115 S155 IS: Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act U.S. Senate 2017-01-17 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

II115th CONGRESS1st SessionS. 155IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATESJanuary 17, 2017Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and PensionsA BILLTo amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Rewarding Achievement and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act or the RAISE Act.

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Payment of higher wages

Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(a)) is amended— (1)by inserting (1) after (a); and (2)by adding at the end the following: (2)Notwithstanding a labor organization’s exclusive representation of employees in a unit, or the terms and conditions of any collective bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, nothing in either— (A)paragraph (1) or (5) of section 8(a), or (B)a collective bargaining contract or agreement renewed or entered into after the date of enactment of the RAISE Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee in the unit greater wages, pay, or other compensation for, or by reason of, his or her services as an employee of such employer, than provided for in such contract or agreement..