as determined by the Secretary of Labor, 9
1307	1307	by the complainant for, or in connection 10
1308	1308	with, the bringing of the complaint upon 11
1309	1309	which the order was issued. 12
1310	1310	‘‘(C) F
1311	1311	RIVOLOUS CLAIMS.—If the Sec-13
1312	1312	retary of Labor finds that a complaint under 14
1313	1313	paragraph (1) is frivolous or has been brought 15
1314	1314	in bad faith, the Secretary of Labor may award 16
1315	1315	to the prevailing employer or labor organization 17
1316	1316	a reasonable attorney fee, not exceeding $1,000, 18
1317	1317	to be paid by the complainant. 19
1318	1318	‘‘(D) D
1319	1319	E NOVO REVIEW.— 20
1320	1320	‘‘(i) F
1321	1321	AILURE OF THE SECRETARY TO 21
1322	1322	ACT.—If the Secretary of Labor has not 22
1323	1323	issued a final order within 270 days after 23
1324	1324	the date of filing of a complaint under this 24
1325	1325	subsection, or within 90 days after the 25
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1328	1328	•HR 20 IH
1329	1329	date of receipt of a written determination, 1
1330	1330	the complainant may bring an action at 2
1331	1331	law or equity for de novo review in the ap-3
1332	1332	propriate district court of the United 4
1333	1333	States having jurisdiction, which shall have 5
1334	1334	jurisdiction over such an action without re-6
1335	1335	gard to the amount in controversy, and 7
1336	1336	which action shall, at the request of either 8
1337	1337	party to such action, be tried by the court 9
1338	1338	with a jury. 10
1339	1339	‘‘(ii) P
1340	1340	ROCEDURES.—A proceeding 11
1341	1341	under clause (i) shall be governed by the 12
1342	1342	same legal burdens of proof specified in 13
1343	1343	paragraph (3). The court shall have juris-14
1344	1344	diction to grant all relief necessary to 15
1345	1345	make the employee whole, including injunc-16
1346	1346	tive relief and compensatory damages, in-17
1347	1347	cluding— 18
1348	1348	‘‘(I) reinstatement with the same 19
1349	1349	seniority status that the employee 20
1350	1350	would have had, but for the discharge 21
1351	1351	or discrimination; 22
1352	1352	‘‘(II) the amount of back pay, 23
1353	1353	with interest; 24
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1356	1356	•HR 20 IH
1357	1357	‘‘(III) compensation for any spe-1
1358	1358	cial damages sustained as a result of 2
1359	1359	the discharge or discrimination, in-3
1360	1360	cluding litigation costs, expert witness 4
1361	1361	fees, and reasonable attorney fees; 5
1362	1362	and 6
1363	1363	‘‘(IV) expungement of all warn-7
1364	1364	ings, reprimands, or derogatory ref-8
1365	1365	erences that have been placed in 9
1366	1366	paper or electronic records or data-10
1367	1367	bases of any type relating to the ac-11
1368	1368	tions by the complainant that gave 12
1369	1369	rise to the unfavorable personnel ac-13
1370	1370	tion, and, at the complainant’s direc-14
1371	1371	tion, transmission of a copy of the de-15
1372	1372	cision on the complaint to any person 16
1373	1373	whom the complainant reasonably be-17
1374	1374	lieves may have received such unfavor-18
1375	1375	able information. 19
1376	1376	‘‘(E) O
1377	1377	THER APPEALS.—Unless the com-20
1378	1378	plainant brings an action under subparagraph 21
1379	1379	(D), any person adversely affected or aggrieved 22
1380	1380	by a final order issued under subparagraph (A) 23
1381	1381	may file a petition for review of the order in the 24
1382	1382	United States Court of Appeals for the circuit 25
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1385	1385	•HR 20 IH
1386	1386	in which the violation with respect to which the 1
1387	1387	order was issued, allegedly occurred or the cir-2
1388	1388	cuit in which the complainant resided on the 3
1389	1389	date of such violation, not later than 60 days 4
1390	1390	after the date of the issuance of the final order 5
1391	1391	of the Secretary of Labor under subparagraph 6
1392	1392	(A). Review shall conform to chapter 7 of title 7
1393	1393	5, United States Code. The commencement of 8
1394	1394	proceedings under this subparagraph shall not, 9
1395	1395	unless ordered by the court, operate as a stay 10
1396	1396	of the order. An order of the Secretary of 11
1397	1397	Labor with respect to which review could have 12
1398	1398	been obtained under this subparagraph shall 13
1399	1399	not be subject to judicial review in any criminal 14
1400	1400	or other civil proceeding. 15
1401	1401	‘‘(5) F
1402	1402	AILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER .— 16
1403	1403	‘‘(A) A
1404	1404	CTIONS BY THE SECRETARY .—If 17
1405	1405	any person has failed to comply with a final 18
1406	1406	order issued under paragraph (4), the Secretary 19
1407	1407	of Labor may file a civil action in the United 20
1408	1408	States district court for the district in which 21
1409	1409	the violation was found to have occurred, or in 22
1410	1410	the United States district court for the District 23
1411	1411	of Columbia, to enforce such order. In actions 24
1412	1412	brought under this paragraph, the district 25
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1415	1415	•HR 20 IH
1416	1416	courts shall have jurisdiction to grant all appro-1
1417	1417	priate relief including injunctive relief, compen-2
1418	1418	satory and punitive damages. 3
1419	1419	‘‘(B) C
1420	1420	IVIL ACTIONS TO COMPEL COMPLI -4
1421	1421	ANCE.—A person on whose behalf an order was 5
1422	1422	issued under paragraph (4) may commence a 6
1423	1423	civil action against the person to whom such 7
1424	1424	order was issued to require compliance with 8
1425	1425	such order. The appropriate United States dis-9
1426	1426	trict court shall have jurisdiction, without re-10
1427	1427	gard to the amount in controversy or the citi-11
1428	1428	zenship of the parties, to enforce such order. 12
1429	1429	‘‘(C) A
1430	1430	WARD OF COSTS AUTHORIZED .— 13
1431	1431	The court, in issuing any final order under this 14
1432	1432	paragraph, may award costs of litigation (in-15
1433	1433	cluding reasonable attorney and expert witness 16
1434	1434	fees) to any party, whenever the court deter-17
1435	1435	mines such award is appropriate. 18
1436	1436	‘‘(D) M
1437	1437	ANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS .—Any 19
1438	1438	nondiscretionary duty imposed by this section 20
1439	1439	shall be enforceable in a mandamus proceeding 21
1440	1440	brought under section 1361 of title 28, United 22
1441	1441	States Code. 23
1442	1442	‘‘(d) U
1443	1443	NENFORCEABILITY OF CERTAINAGREE-24
1444	1444	MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 25
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1447	1447	•HR 20 IH
1448	1448	rights and remedies provided for in this section may not 1
1449	1449	be waived by any agreement, policy, form, or condition of 2
1450	1450	employment, including by any predispute arbitration 3
1451	1451	agreement. 4
1452	1452	‘‘(e) S
1453	1453	AVINGS.—Nothing in this subsection shall be 5
1454	1454	construed to diminish the rights, privileges, or remedies 6
1455	1455	of any employee who exercises rights under any Federal 7
1456	1456	or State law or common law, or under any collective bar-8
1457	1457	gaining agreement.’’. 9
1458	1458	(c) Section 203(b) of the Labor-Management Report-10
1459	1459	ing and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 433(b)) is 11
1460	1460	amended in the matter following paragraph (2)— 12
1461	1461	(1) by striking the period at the end; and 13
1462	1462	(2) by inserting ‘‘and shall make such informa-14
1463	1463	tion available to the public in a readily accessible 15
1464	1464	and searchable electronic format, and through a se-16
1465	1465	cure software application for use on an electronic de-17
1466	1466	vice.’’. 18
1467	1467	TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 19
1468	1468	SEC. 301. ELECTRONIC VOTING IN UNION ELECTIONS. 20
1469	1469	(a) I
1470	1470	NGENERAL.— 21
1471	1471	(1) E
1472	1472	LECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM .—Notwith-22
1473	1473	standing any other provision of law, subject to the 23
1474	1474	provisions of this section, not later than 1 year after 24
1475	1475	the date of the enactment of this Act, the National 25
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1478	1478	•HR 20 IH
1479	1479	Labor Relations Board shall implement a system 1
1480	1480	and procedures to conduct representation elections 2
1481	1481	remotely using an electronic voting system. 3
1482	1482	(2) P
1483	1483	ROCEDURES.—The procedures under para-4
1484	1484	graph (1) shall ensure that each employee voting in 5
1485	1485	a representation election may choose to cast a vote 6
1486	1486	using either an internet voting system or a telephone 7
1487	1487	voting system. 8
1488	1488	(b) R
1489	1489	EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 9
1490	1490	of the enactment of this Act, and in each subsequent re-10
1491	1491	port under Section 3(c) of the National Labor Relations 11
1492	1492	Act, as amended, the Board shall submit to Congress a 12
1493	1493	report containing a description of the following: 13
1494	1494	(1) For each representation petition under sec-14
1495	1495	tion 9 of the National Labor Relations Act filed— 15
1496	1496	(A) the case name and case number; 16
1497	1497	(B) the number of days between the peti-17
1498	1498	tion and the election; 18
1499	1499	(C) the number of days between the stipu-19
1500	1500	lation or direction of election and the election; 20
1501	1501	(D) the method of the election; 21
1502	1502	(E) the results of the election; and 22
1503	1503	(F) the number of eligible voters, the num-23
1504	1504	ber of voters participating in the election, and 24
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1507	1507	•HR 20 IH
1508	1508	the method by which each of the voters sub-1
1509	1509	mitted their vote. 2
1510	1510	(2) The total cost of conducting all elections the 3
1511	1511	Board conducted through the system and procedures 4
1512	1512	required by subsection (a). 5
1513	1513	(c) D
1514	1514	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
1515	1515	(1) E
1516	1516	LECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM .—The term 7
1517	1517	‘‘electronic voting system’’— 8
1518	1518	(A) includes an internet voting system and 9
1519	1519	a telephone voting system; and 10
1520	1520	(B) does not include machines used for 11
1521	1521	casting votes at a polling site or an electronic 12
1522	1522	tabulation system where votes are cast non-elec-13
1523	1523	tronically but counted electronically (such as a 14
1524	1524	punch card or optical scanning system). 15
1525	1525	(2) I
1526	1526	NTERNET VOTING SYSTEM .—The term 16
1527	1527	‘‘internet voting system’’ means an internet-based 17
1528	1528	voting system that allows a participant to cast a bal-18
1529	1529	lot remotely using a personal computer or other mo-19
1530	1530	bile electronic device that is connected to the inter-20
1531	1531	net. 21
1532	1532	(3) T
1533	1533	ELEPHONE VOTING SYSTEM .—The term 22
1534	1534	‘‘telephone voting system’’ means a voting system in 23
1535	1535	which participants may cast a vote remotely using a 24
1536	1536	telephone. 25
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1539	1539	•HR 20 IH
1540	1540	(4) REMOTELY.—The term ‘‘remotely’’, used 1
1541	1541	with respect to voting in a representation election, 2
1542	1542	means a vote may be cast at any site chosen by a 3
1543	1543	participant in such election. 4
1544	1544	(5) R
1545	1545	EPRESENTATION ELECTION .—The term 5
1546	1546	‘‘representation election’’ means a representation 6
1547	1547	election under section 9 of the National Labor Rela-7
1548	1548	tions Act (29 U.S.C. 159). 8
1549	1549	SEC. 302. GAO REPORT ON SECTORAL BARGAINING. 9
1550	1550	(a) I
1551	1551	NGENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 10
1552	1552	date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 11
1553	1553	shall conduct a review of collective bargaining at the sec-12
1554	1554	toral level in a geographically diverse set of countries 13
1555	1555	where sectoral bargaining is facilitated and prepare and 14
1556	1556	submit to Congress a report with respect to such countries 15
1557	1557	that— 16
1558	1558	(1) identifies, analyzes, and compares— 17
1559	1559	(A) the laws and policies governing or re-18
1560	1560	lated to collective bargaining at the sectoral 19
1561	1561	level; 20
1562	1562	(B) the administrative systems facilitating 21
1563	1563	such bargaining; and 22
1564	1564	(C) the procedures involved in sectoral bar-23
1565	1565	gaining; 24
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1568	1568	•HR 20 IH
1569	1569	(2) to the extent practicable, consider reported 1
1570	1570	effects of the policies and procedures described in 2
1571	1571	paragraph (1) on— 3
1572	1572	(A) the wages and compensation of em-4
1573	1573	ployees; 5
1574	1574	(B) the number of full-time and part-time 6
1575	1575	employees; 7
1576	1576	(C) prices, sales, and revenues; 8
1577	1577	(D) employee turnover and retention; 9
1578	1578	(E) hiring and training costs; 10
1579	1579	(F) productivity and absenteeism; and 11
1580	1580	(G) the development of emerging indus-12
1581	1581	tries, including those that engage their 13
1582	1582	workforces through technology; and 14
1583	1583	(3) describes the methodology used to generate 15
1584	1584	the information in the report. 16
1585	1585	SEC. 303. SEVERABILITY. 17
1586	1586	If any provision of this Act or the application thereof 18
1587	1587	to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remain-19
1588	1588	der of this Act, or the application of that provision to per-20
1589	1589	sons or circumstances other than those as to which it is 21
1590	1590	held invalid, is not affected thereby. 22
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1593	1593	•HR 20 IH
1594	1594	SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1
1595	1595	There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 2
1596	1596	as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 3
1597	1597	Act and the amendments made by this Act. 4
1598	1598	SEC. 305. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 5
1599	1599	The amendments made under this Act shall not be 6
1600	1600	construed to amend section 274A of the Immigration and 7
1601	1601	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a). 8
1602	1602	SEC. 306. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 9
1603	1603	The amendments made by this Act shall not be con-10
1604	1604	strued to affect the jurisdictional standards of the Na-11
1605	1605	tional Labor Relations Board, including any standards 12
1606	1606	that measure the size of a business with respect to reve-13
1607	1607	nues, that are used to determine whether an industry is 14
1608	1608	affecting commerce for purposes of determining coverage 15
1609	1609	under the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 16
1610	1610	et seq.). 17
1611	1611	SEC. 307. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 18
1612	1612	Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 19
1613	1613	Act shall be construed to affect the privacy of employees 20
1614	1614	with respect to voter lists provided to labor organizations 21
1615	1615	by employers pursuant to elections directed by the Board. 22
1616	1616	SEC. 308. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 23
1617	1617	The amendments made under this Act shall not be 24
1618	1618	construed to affect the definitions of ‘‘employer’’ or ‘‘em-25
1619	1619	ployee’’ under the laws of any State that govern the wages, 26
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1622	1622	•HR 20 IH
1623	1623	work hours, workers’ compensation, or unemployment in-1
1624	1624	surance of employees. 2
1625	1625	SEC. 309. GAO REPORT. 3
1626	1626	(a) I
1627	1627	NGENERAL.—The Comptroller General, through 4
1628	1628	the Government Accountability Office, shall one year after 5
1629	1629	the date of enactment of this Act commence a study on 6
1630	1630	the impact of Section 101(a) and Section 101(b) of this 7
1631	1631	Act regarding— 8
1632	1632	(1) the effect on coverage of employees under of 9
1633	1633	the National Labor Relations Act, and the impact 10
1634	1634	from such change in coverage, on their capacity in 11
1635	1635	various sectors to form unions and collectively bar-12
1636	1636	gain as a means to improve wages, benefits, work-13
1637	1637	place safety, and other working conditions; and 14
1638	1638	(2) the effect on employers and other enter-15
1639	1639	prises regarding the right of employees to organize 16
1640	1640	and collectively bargain over wages, benefits, work-17
1641	1641	place safety, and other working conditions in such 18
1642	1642	sectors. 19
1643	1643	(b) F
1644	1644	ACTORS.—Such study shall identify, compare, 20
1645	1645	and analyze impacts from changes implicated by Section 21
1646	1646	101(a) and Section 101(b) on— 22
1647	1647	(1) flexibility for employees with respect to 23
1648	1648	hours, shifts, assignments and working arrange-24
1649	1649	ments; 25
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1652	1652	•HR 20 IH
1653	1653	(2) rates of compensation, health care, and em-1
1654	1654	ployee benefits; 2
1655	1655	(3) resolution of grievances and disputes, in-3
1656	1656	cluding employers’ ability to terminate and employ-4
1657	1657	ees’ right to due process; 5
1658	1658	(4) use of technology or algorithms, including 6
1659	1659	the adoption of new technology and algorithms; and 7
1660	1660	(5) workplace safety and health. 8
1661	1661	(c) S
1662	1662	TAKEHOLDERINPUT.—In preparing the report, 9
1663	1663	the Government Accountability Office shall gather infor-10
1664	1664	mation from impacted stakeholders, including various 11
1665	1665	business enterprises and labor organizations. In devel-12
1666	1666	oping a list of stakeholders, the Government Account-13
1667	1667	ability Office shall consult with the House Committee on 14
1668	1668	Education and the Workforce and the Senate Committee 15
1669	1669	on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 16
1670	1670	(d) C
1671	1671	ONGRESSIONALREPORT.—Six months after the 17
1672	1672	commencement of the study, the Government Account-18
1673	1673	ability Office shall transmit its findings and report to the 19
1674	1674	Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 20
1675	1675	of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-21
1676	1676	cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and consistent 22
1677	1677	with its policies, make its findings and report available to 23
1678	1678	the public. 24
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1681	1681	•HR 20 IH
1682	1682	(e) PRESIDENTIALCONSIDERATION.—The President, 1
1683	1683	in consultation with the Department of Labor and other 2
1684	1684	agencies as the President deems appropriate, shall, subse-3
1685	1685	quent to the issuance of such report, consider such find-4
1686	1686	ings, and within 60 days may recommend that the House 5
1687	1687	of Representatives and the Senate modify section 101(a) 6
1688	1688	or section 101(b), or both or make no recommendations. 7
1689	1689	(f) S
1690	1690	ENSE OF THEHOUSE OFREPRESENTATIVES.— 8
1691	1691	It is the sense of the House of Representatives that the 9
1692	1692	House of Representatives shall consider whether to accept, 10
1693	1693	reject, or modify any recommendations received under (e), 11
1694	1694	as it deems appropriate. 12
1695	1695	Æ
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