To amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to prohibit the preemption of State stalking laws.

Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to declare that nothing in those Acts shall be construed to preempt a law of any state, U.S. territory, or the District of Columbia that prohibits, criminalizes, or creates a civil cause of action for stalking, cyberstalking, or harassment.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2472 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2472

To amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to 
            prohibit the preemption of State stalking laws.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 20, 2013

Mr. Price of Georgia (for himself, Mr. Bentivolio, Mr. Bishop of Utah, 
  Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Pitts, Mr. 
    Westmoreland, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
 the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
   Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to 
            prohibit the preemption of State stalking laws.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.

    The National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section:
    ``Sec. 20.  Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt a law 
of any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia that prohibits, 
criminalizes, or creates a civil cause of action for stalking, 
cyberstalking, or harassment.''.

SEC. 2. RAILWAY LABOR ACT.

    Title I of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 16. CONFLICTS WITH STATE STALKING LAWS.

    ``Nothing in this Act shall be construed to preempt a law of any 
State, Territory, or the District of Columbia that prohibits, 
criminalizes, or creates a civil cause of action for stalking, 
cyberstalking, or harassment.''.
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