119-S533

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House Senate President

119th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 533

1. Short title
2. Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act
3. Amendment to the Railway Labor Act
4. Effective date

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "National Right-to-Work Act".

2. Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act

(a) Rights of employees - Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking "except to" and all that follows through "authorized in section 8(a)(3)".

(b) Unfair labor practices - Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended—

(1) - in subsection (a)(3), by striking ": , That" and all that follows through "retaining membership";

(2) - in subsection (b)—

(A) - in paragraph (2), by striking "or to discriminate" and all that follows through "retaining membership"; and

(B) - in paragraph (5), by striking "covered by an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3)"; and

(3) - in subsection (f)—

(A) - by striking clause (2) and redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3), respectively; and

(B) - by striking "That nothing in this subsection shall set aside the final proviso to section 8(a)(3) of this Act: ," and inserting ",".

(c) Additional conforming amendments

(1) National Labor Relations Act - The National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended—

(A) - in section 9 (29 U.S.C. 159), by striking subsection (e);

(B) - in section 3(b) (29 U.S.C. 153(b)), by striking "or (e)"; and

(C) - in section 8(f) (29 U.S.C. 158(f)), as amended by subsection (b)(3), by striking "or 9(e)".

(2) Other laws - Section 453A(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653a(a)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking "section 8(f)(3)" and inserting "section 8(f)(2)".

3. Amendment to the Railway Labor Act

Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended—

(1) - by striking the Eleventh paragraph under the heading for general duties; and

(2) - by redesignating the Twelfth paragraph under the heading for general duties as the Eleventh paragraph.

4. Effective date

This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to any agreement entered into or renewed after the date of enactment of this Act.