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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	MARCH5, 2025
10	10	Mr. S
11	11	COTTof Virginia (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Ms. BROWN, Ms.
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13	13	OOREof Wisconsin, Ms. WILLIAMSof Georgia, Ms. NORTON, Ms.
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15	15	LAIB, Mr. BISHOP, Mrs. MCIVER, Ms. TITUS, Ms. BONAMICI, Mr.
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17	17	EATING, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. THOMPSONof Mississippi, Ms. LOFGREN,
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19	19	ELAURO, Ms. ANSARI, Mr. MRVAN, Mr. GARAMENDI, Ms.
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21	21	UDZINSKI, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. RAMIREZ, Ms. JOHNSONof Texas, Mr.
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23	23	CGARVEY, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. TAKANO, Mrs. DINGELL, Mr.
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25	25	ORENSEN, Mr. CARSON, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Mr. MULLIN, Ms. MCBRIDE,
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27	27	ARTERof Louisiana, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. GOLD-
28	28	ENof Maine, Ms. SCHOLTEN, Mr. TONKO, Mr. DELUZIO, Mr. NORCROSS,
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30	30	CANLON, Mr. POCAN, Mr. CASAR, Ms. STEVENS, Ms. CLARKEof
31	31	New York, Ms. S
32	32	ALINAS, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. ADAMS, Mr. GRIJALVA,
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34	34	CBATH, Ms. WILSONof Florida, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. CRAIG,
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36	36	AYES, Mr. SOTO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. DAVISof North Carolina,
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38	38	HANEDAR, Mr. MANNION, Ms. OMAR, Mr. VINDMAN, Mr.
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40	40	ESAULNIER, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. TOKUDA, Mrs. SYKES,
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42	42	ATIMER, Ms. HOYLEof Oregon, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Ms.
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44	44	ILLEN, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. PEREZ, Mr. KEN-
45	45	NEDYof New York, Ms. DEXTER, Mr. RILEYof New York, Mr.
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47	47	ORSFORD, Mr. GOLDMANof New York, Mr. SHERMAN, Mr. LYNCH, Ms.
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49	49	ARRAGA´N, Mr. GREENof Texas, Ms. MENG, Ms. ELFRETH, Ms. RAN-
50	50	DALL, Mr. LARSONof Connecticut, Mr. BEYER, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr.
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52	52	HOMPSONof California, Mr. LIEU, Mr. CONAWAY, Ms. BYNUM, Mr.
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54	54	ANDSMAN, Ms. CHU, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. RYAN, Mr. SWALWELL, Mr.
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56	56	EFFRIES, Mrs. TRAHAN, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. TORRESof New York,
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58	58	ELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. NADLER, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. CASTROof
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60	60	VANSof Pennsylvania, Mr. DAVIDSCOTTof Georgia, Ms.
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62	62	INGREE, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RUIZ, Mrs. FOUSHEE, Mr. IVEY, Mr. MAG-
63	63	AZINER, Ms. WASSERMANSCHULTZ, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. DOGGETT, Ms.
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65	65	ORRISON, Mr. GOMEZ, Mr. BOYLEof Pennsylvania, Mr.
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67	67	RISHNAMOORTHI, Mr. CASE, Mr. FROST, Ms. DAVIDSof Kansas, Mr.
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69	69	EASEY, Ms. ROSS, Mr. GARCI´Aof Illinois, Mr. AMO, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr.
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73	73	RASKIN, Ms. CLARKof Massachusetts, Mr. CROW, Mr. BELL, Ms.
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75	75	ALINT, Ms. DELBENE, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. VARGAS, Ms. JACOBS, Mr.
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77	77	ANETTA, Mr. FOSTER, Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCLELLAN, Mr. PALLONE,
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79	79	TRICKLAND, Ms. PETTERSEN, Mr. SMITHof Washington, Ms. LEE
80	80	of Nevada, Mr. M
81	81	OULTON, Mrs. BEATTY, Ms. BROWNLEY, Mr. HARDER
82	82	of California, Mr. S
83	83	UBRAMANYAM, Mr. HOYER, Mr. OLSZEWSKI, Mrs.
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85	85	ORRESof California, Ms. LOISFRANKELof Florida, Ms. DEANof
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87	87	CDONALDRIVET, Mrs. MCCLAINDELANEY, Mr.
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89	89	FUME, Ms. POU, Ms. FRIEDMAN, Mr. MIN, Mr. NEAL, Ms. WATERS,
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91	91	ELLYof Illinois, Ms. GOODLANDER, Mr. GARCIAof California, Ms.
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93	93	SCOBAR, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. CASTEN, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr.
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95	95	OSKOWITZ, Ms. GARCIAof Texas, Mr. MORELLE, Ms. SEWELL, Mr.
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97	97	HANNA, Mr. JACKSONof Illinois, Mr. LARSENof Washington, Mr.
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99	99	GUILAR, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. ESPAILLAT, Mr. STANTON,
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101	101	IMON, Mr. VASQUEZ, Ms. LEGERFERNANDEZ, Mr. HUFFMAN, Ms.
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103	103	IVAS, Mrs. FLETCHER, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. HIMES, Mr. FIGURES, Mr.
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105	105	RAN, Mr. PETERS, Ms. KAMLAGER-DOVE, Mr. DAVISof Illinois, Ms.
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107	107	ASTORof Florida, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. COURTNEY, Ms. PELOSI, Mr.
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109	109	EGUSE, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. GRAY, Mr. CONNOLLY, Mr. WHITESIDES, Mr.
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111	111	ERA, Mr. PAPPAS, Ms. PLASKETT, Ms. UNDERWOOD, Mr. COHEN, and
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113	113	MITHof New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was re-
114	114	ferred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
115	115	A BILL
116	116	To amend the National Labor Relations Act, the Labor
117	117	Management Relations Act, 1947, and the Labor-Man-
118	118	agement Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, and
119	119	for other purposes.
120	120	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
121	121	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
122	122	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
123	123	(a) S
124	124	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
125	125	‘‘Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Organize Act 5
126	126	of 2025’’. 6
127	127	(b) T
128	128	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 7
129	129	this Act is as follows: 8
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133	133	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
134	134	TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS
135	135	ACT
136	136	Sec. 101. Definitions.
137	137	Sec. 102. Reports.
138	138	Sec. 103. Appointment.
139	139	Sec. 104. Unfair labor practices.
140	140	Sec. 105. Representatives and elections.
141	141	Sec. 106. Damages for unfair labor practices.
142	142	Sec. 107. Enforcing compliance with orders of the board.
143	143	Sec. 108. Injunctions against unfair labor practices involving discharge or other
144	144	serious economic harm.
145	145	Sec. 109. Penalties.
146	146	Sec. 110. Limitations on the right to strike.
147	147	Sec. 111. Fair share agreements permitted.
148	148	TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR MANAGEMENT RELA-
149	149	TIONS ACT, 1947, AND THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING
150	150	AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959
151	151	Sec. 201. Conforming amendments to the Labor Management Relations Act,
152	152	1947.
153	153	Sec. 202. Amendments to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act
154	154	of 1959.
155	155	TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS
156	156	Sec. 301. Electronic voting in Union elections.
157	157	Sec. 302. GAO report on sectoral bargaining.
158	158	Sec. 303. Severability.
159	159	Sec. 304. Authorization of appropriations.
160	160	Sec. 305. Rule of Construction.
161	161	Sec. 306. Rule of Construction.
162	162	Sec. 307. Rule of Construction.
163	163	Sec. 308. Rule of Construction.
164	164	Sec. 309. GAO Report.
165	165	TITLE I—AMENDMENTS TO THE 1
166	166	NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS 2
167	167	ACT 3
168	168	SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS. 4
169	169	(a) J
170	170	OINTEMPLOYER.—Section 2(2) of the National 5
171	171	Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(2)) is amended by 6
172	172	adding at the end the following: ‘‘Two or more persons 7
173	173	shall be employers with respect to an employee if each 8
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177	177	such person codetermines or shares control over the em-1
178	178	ployee’s essential terms and conditions of employment. In 2
179	179	determining whether such control exists, the Board or a 3
180	180	court of competent jurisdiction shall consider as relevant 4
181	181	direct control and indirect control over such terms and 5
182	182	conditions, reserved authority to control such terms and 6
183	183	conditions, and control over such terms and conditions ex-7
184	184	ercised by a person in fact: Provided, That nothing herein 8
185	185	precludes a finding that indirect or reserved control stand-9
186	186	ing alone can be sufficient given specific facts and cir-10
187	187	cumstances.’’. 11
188	188	(b) E
189	189	MPLOYEE.—Section 2(3) of the National Labor 12
190	190	Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(3)) is amended by adding 13
191	191	at the end the following: ‘‘An individual performing any 14
192	192	service shall be considered an employee (except as pro-15
193	193	vided in the previous sentence) and not an independent 16
194	194	contractor, unless— 17
195	195	‘‘(A) the individual is free from control and 18
196	196	direction in connection with the performance of 19
197	197	the service, both under the contract for the per-20
198	198	formance of service and in fact; 21
199	199	‘‘(B) the service is performed outside the 22
200	200	usual course of the business of the employer; 23
201	201	and 24
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205	205	‘‘(C) the individual is customarily engaged 1
206	206	in an independently established trade, occupa-2
207	207	tion, profession, or business of the same nature 3
208	208	as that involved in the service performed.’’. 4
209	209	(c) S
210	210	UPERVISOR.—Section 2(11) of the National 5
211	211	Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(11)) is amended— 6
212	212	(1) by inserting ‘‘and for a majority of the indi-7
213	213	vidual’s worktime’’ after ‘‘interest of the employer’’; 8
214	214	(2) by striking ‘‘assign,’’; and 9
215	215	(3) by striking ‘‘or responsibly to direct them,’’. 10
216	216	SEC. 102. REPORTS. 11
217	217	Section 3(c) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 12
218	218	U.S.C. 153(c)) is amended— 13
219	219	(1) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) 14
220	220	The Board’’; and 15
221	221	(2) by adding at the end the following: 16
222	222	‘‘(2) Effective January 1, 2027, section 3003 of the 17
223	223	Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset Act of 1995 18
224	224	(Public Law 104–66; 31 U.S.C. 1113 note) shall not apply 19
225	225	with respect to reports required under this subsection. 20
226	226	‘‘(3) Each report issued under this subsection shall— 21
227	227	‘‘(A) include no less detail than reports issued by the 22
228	228	Board prior to the termination of such reports under sec-23
229	229	tion 3003 of the Federal Reports Elimination and Sunset 24
230	230	Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–66; 31 U.S.C. 1113 note); 25
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234	234	‘‘(B) list each case in which the Designated Agency 1
235	235	Ethics Official provided advice regarding whether a Mem-2
236	236	ber should be recused from participating in a case or rule-3
237	237	making; and 4
238	238	‘‘(C) list each case in which the Designated Agency 5
239	239	Ethics Official determined that a Member should be 6
240	240	recused from participating in a case or rulemaking.’’. 7
241	241	SEC. 103. APPOINTMENT. 8
242	242	Section 4(a) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 9
243	243	U.S.C. 154(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘, or for economic 10
244	244	analysis’’. 11
245	245	SEC. 104. UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES. 12
246	246	Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 13
247	247	U.S.C. 158) is amended— 14
248	248	(1) in subsection (a)— 15
249	249	(A) in paragraph (5), by striking the pe-16
250	250	riod and inserting ‘‘;’’; and 17
251	251	(B) by adding at the end the following: 18
252	252	‘‘(6) to promise, threaten, or take any action— 19
253	253	‘‘(A) to permanently replace an employee 20
254	254	who participates in a strike as defined by sec-21
255	255	tion 501(2) of the Labor Management Rela-22
256	256	tions Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 142(2)); 23
257	257	‘‘(B) to discriminate against an employee 24
258	258	who is working or has unconditionally offered to 25
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262	262	return to work for the employer because the 1
263	263	employee supported or participated in such a 2
264	264	strike; or 3
265	265	‘‘(C) to lockout, suspend, or otherwise 4
266	266	withhold employment from employees in order 5
267	267	to influence the position of such employees or 6
268	268	the representative of such employees in collec-7
269	269	tive bargaining prior to a strike; and 8
270	270	‘‘(7) to communicate or misrepresent to an em-9
271	271	ployee under section 2(3) that such employee is ex-10
272	272	cluded from the definition of employee under section 11
273	273	2(3).’’; 12
274	274	(2) in subsection (b)— 13
275	275	(A) by striking paragraphs (4) and (7); 14
276	276	(B) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and 15
277	277	(6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; 16
278	278	(C) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 17
279	279	by striking ‘‘affected;’’ and inserting ‘‘affected; 18
280	280	and’’; and 19
281	281	(D) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, 20
282	282	by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; 21
283	283	(3) in subsection (c), by striking the period at 22
284	284	the end and inserting the following: ‘‘: Provided, 23
285	285	That it shall be an unfair labor practice under sub-24
286	286	section (a)(1) for any employer to require or coerce 25
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290	290	an employee to attend or participate in such employ-1
291	291	er’s campaign activities unrelated to the employee’s 2
292	292	job duties, including activities that are subject to the 3
293	293	requirements under section 203(b) of the Labor- 4
294	294	Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 5
295	295	(29 U.S.C. 433(b)).’’; 6
296	296	(4) in subsection (d)— 7
297	297	(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 8
298	298	through (4) as subparagraphs (A) through (D), 9
299	299	respectively; 10
300	300	(B) by striking ‘‘For the purposes of this 11
301	301	section’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) For purposes of this 12
302	302	section’’; 13
303	303	(C) by inserting ‘‘and to maintain current 14
304	304	wages, hours, and terms and conditions of em-15
305	305	ployment pending an agreement’’ after ‘‘arising 16
306	306	thereunder’’; 17
307	307	(D) by inserting ‘‘Provided, That an em-18
308	308	ployer’s duty to collectively bargain shall con-19
309	309	tinue absent decertification of the labor organi-20
310	310	zation following an election conducted pursuant 21
311	311	to section 9:’’ after ‘‘making of a concession:’’; 22
312	312	(E) by inserting ‘‘further’’ before ‘‘, That 23
313	313	where there is in effect’’; 24
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317	317	(F) by striking ‘‘The duties imposed’’ and 1
318	318	inserting ‘‘(2) The duties imposed’’; 2
319	319	(G) by striking ‘‘by paragraphs (2), (3), 3
320	320	and (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘by subparagraphs (B), 4
321	321	(C), and (D) of paragraph (1)’’; 5
322	322	(H) by striking ‘‘section 8(d)(1)’’ and in-6
323	323	serting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’; 7
324	324	(I) by striking ‘‘section 8(d)(3)’’ and in-8
325	325	serting ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’ in each place it ap-9
326	326	pears; 10
327	327	(J) by striking ‘‘section 8(d)(4)’’ and in-11
328	328	serting ‘‘paragraph (1)(D)’’; and 12
329	329	(K) by adding at the end the following: 13
330	330	‘‘(3) Whenever collective bargaining is for the pur-14
331	331	pose of establishing an initial collective bargaining agree-15
332	332	ment following certification or recognition of a labor orga-16
333	333	nization, the following shall apply: 17
334	334	‘‘(A) Not later than 10 days after receiving a 18
335	335	written request for collective bargaining from an in-19
336	336	dividual or labor organization that has been newly 20
337	337	recognized or certified as a representative as defined 21
338	338	in section 9(a), or within such further period as the 22
339	339	parties agree upon, the parties shall meet and com-23
340	340	mence to bargain collectively and shall make every 24
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344	344	reasonable effort to conclude and sign a collective 1
345	345	bargaining agreement. 2
346	346	‘‘(B) If after the expiration of the 90-day pe-3
347	347	riod beginning on the date on which bargaining is 4
348	348	commenced, or such additional period as the parties 5
349	349	may agree upon, the parties have failed to reach an 6
350	350	agreement, either party may notify the Federal Me-7
351	351	diation and Conciliation Service of the existence of 8
352	352	a dispute and request mediation. Whenever such a 9
353	353	request is received, it shall be the duty of the Service 10
354	354	promptly to put itself in communication with the 11
355	355	parties and to use its best efforts, by mediation and 12
356	356	conciliation, to bring them to agreement. 13
357	357	‘‘(C) If after the expiration of the 30-day period 14
358	358	beginning on the date on which the request for me-15
359	359	diation is made under subparagraph (B), or such ad-16
360	360	ditional period as the parties may agree upon, the 17
361	361	Service is not able to bring the parties to agreement 18
362	362	by conciliation, the Service shall refer the dispute to 19
363	363	a tripartite arbitration panel established in accord-20
364	364	ance with such regulations as may be prescribed by 21
365	365	the Service, with one member selected by the labor 22
366	366	organization, one member selected by the employer, 23
367	367	and one neutral member mutually agreed to by the 24
368	368	parties. The labor organization and employer must 25
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372	372	each select the members of the tripartite arbitration 1
373	373	panel within 14 days of the Service’s referral; if the 2
374	374	labor organization or employer fail to do so, the 3
375	375	Service shall designate any members not selected by 4
376	376	the labor organization or the employer. A majority 5
377	377	of the tripartite arbitration panel shall render a deci-6
378	378	sion settling the dispute as soon as practicable and 7
379	379	not later than within 120 days, absent extraordinary 8
380	380	circumstances or by agreement or permission of the 9
381	381	parties, and such decision shall be binding upon the 10
382	382	parties for a period of 2 years, unless amended dur-11
383	383	ing such period by written consent of the parties. 12
384	384	Such decision shall be based on— 13
385	385	‘‘(i) the employer’s financial status and 14
386	386	prospects; 15
387	387	‘‘(ii) the size and type of the employer’s 16
388	388	operations and business; 17
389	389	‘‘(iii) the employees’ cost of living; 18
390	390	‘‘(iv) the employees’ ability to sustain 19
391	391	themselves, their families, and their dependents 20
392	392	on the wages and benefits they earn from the 21
393	393	employer; and 22
394	394	‘‘(v) the wages and benefits other employ-23
395	395	ers in the same business provide their employ-24
396	396	ees.’’; 25
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400	400	(5) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-1
401	401	lows: 2
402	402	‘‘(e) Notwithstanding chapter 1 of title 9, United 3
403	403	States Code (commonly known as the ‘Federal Arbitration 4
404	404	Act’), or any other provision of law, it shall be an unfair 5
405	405	labor practice under subsection (a)(1) for any employer— 6
406	406	‘‘(1) to enter into or attempt to enforce any 7
407	407	agreement, express or implied, whereby prior to a 8
408	408	dispute to which the agreement applies, an employee 9
409	409	undertakes or promises not to pursue, bring, join, 10
410	410	litigate, or support any kind of joint, class, or collec-11
411	411	tive claim arising from or relating to the employ-12
412	412	ment of such employee in any forum that, but for 13
413	413	such agreement, is of competent jurisdiction; 14
414	414	‘‘(2) to coerce an employee into undertaking or 15
415	415	promising not to pursue, bring, join, litigate, or sup-16
416	416	port any kind of joint, class, or collective claim aris-17
417	417	ing from or relating to the employment of such em-18
418	418	ployee; or 19
419	419	‘‘(3) to retaliate or threaten to retaliate against 20
420	420	an employee for refusing to undertake or promise 21
421	421	not to pursue, bring, join, litigate, or support any 22
422	422	kind of joint, class, or collective claim arising from 23
423	423	or relating to the employment of such employee: 24
424	424	Provided, That any agreement that violates this sub-25
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428	428	section or results from a violation of this subsection 1
429	429	shall be to such extent unenforceable and void: Pro-2
430	430	vided further, That this subsection shall not apply to 3
431	431	any agreement embodied in or expressly permitted 4
432	432	by a contract between an employer and a labor orga-5
433	433	nization.’’; 6
434	434	(6) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘clause (B) of 7
435	435	the last sentence of section 8(d) of this Act’’ and in-8
436	436	serting ‘‘subsection (d)(2)(B)’’; and 9
437	437	(7) by adding at the end the following: 10
438	438	‘‘(h)(1) The Board shall promulgate regulations re-11
439	439	quiring each employer to post and maintain, in con-12
440	440	spicuous places where notices to employees and applicants 13
441	441	for employment are customarily posted both physically and 14
442	442	electronically, a notice setting forth the rights and protec-15
443	443	tions afforded employees under this Act. The Board shall 16
444	444	make available to the public the form and text of such 17
445	445	notice. The Board shall promulgate regulations requiring 18
446	446	employers to notify each new employee of the information 19
447	447	contained in the notice described in the preceding two sen-20
448	448	tences and to ensure that such notice is provided to em-21
449	449	ployees in a language spoken by such employees. 22
450	450	‘‘(2) Whenever the Board directs an election under 23
451	451	section 9(c) or approves an election agreement, the em-24
452	452	ployer of employees in the bargaining unit shall, not later 25
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456	456	than 2 business days after the Board directs such election 1
457	457	or approves such election agreement, provide a voter list 2
458	458	to a labor organization that has petitioned to represent 3
459	459	such employees. Such voter list shall include the names 4
460	460	of all employees in the bargaining unit and such employ-5
461	461	ees’ home addresses, work locations, shifts, job classifica-6
462	462	tions, and, if available to the employer, personal landline 7
463	463	and mobile telephone numbers, work email addresses, and 8
464	464	personal email addresses; the voter list must be provided 9
465	465	in a searchable electronic format generally approved by the 10
466	466	Board unless the employer certifies that the employer does 11
467	467	not possess the capacity to produce the list in the required 12
468	468	form. Not later than 9 months after the date of enactment 13
469	469	of the Richard L. Trumka Protecting the Right to Orga-14
470	470	nize Act of 2025, the Board shall promulgate regulations 15
471	471	implementing the requirements of this paragraph. 16
472	472	‘‘(i) The rights of an employee under section 7 in-17
473	473	clude the right to use electronic communication devices 18
474	474	and systems (including computers, laptops, tablets, inter-19
475	475	net access, email, cellular telephones, or other company 20
476	476	equipment) of the employer of such employee to engage 21
477	477	in activities protected under section 7 if such employer has 22
478	478	given such employee access to such devices and systems 23
479	479	in the course of the work of such employee, absent a com-24
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483	483	pelling business rationale for denying or limiting such 1
484	484	use.’’. 2
485	485	SEC. 105. REPRESENTATIVES AND ELECTIONS. 3
486	486	Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 4
487	487	U.S.C. 159) is amended— 5
488	488	(1) in subsection (c)— 6
489	489	(A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as 7
490	490	follows: 8
491	491	‘‘(1) Whenever a petition shall have been filed, in ac-9
492	492	cordance with such regulations as may be prescribed by 10
493	493	the Board, by an employee or group of employees or any 11
494	494	individual or labor organization acting in their behalf al-12
495	495	leging that a substantial number of employees (i) wish to 13
496	496	be represented for collective bargaining and that their em-14
497	497	ployer declines to recognize their representative as the rep-15
498	498	resentative defined in section 9(a), or (ii) assert that the 16
499	499	individual or labor organization, which has been certified 17
500	500	or is being recognized by their employer as the bargaining 18
501	501	representative, is no longer a representative as defined in 19
502	502	section 9(a), the Board shall investigate such petition and 20
503	503	if it has reasonable cause to believe that a question of rep-21
504	504	resentation affecting commerce exists shall provide for an 22
505	505	appropriate hearing upon due notice. Such hearing may 23
506	506	be conducted by an officer or employee of the regional of-24
507	507	fice, who shall not make any recommendations with re-25
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511	511	spect thereto. If the Board finds upon the record of such 1
512	512	hearing that such a question of representation exists, it 2
513	513	shall direct an election by secret ballot and shall certify 3
514	514	the results thereof. The Board shall find the labor organi-4
515	515	zation’s proposed unit to be appropriate if the employees 5
516	516	in the proposed unit share a community of interest, and 6
517	517	if the employees outside the unit do not share an over-7
518	518	whelming community of interest with employees inside. At 8
519	519	the request of the labor organization, the Board shall di-9
520	520	rect that the election be conducted through mail, electroni-10
521	521	cally, at the work location, or at a location other than one 11
522	522	owned or controlled by the employer. No employer shall 12
523	523	have standing as a party or to intervene in any representa-13
524	524	tion proceeding under this section.’’; 14
525	525	(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘an eco-15
526	526	nomic strike who are not entitled to reinstate-16
527	527	ment’’ and inserting ‘‘a strike’’; 17
528	528	(C) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 18
529	529	(5) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively; 19
530	530	(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 20
531	531	following: 21
532	532	‘‘(4) If the Board finds that, in an election under 22
533	533	paragraph (1), a majority of the valid votes cast in a unit 23
534	534	appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining have been 24
535	535	cast in favor of representation by the labor organization, 25
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539	539	the Board shall certify the labor organization as the rep-1
540	540	resentative of the employees in such unit and shall issue 2
541	541	an order requiring the employer of such employees to col-3
542	542	lectively bargain with the labor organization in accordance 4
543	543	with section 8(d). This order shall be deemed an order 5
544	544	under section 10(c) of this Act, without need for a deter-6
545	545	mination of an unfair labor practice. 7
546	546	‘‘(5)(A) If the Board finds that, in an election under 8
547	547	paragraph (1), a majority of the valid votes cast in a unit 9
548	548	appropriate for purposes of collective bargaining have not 10
549	549	been cast in favor of representation by the labor organiza-11
550	550	tion, the Board shall certify the results of the election, 12
551	551	subject to subparagraphs (B) and (C). 13
552	552	‘‘(B) In any case in which a majority of the valid 14
553	553	votes cast in a unit appropriate for purposes of collective 15
554	554	bargaining have not been cast in favor of representation 16
555	555	by the labor organization and the Board determines, fol-17
556	556	lowing a post-election hearing, that the employer has com-18
557	557	mitted a violation of this Act or otherwise interfered with 19
558	558	a fair election, and the employer has not demonstrated 20
559	559	that the violation or other interference is unlikely to have 21
560	560	affected the outcome of the election, the Board shall, with-22
561	561	out ordering a new election, set aside the election and cer-23
562	562	tify the labor organization as the representative of the em-24
563	563	ployees in such unit and issue an order requiring the em-25
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567	567	ployer to bargain with the labor organization in accord-1
568	568	ance with section 8(d) if, at any time during the period 2
569	569	beginning 1 year preceding the date of the commencement 3
570	570	of the election and ending on the date upon which the 4
571	571	Board makes the determination of a violation or other in-5
572	572	terference, a majority of the employees in the bargaining 6
573	573	unit have signed authorizations designating the labor or-7
574	574	ganization as their collective bargaining representative. 8
575	575	‘‘(C) In any case where the Board determines that 9
576	576	an election under this paragraph should be set aside, the 10
577	577	Board shall direct a new election with appropriate addi-11
578	578	tional safeguards necessary to ensure a fair election proc-12
579	579	ess, except in cases where the Board issues a bargaining 13
580	580	order under subparagraph (B).’’; and 14
581	581	(E) by inserting after paragraph (7), as so 15
582	582	redesignated, the following: 16
583	583	‘‘(8) Except under extraordinary circumstances— 17
584	584	‘‘(A) a pre-election hearing under this sub-18
585	585	section shall begin not later than 8 days after a no-19
586	586	tice of such hearing is served on the labor organiza-20
587	587	tion and shall continue from day to day until com-21
588	588	pleted; 22
589	589	‘‘(B) a regional director shall transmit the no-23
590	590	tice of election at the same time as the direction of 24
591	591	election, and shall transmit such notice and such di-25
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595	595	rection electronically (including transmission by 1
596	596	email or facsimile) or by overnight mail if electronic 2
597	597	transmission is unavailable; 3
598	598	‘‘(C) not later than 2 days after the service of 4
599	599	the notice of hearing, the employer shall— 5
600	600	‘‘(i) post the Notice of Petition for Elec-6
601	601	tion in conspicuous places, including all places 7
602	602	where notices to employees are customarily 8
603	603	posted; 9
604	604	‘‘(ii) if the employer customarily commu-10
605	605	nicates with employees electronically, distribute 11
606	606	such Notice electronically; and 12
607	607	‘‘(iii) maintain such posting until the peti-13
608	608	tion is dismissed or withdrawn or the Notice of 14
609	609	Petition for Election is replaced by the Notice 15
610	610	of Election; 16
611	611	‘‘(D) regional directors shall schedule elections 17
612	612	for the earliest date practicable, but not later than 18
613	613	the 20th business day after the direction of election; 19
614	614	and 20
615	615	‘‘(E) a post-election hearing under this sub-21
616	616	section shall begin not later than 14 days after the 22
617	617	filing of objections, if any.’’; 23
618	618	(2) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(e) or’’ and 24
619	619	inserting ‘‘(d) or’’; and 25
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623	623	(3) by adding at the end the following: 1
624	624	‘‘(f) The Board shall dismiss any petition for an elec-2
625	625	tion with respect to a bargaining unit or any subdivision 3
626	626	if, during the 12-month period ending on the date on 4
627	627	which the petition is filed— 5
628	628	‘‘(1) the employer has recognized a labor orga-6
629	629	nization without an election and in accordance with 7
630	630	this Act; 8
631	631	‘‘(2) the labor organization and employer en-9
632	632	gaged in their first bargaining session following the 10
633	633	issuance of a bargaining order by the Board; or 11
634	634	‘‘(3) the labor organization and successor em-12
635	635	ployer engaged in their first bargaining session fol-13
636	636	lowing a succession. 14
637	637	‘‘(g) The Board shall dismiss any petition for an elec-15
638	638	tion with respect to a bargaining unit or any subdivision 16
639	639	if there is in effect a lawful written collective bargaining 17
640	640	agreement between the employer and an exclusive rep-18
641	641	resentative covering any employees in the unit specified 19
642	642	in the petition, unless the petition is filed— 20
643	643	‘‘(1) on or after the date that is 3 years after 21
644	644	the date on which the collective bargaining agree-22
645	645	ment took effect; or 23
646	646	‘‘(2) during the 30-day period beginning on the 24
647	647	date that is 90 days before the date that is 3 years 25
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651	651	after the date on which the collective bargaining 1
652	652	agreement took effect. 2
653	653	‘‘(h) The Board shall suspend the processing of any 3
654	654	petition for an election with respect to a bargaining unit 4
655	655	or any subdivision if a labor organization files an unfair 5
656	656	labor practice charge alleging a violation of section 8(a) 6
657	657	and requesting the suspension of a pending petition until 7
658	658	the unlawful conduct, if any, is remedied or the charge 8
659	659	is dismissed unless the Board determines that employees 9
660	660	can, under the circumstances, exercise free choice in an 10
661	661	election despite the unlawful conduct alleged in the 11
662	662	charge.’’. 12
663	663	SEC. 106. DAMAGES FOR UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES. 13
664	664	Section 10(c) of the National Labor Relations Act 14
665	665	(29 U.S.C. 160(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘suffered by 15
666	666	him’’ and inserting ‘‘suffered by such employee: Provided 16
667	667	further, That if the Board finds that an employer has dis-17
668	668	criminated against an employee in violation of paragraph 18
669	669	(3) or (4) of section 8(a) or has committed a violation 19
670	670	of section 8(a) that results in the discharge of an employee 20
671	671	or other serious economic harm to an employee, the Board 21
672	672	shall award the employee back pay without any reduction 22
673	673	(including any reduction based on the employee’s interim 23
674	674	earnings or failure to earn interim earnings), front pay 24
675	675	(when appropriate), full compensation for all direct or 25
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679	679	foreseeable pecuniary harms suffered as a result of the 1
680	680	respondent’s unfair labor practice, and an additional 2
681	681	amount as liquidated damages equal to two times the 3
682	682	amount of damages awarded: Provided further, no relief 4
683	683	under this subsection shall be denied on the basis that the 5
684	684	employee is, or was during the time of relevant employ-6
685	685	ment or during the back pay period, an unauthorized alien 7
686	686	as defined in section 274A(h)(3) of the Immigration and 8
687	687	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(h)(3)) or any other pro-9
688	688	vision of Federal law relating to the unlawful employment 10
689	689	of aliens’’. 11
690	690	SEC. 107. ENFORCING COMPLIANCE WITH ORDERS OF THE 12
691	691	BOARD. 13
692	692	(a) I
693	693	NGENERAL.—Section 10 of the National Labor 14
694	694	Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160) is further amended— 15
695	695	(1) by striking subsection (e); 16
696	696	(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-17
697	697	section (e); 18
698	698	(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-19
699	699	lowing: 20
700	700	‘‘(d)(1) Each order of the Board shall be self-enforc-21
701	701	ing upon issuance of such order, unless otherwise directed 22
702	702	by the Board, and shall remain self-enforcing unless modi-23
703	703	fied by the Board or unless a court of competent jurisdic-24
704	704	tion issues a superseding order. 25
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708	708	‘‘(2) Any person who fails or neglects to obey an 1
709	709	order of the Board shall forfeit and pay to the Board a 2
710	710	civil penalty of not more than $10,000 for each violation, 3
711	711	which shall accrue to the United States and may be recov-4
712	712	ered in a civil action brought by the Board to the district 5
713	713	court of the United States in which the unfair labor prac-6
714	714	tice or other subject of the order occurred, or in which 7
715	715	such person or entity resides or transacts business. No ac-8
716	716	tion by the Board under this paragraph may be made until 9
717	717	30 days following the issuance of an order. Each separate 10
718	718	violation of such an order shall be a separate offense, ex-11
719	719	cept that, in the case of a violation in which a person fails 12
720	720	to obey or neglects to obey a final order of the Board, 13
721	721	each day such failure or neglect continues shall be deemed 14
722	722	a separate offense. 15
723	723	‘‘(3) If, after having provided a person or entity with 16
724	724	notice and an opportunity to be heard regarding a civil 17
725	725	action under paragraph (2) for the enforcement of an 18
726	726	order, the court determines that the order was regularly 19
727	727	made and duly served, and that the person or entity is 20
728	728	in disobedience of the same, the court shall enforce obedi-21
729	729	ence to such order by an injunction or other proper proc-22
730	730	ess, mandatory or otherwise, to— 23
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734	734	‘‘(A) restrain such person or entity or the offi-1
735	735	cers, agents, or representatives of such person or en-2
736	736	tity, from further disobedience to such order; or 3
737	737	‘‘(B) enjoin such person or entity, officers, 4
738	738	agents, or representatives to obedience to the 5
739	739	same.’’; 6
740	740	(4) in subsection (f)— 7
741	741	(A) by striking ‘‘proceed in the same man-8
742	742	ner as in the case of an application by the 9
743	743	Board under subsection (e) of this section,’’ and 10
744	744	inserting ‘‘proceed as provided under paragraph 11
745	745	(2) of this subsection’’; 12
746	746	(B) by striking ‘‘Any’’ and inserting the 13
747	747	following: 14
748	748	‘‘(1) Within 30 days of the issuance of an 15
749	749	order, any’’; and 16
750	750	(C) by adding at the end the following: 17
751	751	‘‘(2) No objection that has not been urged before the 18
752	752	Board, its member, agent, or agency shall be considered 19
753	753	by a court, unless the failure or neglect to urge such objec-20
754	754	tion shall be excused because of extraordinary cir-21
755	755	cumstances. The findings of the Board with respect to 22
756	756	questions of fact if supported by substantial evidence on 23
757	757	the record considered as a whole shall be conclusive. If 24
758	758	either party shall apply to the court for leave to adduce 25
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762	762	additional evidence and shall show to the satisfaction of 1
763	763	the court that such additional evidence is material and 2
764	764	that there were reasonable grounds for the failure to ad-3
765	765	duce such evidence in the hearing before the Board, its 4
766	766	member, agent, or agency, the court may order such addi-5
767	767	tional evidence to be taken before the Board, its member, 6
768	768	agent, or agency, and to be made a part of the record. 7
769	769	The Board may modify its findings as to the facts, or 8
770	770	make new findings, by reason of additional evidence so 9
771	771	taken and filed, and it shall file such modified or new find-10
772	772	ings, which findings with respect to questions of fact if 11
773	773	supported by substantial evidence on the record considered 12
774	774	as a whole shall be conclusive, and shall file its rec-13
775	775	ommendations, if any, for the modification or setting aside 14
776	776	of its original order. Upon the filing of the record with 15
777	777	it the jurisdiction of the court shall be exclusive and its 16
778	778	judgment and decree shall be final, except that the same 17
779	779	shall be subject to review by the appropriate United States 18
780	780	court of appeals if application was made to the district 19
781	781	court, and by the Supreme Court of the United States 20
782	782	upon writ of certiorari or certification as provided in sec-21
783	783	tion 1254 of title 28, United States Code.’’; and 22
784	784	(5) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘subsection 23
785	785	(e) or (f) of this section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 24
786	786	(d) or (f)’’. 25
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790	790	(b) CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.—Section 18 of the 1
791	791	National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 168) is amended 2
792	792	by striking ‘‘section 10(e) or (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-3
793	793	section (d) or (f) of section 10’’. 4
794	794	SEC. 108. INJUNCTIONS AGAINST UNFAIR LABOR PRAC-5
795	795	TICES INVOLVING DISCHARGE OR OTHER SE-6
796	796	RIOUS ECONOMIC HARM. 7
797	797	Section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 8
798	798	U.S.C. 160) is amended— 9
799	799	(1) in subsection (j)— 10
800	800	(A) by striking ‘‘The Board’’ and inserting 11
801	801	‘‘(1) The Board’’; and 12
802	802	(B) by adding at the end the following: 13
803	803	‘‘(2) Notwithstanding subsection (m), whenever it is 14
804	804	charged that an employer has engaged in an unfair labor 15
805	805	practice within the meaning of paragraph (1), (3), or (4) 16
806	806	of section 8(a) that significantly interferes with, restrains, 17
807	807	or coerces employees in the exercise of the rights guaran-18
808	808	teed under section 7, or involves discharge or other serious 19
809	809	economic harm to an employee, the preliminary investiga-20
810	810	tion of such charge shall be made forthwith and given pri-21
811	811	ority over all other cases except cases of like character 22
812	812	in the office where it is filed or to which it is referred. 23
813	813	If, after such investigation, the officer or regional attorney 24
814	814	to whom the matter may be referred has reasonable cause 25
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818	818	to believe such charge is true and that a complaint should 1
819	819	issue, such officer or attorney shall bring a petition for 2
820	820	appropriate temporary relief or restraining order as set 3
821	821	forth in paragraph (1). The district court shall grant the 4
822	822	relief requested unless the court concludes that there is 5
823	823	no reasonable likelihood that the Board will succeed on 6
824	824	the merits of the Board’s claim.’’; and 7
825	825	(2) by repealing subsections (k) and (l). 8
826	826	SEC. 109. PENALTIES. 9
827	827	(a) I
828	828	NGENERAL.—Section 12 of the National Labor 10
829	829	Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 162) is amended— 11
830	830	(1) by striking ‘‘S
831	831	EC. 12. Any person’’ and in-12
832	832	serting the following: 13
833	833	‘‘SEC. 12. PENALTIES. 14
834	834	‘‘(a) V
835	835	IOLATIONS FOR INTERFERENCE WITH 15
836	836	B
837	837	OARD.—Any person’’; and 16
838	838	(2) by adding at the end the following: 17
839	839	‘‘(b) V
840	840	IOLATIONS FORPOSTINGREQUIREMENTS AND 18
841	841	V
842	842	OTERLIST.—If the Board, or any agent or agency des-19
843	843	ignated by the Board for such purposes, determines that 20
844	844	an employer has violated section 8(h) or regulations issued 21
845	845	thereunder, the Board shall— 22
846	846	‘‘(1) state the findings of fact supporting such 23
847	847	determination; 24
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851	851	‘‘(2) issue and cause to be served on such em-1
852	852	ployer an order requiring that such employer comply 2
853	853	with section 8(h) or regulations issued thereunder; 3
854	854	and 4
855	855	‘‘(3) impose a civil penalty in an amount deter-5
856	856	mined appropriate by the Board, except that in no 6
857	857	case shall the amount of such penalty exceed $500 7
858	858	for each such violation. 8
859	859	‘‘(c) C
860	860	IVILPENALTIES FORVIOLATIONS.— 9
861	861	‘‘(1) I
862	862	N GENERAL.—Any employer who commits 10
863	863	an unfair labor practice within the meaning of sec-11
864	864	tion 8(a) shall, in addition to any remedy ordered by 12
865	865	the Board, be subject to a civil penalty in an amount 13
866	866	not to exceed $50,000 for each violation, except 14
867	867	that, with respect to an unfair labor practice within 15
868	868	the meaning of paragraph (3) or (4) of section 8(a) 16
869	869	or a violation of section 8(a) that results in the dis-17
870	870	charge of an employee or other serious economic 18
871	871	harm to an employee, the Board shall double the 19
872	872	amount of such penalty, to an amount not to exceed 20
873	873	$100,000, in any case where the employer has with-21
874	874	in the preceding 5 years committed another such 22
875	875	violation. 23
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879	879	‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the 1
880	880	amount of any civil penalty under this subsection, 2
881	881	the Board shall consider— 3
882	882	‘‘(A) the gravity of the unfair labor prac-4
883	883	tice; 5
884	884	‘‘(B) the impact of the unfair labor prac-6
885	885	tice on the charging party, on other persons 7
886	886	seeking to exercise rights guaranteed by this 8
887	887	Act, and on the public interest; and 9
888	888	‘‘(C) the gross income of the employer. 10
889	889	‘‘(3) D
890	890	IRECTOR AND OFFICER LIABILITY .—If 11
891	891	the Board determines, based on the particular facts 12
892	892	and circumstances presented, that a director or offi-13
893	893	cer’s personal liability is warranted, a civil penalty 14
894	894	for a violation described in this subsection may also 15
895	895	be assessed against any director or officer of the em-16
896	896	ployer who directed or committed the violation, had 17
897	897	established a policy that led to such a violation, or 18
898	898	had actual or constructive knowledge of and the au-19
899	899	thority to prevent the violation and failed to prevent 20
900	900	the violation. 21
901	901	‘‘(d) R
902	902	IGHT TOCIVILACTION.— 22
903	903	‘‘(1) I
904	904	N GENERAL.—Any person who is injured 23
905	905	by reason of a violation of paragraph (1), (3), or (4) 24
906	906	of section 8(a) may, after 60 days following the fil-25
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910	910	ing of a charge with the Board alleging an unfair 1
911	911	labor practice, bring a civil action in the appropriate 2
912	912	district court of the United States against the em-3
913	913	ployer within 90 days after the expiration of the 60- 4
914	914	day period or the date the Board notifies the person 5
915	915	that no complaint shall issue, whichever occurs ear-6
916	916	lier, provided that the Board has not filed a petition 7
917	917	under section 10(j) of this Act prior to the expira-8
918	918	tion of the 60-day period. No relief under this sub-9
919	919	section shall be denied on the basis that the em-10
920	920	ployee is, or was during the time of relevant employ-11
921	921	ment or during the back pay period, an unauthor-12
922	922	ized alien as defined in section 274A(h)(3) of the 13
923	923	Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 14
924	924	1324a(h)(3)) or any other provision of Federal law 15
925	925	relating to the unlawful employment of aliens. 16
926	926	‘‘(2) A
927	927	VAILABLE RELIEF.—Relief granted in an 17
928	928	action under paragraph (1) may include— 18
929	929	‘‘(A) back pay without any reduction, in-19
930	930	cluding any reduction based on the employee’s 20
931	931	interim earnings or failure to earn interim earn-21
932	932	ings; 22
933	933	‘‘(B) front pay (when appropriate); 23
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937	937	‘‘(C) all direct or foreseeable pecuniary 1
938	938	harms suffered as a result of the unfair labor 2
939	939	practice; 3
940	940	‘‘(D) an additional amount as liquidated 4
941	941	damages equal to two times the cumulative 5
942	942	amount of damages awarded under subpara-6
943	943	graphs (A) through (C); 7
944	944	‘‘(E) in appropriate cases, punitive dam-8
945	945	ages in accordance with paragraph (4); and 9
946	946	‘‘(F) any other relief authorized by section 10
947	947	706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 11
948	948	U.S.C. 2000e–5(g)) or by section 1977A(b) of 12
949	949	the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1981a(b)). 13
950	950	‘‘(3) A
951	951	TTORNEY’S FEES.—In any civil action 14
952	952	under this subsection, the court may allow the pre-15
953	953	vailing party a reasonable attorney’s fee (including 16
954	954	expert fees) and other reasonable costs associated 17
955	955	with maintaining the action. 18
956	956	‘‘(4) P
957	957	UNITIVE DAMAGES.—In awarding puni-19
958	958	tive damages under paragraph (2)(E), the court 20
959	959	shall consider— 21
960	960	‘‘(A) the gravity of the unfair labor prac-22
961	961	tice; 23
962	962	‘‘(B) the impact of the unfair labor prac-24
963	963	tice on the charging party, on other persons 25
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967	967	seeking to exercise rights guaranteed by this 1
968	968	Act, and on the public interest; and 2
969	969	‘‘(C) the gross income of the employer.’’. 3
970	970	(b) C
971	971	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.—Section 10(b) of 4
972	972	the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160(b)) is 5
973	973	amended— 6
974	974	(1) by striking ‘‘six months’’ and inserting 7
975	975	‘‘180 days’’; and 8
976	976	(2) by striking ‘‘the six-month period’’ and in-9
977	977	serting ‘‘the 180-day period’’. 10
978	978	SEC. 110. LIMITATIONS ON THE RIGHT TO STRIKE. 11
979	979	Section 13 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 12
980	980	U.S.C. 163) is amended by striking the period at the end 13
981	981	and inserting the following: ‘‘: Provided, That the dura-14
982	982	tion, scope, frequency, or intermittence of any strike or 15
983	983	strikes shall not render such strike or strikes unprotected 16
984	984	or prohibited.’’. 17
985	985	SEC. 111. FAIR SHARE AGREEMENTS PERMITTED. 18
986	986	Section 14(b) of the National Labor Relations Act 19
987	987	(29 U.S.C. 164(b)) is amended by striking the period at 20
988	988	the end and inserting the following: ‘‘: Provided, That col-21
989	989	lective bargaining agreements providing that all employees 22
990	990	in a bargaining unit shall contribute fees to a labor organi-23
991	991	zation for the cost of representation, collective bargaining, 24
992	992	contract enforcement, and related expenditures as a condi-25
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996	996	tion of employment shall be valid and enforceable notwith-1
997	997	standing any State or Territorial law.’’. 2
998	998	TITLE II—AMENDMENTS TO THE 3
999	999	LABOR MANAGEMENT RELA-4
1000	1000	TIONS ACT, 1947, AND THE 5
1001	1001	LABOR-MANAGEMENT RE-6
1002	1002	PORTING AND DISCLOSURE 7
1003	1003	ACT OF 1959 8
1004	1004	SEC. 201. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR MAN-9
1005	1005	AGEMENT RELATIONS ACT, 1947. 10
1006	1006	The Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, is 11
1007	1007	amended— 12
1008	1008	(1) in section 213(a) (29 U.S.C. 183(a)), by 13
1009	1009	striking ‘‘clause (A) of the last sentence of section 14
1010	1010	8(d) (which is required by clause (3) of such section 15
1011	1011	8(d)), or within 10 days after the notice under 16
1012	1012	clause (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8(d)(2)(A) of the 17
1013	1013	National Labor Relations Act (which is required by 18
1014	1014	section 8(d)(1)(C) of such Act), or within 10 days 19
1015	1015	after the notice under section 8(d)(2)(B) of such 20
1016	1016	Act’’; and 21
1017	1017	(2) by repealing section 303 (29 U.S.C. 187). 22
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1021	1021	SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RE-1
1022	1022	PORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959. 2
1023	1023	(a) I
1024	1024	NGENERAL.—Section 203(c) of the Labor-Man-3
1025	1025	agement Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 4
1026	1026	433(c)) is amended by striking the period at the end and 5
1027	1027	inserting the following ‘‘: Provided, That this subsection 6
1028	1028	shall not exempt from the requirements of this section any 7
1029	1029	arrangement or part of an arrangement in which a party 8
1030	1030	agrees, for an object described in subsection (b)(1), to plan 9
1031	1031	or conduct employee meetings; train supervisors or em-10
1032	1032	ployer representatives to conduct meetings; coordinate or 11
1033	1033	direct activities of supervisors or employer representatives; 12
1034	1034	establish or facilitate employee committees; identify em-13
1035	1035	ployees for disciplinary action, reward, or other targeting; 14
1036	1036	or draft or revise employer personnel policies, speeches, 15
1037	1037	presentations, or other written, recorded, or electronic 16
1038	1038	communications to be delivered or disseminated to employ-17
1039	1039	ees.’’. 18
1040	1040	(b) W
1041	1041	HISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS.—The Labor- 19
1042	1042	Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 20
1043	1043	U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is further amended— 21
1044	1044	(1) by redesignating section 611 (29 U.S.C. 22
1045	1045	531) as section 612; and 23
1046	1046	(2) by inserting after section 610 (29 U.S.C. 24
1047	1047	530), the following new section: 25
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1051	1051	‘‘SEC. 611. WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTIONS. 1
1052	1052	‘‘(a) I
1053	1053	NGENERAL.—No employer or labor organiza-2
1054	1054	tion shall terminate or in any other way discriminate 3
1055	1055	against, or cause to be terminated or discriminated 4
1056	1056	against, any applicant, covered employee, or former cov-5
1057	1057	ered employee, of the employer or the labor organization 6
1058	1058	by reason of the fact that such applicant, covered em-7
1059	1059	ployee, or former covered employee does, or the employer 8
1060	1060	or labor organization perceives the employee to do, any 9
1061	1061	of the following: 10
1062	1062	‘‘(1) Provide, cause to be provided, or is about 11
1063	1063	to provide or cause to be provided, information to 12
1064	1064	the labor organization, the employer, the Depart-13
1065	1065	ment of Labor, or any other State, local, or Federal 14
1066	1066	Government authority or law enforcement agency re-15
1067	1067	lating to any violation of, or any act or omission 16
1068	1068	that such employee reasonably believes to be a viola-17
1069	1069	tion of, any provision of this Act. 18
1070	1070	‘‘(2) Testify or plan to testify or otherwise par-19
1071	1071	ticipate in any proceeding resulting from the admin-20
1072	1072	istration or enforcement of any provision of this Act. 21
1073	1073	‘‘(3) File, institute, or cause to be filed or insti-22
1074	1074	tuted, any proceeding under this Act. 23
1075	1075	‘‘(4) Assist in any activity described in para-24
1076	1076	graphs (1) through (3). 25
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1080	1080	‘‘(5) Object to, or refuse to participate in, any 1
1081	1081	activity, policy, practice, or assigned task that such 2
1082	1082	covered employee reasonably believes to be in viola-3
1083	1083	tion of any provision of this Act. 4
1084	1084	‘‘(b) D
1085	1085	EFINITION OFCOVEREDEMPLOYEE.—For the 5
1086	1086	purposes of this section, the term ‘covered employee’ 6
1087	1087	means any employee or agent of an employer or labor or-7
1088	1088	ganization, including any person with management re-8
1089	1089	sponsibilities on behalf of the employer or labor organiza-9
1090	1090	tion. 10
1091	1091	‘‘(c) P
1092	1092	ROCEDURES AND TIMETABLES.— 11
1093	1093	‘‘(1) C
1094	1094	OMPLAINT.— 12
1095	1095	‘‘(A) I
1096	1096	N GENERAL.—An applicant, covered 13
1097	1097	employee, or former covered employee who be-14
1098	1098	lieves that he or she has been terminated or in 15
1099	1099	any other way discriminated against by any 16
1100	1100	person in violation of subsection (a) may file (or 17
1101	1101	have any person file on his or her behalf) a 18
1102	1102	complaint with the Secretary of Labor alleging 19
1103	1103	such violation. Such a complaint must be filed 20
1104	1104	not later than either— 21
1105	1105	‘‘(i) 180 days after the date on which 22
1106	1106	such alleged violation occurs; or 23
1107	1107	‘‘(ii) 180 days after the date upon 24
1108	1108	which the employee knows or should rea-25
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1112	1112	sonably have known that such alleged vio-1
1113	1113	lation in subsection (a) occurred. 2
1114	1114	‘‘(B) A
1115	1115	CTIONS OF SECRETARY OF 3
1116	1116	LABOR.—Upon receipt of such a complaint, the 4
1117	1117	Secretary of Labor shall notify, in writing, the 5
1118	1118	person named in the complaint who is alleged 6
1119	1119	to have committed the violation, of— 7
1120	1120	‘‘(i) the filing of the complaint; 8
1121	1121	‘‘(ii) the allegations contained in the 9
1122	1122	complaint; 10
1123	1123	‘‘(iii) the substance of evidence sup-11
1124	1124	porting the complaint; and 12
1125	1125	‘‘(iv) opportunities that will be af-13
1126	1126	forded to such person under paragraph 14
1127	1127	(2). 15
1128	1128	‘‘(2) I
1129	1129	NVESTIGATION BY SECRETARY OF 16
1130	1130	LABOR.— 17
1131	1131	‘‘(A) I
1132	1132	N GENERAL.—Not later than 60 18
1133	1133	days after the date of receipt of a complaint 19
1134	1134	filed under paragraph (1), and after affording 20
1135	1135	the complainant and the person named in the 21
1136	1136	complaint who is alleged to have committed the 22
1137	1137	violation that is the basis for the complaint an 23
1138	1138	opportunity to submit to the Secretary of Labor 24
1139	1139	a written response to the complaint and an op-25
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1143	1143	portunity to meet with a representative of the 1
1144	1144	Secretary of Labor to present statements from 2
1145	1145	witnesses, the Secretary of Labor shall— 3
1146	1146	‘‘(i) initiate an investigation and de-4
1147	1147	termine whether there is reasonable cause 5
1148	1148	to believe that the complaint has merit; 6
1149	1149	and 7
1150	1150	‘‘(ii) notify the complainant and the 8
1151	1151	person alleged to have committed the viola-9
1152	1152	tion of subsection (a), in writing, of such 10
1153	1153	determination. 11
1154	1154	‘‘(B) G
1155	1155	ROUNDS FOR DETERMINATION OF 12
1156	1156	COMPLAINTS.—The Secretary of Labor shall 13
1157	1157	dismiss a complaint filed under this subsection, 14
1158	1158	and shall not conduct an investigation otherwise 15
1159	1159	required under subparagraph (A), unless the 16
1160	1160	complainant makes a prima facie showing that 17
1161	1161	any behavior described in paragraphs (1) 18
1162	1162	through (5) of subsection (a) was a contrib-19
1163	1163	uting factor in the unfavorable personnel action 20
1164	1164	alleged in the complaint. 21
1165	1165	‘‘(3) B
1166	1166	URDENS OF PROOF.— 22
1167	1167	‘‘(A) C
1168	1168	RITERIA FOR DETERMINATION .—In 23
1169	1169	making a determination or adjudicating a com-24
1170	1170	plaint pursuant to this subsection, the Sec-25
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1174	1174	retary, an administrative law judge, or a court 1
1175	1175	may determine that a violation of subsection (a) 2
1176	1176	has occurred only if the complainant dem-3
1177	1177	onstrates that any conduct described in sub-4
1178	1178	section (a) with respect to the complainant was 5
1179	1179	a contributing factor in the adverse action al-6
1180	1180	leged in the complaint. 7
1181	1181	‘‘(B) P
1182	1182	ROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding sub-8
1183	1183	paragraph (A), a decision or order that is favor-9
1184	1184	able to the complainant shall not be issued in 10
1185	1185	any administrative or judicial action pursuant 11
1186	1186	to this subsection if the respondent dem-12
1187	1187	onstrates by clear and convincing evidence that 13
1188	1188	the respondent would have taken the same ad-14
1189	1189	verse action in the absence of such conduct. 15
1190	1190	‘‘(C) N
1191	1191	OTICE OF RELIEF AVAILABLE .—If 16
1192	1192	the Secretary of Labor concludes that there is 17
1193	1193	reasonable cause to believe that a violation of 18
1194	1194	subsection (a) has occurred, the Secretary of 19
1195	1195	Labor shall, together with the notice under 20
1196	1196	paragraph (2)(A)(ii), issue a preliminary order 21
1197	1197	providing the relief prescribed by paragraph 22
1198	1198	(4)(B). 23
1199	1199	‘‘(D) R
1200	1200	EQUEST FOR HEARING .—Not later 24
1201	1201	than 30 days after the date of receipt of notifi-25
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1205	1205	cation of a determination of the Secretary of 1
1206	1206	Labor under this paragraph, either the person 2
1207	1207	alleged to have committed the violation or the 3
1208	1208	complainant may file objections to the findings 4
1209	1209	or preliminary order, or both, and request a 5
1210	1210	hearing on the record. The filing of such objec-6
1211	1211	tions shall not operate to stay any reinstate-7
1212	1212	ment remedy contained in the preliminary 8
1213	1213	order. Any such hearing shall be conducted ex-9
1214	1214	peditiously, and if a hearing is not requested in 10
1215	1215	such 30-day period, the preliminary order shall 11
1216	1216	be deemed a final order that is not subject to 12
1217	1217	judicial review. 13
1218	1218	‘‘(E) P
1219	1219	ROCEDURES.— 14
1220	1220	‘‘(i) I
1221	1221	N GENERAL.—A hearing re-15
1222	1222	quested under this paragraph shall be con-16
1223	1223	ducted expeditiously and in accordance 17
1224	1224	with rules established by the Secretary for 18
1225	1225	hearings conducted by administrative law 19
1226	1226	judges. 20
1227	1227	‘‘(ii) S
1228	1228	UBPOENAS; PRODUCTION OF 21
1229	1229	EVIDENCE.— In conducting any such hear-22
1230	1230	ing, the administrative law judge may issue 23
1231	1231	subpoenas. The respondent or complainant 24
1232	1232	may request the issuance of subpoenas 25
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1236	1236	that require the deposition of, or the at-1
1237	1237	tendance and testimony of, witnesses and 2
1238	1238	the production of any evidence (including 3
1239	1239	any books, papers, documents, or record-4
1240	1240	ings) relating to the matter under consid-5
1241	1241	eration. 6
1242	1242	‘‘(4) I
1243	1243	SSUANCE OF FINAL ORDERS ; REVIEW 7
1244	1244	PROCEDURES.— 8
1245	1245	‘‘(A) T
1246	1246	IMING.—Not later than 120 days 9
1247	1247	after the date of conclusion of any hearing 10
1248	1248	under paragraph (2), the Secretary of Labor 11
1249	1249	shall issue a final order providing the relief pre-12
1250	1250	scribed by this paragraph or denying the com-13
1251	1251	plaint. At any time before issuance of a final 14
1252	1252	order, a proceeding under this subsection may 15
1253	1253	be terminated on the basis of a settlement 16
1254	1254	agreement entered into by the Secretary of 17
1255	1255	Labor, the complainant, and the person alleged 18
1256	1256	to have committed the violation. 19
1257	1257	‘‘(B) A
1258	1258	VAILABLE RELIEF.— 20
1259	1259	‘‘(i) O
1260	1260	RDER OF SECRETARY OF 21
1261	1261	LABOR.—If, in response to a complaint 22
1262	1262	filed under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 23
1263	1263	Labor determines that a violation of sub-24
1264	1264	section (a) has occurred, the Secretary of 25
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1268	1268	Labor shall order the person who com-1
1269	1269	mitted such violation— 2
1270	1270	‘‘(I) to take affirmative action to 3
1271	1271	abate the violation; 4
1272	1272	‘‘(II) to reinstate the complain-5
1273	1273	ant to his or her former position, to-6
1274	1274	gether with compensation (including 7
1275	1275	back pay with interest) and restore 8
1276	1276	the terms, conditions, and privileges 9
1277	1277	associated with his or her employ-10
1278	1278	ment; 11
1279	1279	‘‘(III) to provide compensatory 12
1280	1280	damages to the complainant; and 13
1281	1281	‘‘(IV) expungement of all warn-14
1282	1282	ings, reprimands, or derogatory ref-15
1283	1283	erences that have been placed in 16
1284	1284	paper or electronic records or data-17
1285	1285	bases of any type relating to the ac-18
1286	1286	tions by the complainant that gave 19
1287	1287	rise to the unfavorable personnel ac-20
1288	1288	tion, and, at the complainant’s direc-21
1289	1289	tion, transmission of a copy of the de-22
1290	1290	cision on the complaint to any person 23
1291	1291	whom the complainant reasonably be-24
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1295	1295	lieves may have received such unfavor-1
1296	1296	able information. 2
1297	1297	‘‘(ii) C
1298	1298	OSTS AND EXPENSES .—If an 3
1299	1299	order is issued under clause (i), the Sec-4
1300	1300	retary of Labor, at the request of the com-5
1301	1301	plainant, shall assess against the person 6
1302	1302	against whom the order is issued, a sum 7
1303	1303	equal to the aggregate amount of all costs 8
1304	1304	and expenses (including attorney fees and 9
1305	1305	expert witness fees) reasonably incurred, 10
1306	1306	as determined by the Secretary of Labor, 11
1307	1307	by the complainant for, or in connection 12
1308	1308	with, the bringing of the complaint upon 13
1309	1309	which the order was issued. 14
1310	1310	‘‘(C) F
1311	1311	RIVOLOUS CLAIMS.—If the Sec-15
1312	1312	retary of Labor finds that a complaint under 16
1313	1313	paragraph (1) is frivolous or has been brought 17
1314	1314	in bad faith, the Secretary of Labor may award 18
1315	1315	to the prevailing employer or labor organization 19
1316	1316	a reasonable attorney fee, not exceeding $1,000, 20
1317	1317	to be paid by the complainant. 21
1318	1318	‘‘(D) D
1319	1319	E NOVO REVIEW.— 22
1320	1320	‘‘(i) F
1321	1321	AILURE OF THE SECRETARY TO 23
1322	1322	ACT.—If the Secretary of Labor has not 24
1323	1323	issued a final order within 270 days after 25
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1327	1327	the date of filing of a complaint under this 1
1328	1328	subsection, or within 90 days after the 2
1329	1329	date of receipt of a written determination, 3
1330	1330	the complainant may bring an action at 4
1331	1331	law or equity for de novo review in the ap-5
1332	1332	propriate district court of the United 6
1333	1333	States having jurisdiction, which shall have 7
1334	1334	jurisdiction over such an action without re-8
1335	1335	gard to the amount in controversy, and 9
1336	1336	which action shall, at the request of either 10
1337	1337	party to such action, be tried by the court 11
1338	1338	with a jury. 12
1339	1339	‘‘(ii) P
1340	1340	ROCEDURES.—A proceeding 13
1341	1341	under clause (i) shall be governed by the 14
1342	1342	same legal burdens of proof specified in 15
1343	1343	paragraph (3). The court shall have juris-16
1344	1344	diction to grant all relief necessary to 17
1345	1345	make the employee whole, including injunc-18
1346	1346	tive relief and compensatory damages, in-19
1347	1347	cluding— 20
1348	1348	‘‘(I) reinstatement with the same 21
1349	1349	seniority status that the employee 22
1350	1350	would have had, but for the discharge 23
1351	1351	or discrimination; 24
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1355	1355	‘‘(II) the amount of back pay, 1
1356	1356	with interest; 2
1357	1357	‘‘(III) compensation for any spe-3
1358	1358	cial damages sustained as a result of 4
1359	1359	the discharge or discrimination, in-5
1360	1360	cluding litigation costs, expert witness 6
1361	1361	fees, and reasonable attorney fees; 7
1362	1362	and 8
1363	1363	‘‘(IV) expungement of all warn-9
1364	1364	ings, reprimands, or derogatory ref-10
1365	1365	erences that have been placed in 11
1366	1366	paper or electronic records or data-12
1367	1367	bases of any type relating to the ac-13
1368	1368	tions by the complainant that gave 14
1369	1369	rise to the unfavorable personnel ac-15
1370	1370	tion, and, at the complainant’s direc-16
1371	1371	tion, transmission of a copy of the de-17
1372	1372	cision on the complaint to any person 18
1373	1373	whom the complainant reasonably be-19
1374	1374	lieves may have received such unfavor-20
1375	1375	able information. 21
1376	1376	‘‘(E) O
1377	1377	THER APPEALS.—Unless the com-22
1378	1378	plainant brings an action under subparagraph 23
1379	1379	(D), any person adversely affected or aggrieved 24
1380	1380	by a final order issued under subparagraph (A) 25
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1384	1384	may file a petition for review of the order in the 1
1385	1385	United States Court of Appeals for the circuit 2
1386	1386	in which the violation with respect to which the 3
1387	1387	order was issued, allegedly occurred or the cir-4
1388	1388	cuit in which the complainant resided on the 5
1389	1389	date of such violation, not later than 60 days 6
1390	1390	after the date of the issuance of the final order 7
1391	1391	of the Secretary of Labor under subparagraph 8
1392	1392	(A). Review shall conform to chapter 7 of title 9
1393	1393	5, United States Code. The commencement of 10
1394	1394	proceedings under this subparagraph shall not, 11
1395	1395	unless ordered by the court, operate as a stay 12
1396	1396	of the order. An order of the Secretary of 13
1397	1397	Labor with respect to which review could have 14
1398	1398	been obtained under this subparagraph shall 15
1399	1399	not be subject to judicial review in any criminal 16
1400	1400	or other civil proceeding. 17
1401	1401	‘‘(5) F
1402	1402	AILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER .— 18
1403	1403	‘‘(A) A
1404	1404	CTIONS BY THE SECRETARY .—If 19
1405	1405	any person has failed to comply with a final 20
1406	1406	order issued under paragraph (4), the Secretary 21
1407	1407	of Labor may file a civil action in the United 22
1408	1408	States district court for the district in which 23
1409	1409	the violation was found to have occurred, or in 24
1410	1410	the United States district court for the District 25
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1414	1414	of Columbia, to enforce such order. In actions 1
1415	1415	brought under this paragraph, the district 2
1416	1416	courts shall have jurisdiction to grant all appro-3
1417	1417	priate relief including injunctive relief, compen-4
1418	1418	satory and punitive damages. 5
1419	1419	‘‘(B) C
1420	1420	IVIL ACTIONS TO COMPEL COMPLI -6
1421	1421	ANCE.—A person on whose behalf an order was 7
1422	1422	issued under paragraph (4) may commence a 8
1423	1423	civil action against the person to whom such 9
1424	1424	order was issued to require compliance with 10
1425	1425	such order. The appropriate United States dis-11
1426	1426	trict court shall have jurisdiction, without re-12
1427	1427	gard to the amount in controversy or the citi-13
1428	1428	zenship of the parties, to enforce such order. 14
1429	1429	‘‘(C) A
1430	1430	WARD OF COSTS AUTHORIZED .— 15
1431	1431	The court, in issuing any final order under this 16
1432	1432	paragraph, may award costs of litigation (in-17
1433	1433	cluding reasonable attorney and expert witness 18
1434	1434	fees) to any party, whenever the court deter-19
1435	1435	mines such award is appropriate. 20
1436	1436	‘‘(D) M
1437	1437	ANDAMUS PROCEEDINGS .—Any 21
1438	1438	nondiscretionary duty imposed by this section 22
1439	1439	shall be enforceable in a mandamus proceeding 23
1440	1440	brought under section 1361 of title 28, United 24
1441	1441	States Code. 25
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1445	1445	‘‘(d) UNENFORCEABILITY OF CERTAINAGREE-1
1446	1446	MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 2
1447	1447	rights and remedies provided for in this section may not 3
1448	1448	be waived by any agreement, policy, form, or condition of 4
1449	1449	employment, including by any predispute arbitration 5
1450	1450	agreement. 6
1451	1451	‘‘(e) S
1452	1452	AVINGS.—Nothing in this section shall be con-7
1453	1453	strued to diminish the rights, privileges, or remedies of 8
1454	1454	any employee who exercises rights under any Federal or 9
1455	1455	State law or common law, or under any collective bar-10
1456	1456	gaining agreement.’’. 11
1457	1457	(c) P
1458	1458	UBLICAVAILABILITY OFINFORMATION.—Sec-12
1459	1459	tion 203(b) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Dis-13
1460	1460	closure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 433(b)) is amended in the 14
1461	1461	matter following paragraph (2) by striking the period at 15
1462	1462	the end and inserting ‘‘and shall make such information 16
1463	1463	available to the public in a readily accessible and search-17
1464	1464	able electronic format, and through a secure software ap-18
1465	1465	plication for use on an electronic device.’’. 19
1466	1466	TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 20
1467	1467	SEC. 301. ELECTRONIC VOTING IN UNION ELECTIONS. 21
1468	1468	(a) I
1469	1469	NGENERAL.— 22
1470	1470	(1) E
1471	1471	LECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM .—Notwith-23
1472	1472	standing any other provision of law, subject to the 24
1473	1473	provisions of this section, not later than 1 year after 25
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1477	1477	the date of the enactment of this Act, the National 1
1478	1478	Labor Relations Board shall implement a system 2
1479	1479	and procedures to conduct representation elections 3
1480	1480	remotely using an electronic voting system. 4
1481	1481	(2) P
1482	1482	ROCEDURES.—The procedures under para-5
1483	1483	graph (1) shall ensure that each employee voting in 6
1484	1484	a representation election may choose to cast a vote 7
1485	1485	using either an internet voting system or a telephone 8
1486	1486	voting system. 9
1487	1487	(b) R
1488	1488	EPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 10
1489	1489	of the enactment of this Act, and in each subsequent re-11
1490	1490	port under section 3(c) of the National Labor Relations 12
1491	1491	Act (29 U.S.C. 153(c)), the Board shall submit to Con-13
1492	1492	gress a report containing a description of the following: 14
1493	1493	(1) For each representation petition under sec-15
1494	1494	tion 9 of the National Labor Relations Act filed— 16
1495	1495	(A) the case name and case number; 17
1496	1496	(B) the number of days between the peti-18
1497	1497	tion and the election; 19
1498	1498	(C) the number of days between the stipu-20
1499	1499	lation or direction of election and the election; 21
1500	1500	(D) the method of the election; 22
1501	1501	(E) the results of the election; and 23
1502	1502	(F) the number of eligible voters, the num-24
1503	1503	ber of voters participating in the election, and 25
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1507	1507	the method by which each of the voters sub-1
1508	1508	mitted their vote. 2
1509	1509	(2) The total cost of conducting all elections the 3
1510	1510	Board conducted through the system and procedures 4
1511	1511	required by subsection (a). 5
1512	1512	(c) D
1513	1513	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 6
1514	1514	(1) E
1515	1515	LECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM .—The term 7
1516	1516	‘‘electronic voting system’’— 8
1517	1517	(A) includes an internet voting system and 9
1518	1518	a telephone voting system; and 10
1519	1519	(B) does not include machines used for 11
1520	1520	casting votes at a polling site or an electronic 12
1521	1521	tabulation system where votes are cast non-elec-13
1522	1522	tronically but counted electronically (such as a 14
1523	1523	punch card or optical scanning system). 15
1524	1524	(2) I
1525	1525	NTERNET VOTING SYSTEM .—The term 16
1526	1526	‘‘internet voting system’’ means an internet-based 17
1527	1527	voting system that allows a participant to cast a bal-18
1528	1528	lot remotely using a personal computer or other mo-19
1529	1529	bile electronic device that is connected to the inter-20
1530	1530	net. 21
1531	1531	(3) T
1532	1532	ELEPHONE VOTING SYSTEM .—The term 22
1533	1533	‘‘telephone voting system’’ means a voting system in 23
1534	1534	which participants may cast a vote remotely using a 24
1535	1535	telephone. 25
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1539	1539	(4) REMOTELY.—The term ‘‘remotely’’, used 1
1540	1540	with respect to voting in a representation election, 2
1541	1541	means a vote may be cast at any site chosen by a 3
1542	1542	participant in such election. 4
1543	1543	(5) R
1544	1544	EPRESENTATION ELECTION .—The term 5
1545	1545	‘‘representation election’’ means a representation 6
1546	1546	election under section 9 of the National Labor Rela-7
1547	1547	tions Act (29 U.S.C. 159). 8
1548	1548	SEC. 302. GAO REPORT ON SECTORAL BARGAINING. 9
1549	1549	(a) I
1550	1550	NGENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 10
1551	1551	date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 11
1552	1552	shall conduct a review of collective bargaining at the sec-12
1553	1553	toral level in a geographically diverse set of countries 13
1554	1554	where sectoral bargaining is facilitated and prepare and 14
1555	1555	submit to Congress a report with respect to such countries 15
1556	1556	that— 16
1557	1557	(1) identifies, analyzes, and compares— 17
1558	1558	(A) the laws and policies governing or re-18
1559	1559	lated to collective bargaining at the sectoral 19
1560	1560	level; 20
1561	1561	(B) the administrative systems facilitating 21
1562	1562	such bargaining; and 22
1563	1563	(C) the procedures involved in sectoral bar-23
1564	1564	gaining; 24
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1568	1568	(2) to the extent practicable, consider reported 1
1569	1569	effects of the policies and procedures described in 2
1570	1570	paragraph (1) on— 3
1571	1571	(A) the wages and compensation of em-4
1572	1572	ployees; 5
1573	1573	(B) the number of full-time and part-time 6
1574	1574	employees; 7
1575	1575	(C) prices, sales, and revenues; 8
1576	1576	(D) employee turnover and retention; 9
1577	1577	(E) hiring and training costs; 10
1578	1578	(F) productivity and absenteeism; and 11
1579	1579	(G) the development of emerging indus-12
1580	1580	tries, including those that engage their 13
1581	1581	workforces through technology; and 14
1582	1582	(3) describes the methodology used to generate 15
1583	1583	the information in the report. 16
1584	1584	SEC. 303. SEVERABILITY. 17
1585	1585	If any provision of this Act or the application thereof 18
1586	1586	to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remain-19
1587	1587	der of this Act, or the application of that provision to per-20
1588	1588	sons or circumstances other than those as to which it is 21
1589	1589	held invalid, is not affected thereby. 22
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1593	1593	SEC. 304. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 1
1594	1594	There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 2
1595	1595	as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this 3
1596	1596	Act and the amendments made by this Act. 4
1597	1597	SEC. 305. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 5
1598	1598	The amendments made under this Act shall not be 6
1599	1599	construed to amend section 274A of the Immigration and 7
1600	1600	Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a). 8
1601	1601	SEC. 306. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 9
1602	1602	The amendments made by this Act shall not be con-10
1603	1603	strued to affect the jurisdictional standards of the Na-11
1604	1604	tional Labor Relations Board, including any standards 12
1605	1605	that measure the size of a business with respect to reve-13
1606	1606	nues, that are used to determine whether an industry is 14
1607	1607	affecting commerce for purposes of determining coverage 15
1608	1608	under the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 16
1609	1609	et seq.). 17
1610	1610	SEC. 307. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 18
1611	1611	Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this 19
1612	1612	Act shall be construed to affect the privacy of employees 20
1613	1613	with respect to voter lists provided to labor organizations 21
1614	1614	by employers pursuant to elections directed by the Board. 22
1615	1615	SEC. 308. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 23
1616	1616	The amendments made under this Act shall not be 24
1617	1617	construed to affect the definitions of ‘‘employer’’ or ‘‘em-25
1618	1618	ployee’’ under the laws of any State that govern the wages, 26
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1622	1622	work hours, workers’ compensation, or unemployment in-1
1623	1623	surance of employees. 2
1624	1624	SEC. 309. GAO REPORT. 3
1625	1625	(a) I
1626	1626	NGENERAL.—The Comptroller General of the 4
1627	1627	United States shall one year after the date of enactment 5
1628	1628	of this Act commence a study on the impact of section 6
1629	1629	101(a) and section 101(b) of this Act regarding— 7
1630	1630	(1) the effect on coverage of employees under of 8
1631	1631	the National Labor Relations Act, and the impact 9
1632	1632	from such change in coverage, on their capacity in 10
1633	1633	various sectors to form unions and collectively bar-11
1634	1634	gain as a means to improve wages, benefits, work-12
1635	1635	place safety, and other working conditions; and 13
1636	1636	(2) the effect on employers and other enter-14
1637	1637	prises regarding the right of employees to organize 15
1638	1638	and collectively bargain over wages, benefits, work-16
1639	1639	place safety, and other working conditions in such 17
1640	1640	sectors. 18
1641	1641	(b) F
1642	1642	ACTORS.—Such study shall identify, compare, 19
1643	1643	and analyze impacts from changes implicated by section 20
1644	1644	101(a) and section 101(b) on— 21
1645	1645	(1) flexibility for employees with respect to 22
1646	1646	hours, shifts, assignments and working arrange-23
1647	1647	ments; 24
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1651	1651	(2) rates of compensation, health care, and em-1
1652	1652	ployee benefits; 2
1653	1653	(3) resolution of grievances and disputes, in-3
1654	1654	cluding employers’ ability to terminate and employ-4
1655	1655	ees’ right to due process; 5
1656	1656	(4) use of technology or algorithms, including 6
1657	1657	the adoption of new technology and algorithms; and 7
1658	1658	(5) workplace safety and health. 8
1659	1659	(c) S
1660	1660	TAKEHOLDERINPUT.—In preparing the report, 9
1661	1661	the Comptroller General of the United States shall gather 10
1662	1662	information from impacted stakeholders, including various 11
1663	1663	business enterprises and labor organizations. In devel-12
1664	1664	oping a list of stakeholders, the Comptroller General of 13
1665	1665	the United States shall consult with the House Committee 14
1666	1666	on Education and Workforce and the Senate Committee 15
1667	1667	on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 16
1668	1668	(d) C
1669	1669	ONGRESSIONALREPORT.—Six months after the 17
1670	1670	commencement of the study, the Comptroller General of 18
1671	1671	the United States shall transmit the findings and report 19
1672	1672	to the Committee on Education and Workforce of the 20
1673	1673	House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 21
1674	1674	Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and con-22
1675	1675	sistent with the policies of the Comptroller General of the 23
1676	1676	United States, make the findings and report available to 24
1677	1677	the public. 25
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1681	1681	(e) PRESIDENTIALCONSIDERATION.—The President, 1
1682	1682	in consultation with the Department of Labor and other 2
1683	1683	agencies as the President deems appropriate, shall, subse-3
1684	1684	quent to the issuance of such report, consider such find-4
1685	1685	ings, and within 60 days may recommend that the House 5
1686	1686	of Representatives and the Senate modify section 101(a) 6
1687	1687	or section 101(b), or both or make no recommendations. 7
1688	1688	(f) S
1689	1689	ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-8
1690	1690	gress that Congress shall consider whether to accept, re-9
1691	1691	ject, or modify any recommendations received under (e), 10
1692	1692	as it deems appropriate. 11
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