National Right-to-Work Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment).
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 946 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 946
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to
form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such
activities.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
March 5, 2013
Mr. King of Iowa (for himself, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Bachus, Mr. Barr, Mr.
Barton, Mrs. Black, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Boustany, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr.
Broun of Georgia, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Cole, Mr. Cotton, Mr.
Cramer, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Duncan of
Tennessee, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Fleming, Ms. Foxx, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Gingrey
of Georgia, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Graves of
Georgia, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Mr. Griffith of Virginia, Mr. Harper,
Mr. Harris, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Ms. Jenkins, Mr.
Jordan, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Long, Mrs. Lummis, Mr.
McClintock, Mr. Meadows, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Nugent, Mr. Nunnelee, Mr.
Palazzo, Mr. Perry, Mr. Pittenger, Mr. Poe of Texas, Mr. Roe of
Tennessee, Mr. Ross, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Schweikert, Mr.
Stockman, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina,
and Mr. Yoho) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and the Workforce
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A BILL
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to
form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such
activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``National Right-to-Work Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.
(a) Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the ``Act'') (29
U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking ``except to'' and all that follows
through ``authorized in section 8(a)(3)''.
(b) Section 8(a) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 158(a)) is amended by
striking ``: Provided, That'' and all that follows through ``retaining
membership'' in paragraph (3).
(c) Section 8(b) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 158(b)) is amended by
striking ``or to discriminate'' and all that follows through
``retaining membership'' in paragraph (2) and by striking ``covered by
an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3) of this section'' in
paragraph (5).
(d) Section 8(f) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 158(f)) is amended by
striking clause (2) and by redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as (2) and
(3), respectively.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT.
Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended by
striking paragraph Eleventh.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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