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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 1006
To prohibit Federal employees from organizing, joining, or participating in
labor unions for purposes of collective bargaining or representation, and
for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH12, 2025
Mrs. B
LACKBURN(for herself and Mr. LEE) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To prohibit Federal employees from organizing, joining, or
participating in labor unions for purposes of collective
bargaining or representation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Workforce 4
Freedom Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 6
In this Act: 7
(1) C
OLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT .— 8
The term ‘‘collective bargaining agreement’’ means 9
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any written or oral agreement, memorandum of un-1
derstanding, or contract between a Federal agency 2
and a labor union that establishes terms or condi-3
tions of employment for Federal employees. 4
(2) F
EDERAL AGENCY .—The term ‘‘Federal 5
agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 6
in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 7
(3) F
EDERAL EMPLOYEE .—The term ‘‘Federal 8
employee’’ means an individual employed in or under 9
a Federal agency. 10
(4) L
ABOR UNION.—The term ‘‘labor union’’ 11
means any organization, association, agency, or Fed-12
eral employee representation group that exists for 13
the purpose, in whole or in part, of representing 14
Federal employees in matters concerning grievances, 15
labor disputes, wages, hours, benefits, or other terms 16
and conditions of Federal employment. 17
SEC. 3. PROHIBITIONS. 18
(a) F
EDERALEMPLOYEES.—No Federal employee 19
may organize, join, or participate in a labor union for pur-20
poses of collective bargaining or representation. 21
(b) F
EDERALAGENCIES.—No Federal agency may 22
recognize or engage in collective bargaining negotiations 23
with a labor union. 24
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SEC. 4. TERMINATION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 1
AGREEMENTS. 2
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Any collective bargaining agree-3
ment entered into before, on, or after the date of enact-4
ment of this Act is terminated. 5
(b) P
ENDINGPROCEEDINGS.—Any arbitration, dis-6
pute resolution, or grievance proceeding filed before, on, 7
or after the date of enactment of this Act that is based 8
on an agreement described in subsection (a) shall be dis-9
missed. 10
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 11
Chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code, is repealed. 12
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