3.0.0 513 2020-02-10T17:00:19Z 2020-02-10T17:00:19Z Senate S S 2005-03-03 109 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-03-03T20:34:47Z Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2005 109 1249 HR 2005-04-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. Related bill CRS 2005-03-03 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2022-2023) IntroReferral 2005-03-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2021-2022) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-03-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000445 Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] Judd Gregg R NH N K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-03-03 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2005-03-03 True H000206 Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] THOMAS HARKIN D IA RICHARD 2005-03-03 True B000468 Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] JESSE BINGAMAN D NM FRANCIS 2005-03-03 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2005-03-03 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2005-03-03 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2005-03-03 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2005-03-03 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2005-03-03 True D000294 Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] MICHAEL DEWINE R OH 2005-03-09 False S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2005-03-09 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2005-03-09 False D000596 Sen. Dayton, Mark [D-MN] MARK DAYTON D MN 2005-03-16 False W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2005-04-06 False B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2005-05-11 False D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2005-06-29 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2005-09-12 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2005-10-05 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2005-10-19 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2006-03-30 False M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ 2006-08-03 False Government Operations and Politics Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Appellate courts Civil actions and liability Collective bargaining Crime and Law Enforcement Emergency Management Emergency medicine Employee rights Employee-management relations in government Federal Labor Relations Authority Federal preemption Fire fighters Government employee unions Health Industrial arbitration Injunctions Judicial review Jurisdiction Labor and Employment Labor contracts Law Law enforcement officers Local employees Local laws Lockouts Mediation Medical personnel Paramedical personnel Police Public sector strikes State courts State employees State laws State-local relations Unfair labor practices Government Operations and Politics 00 2005-03-03 Introduced in Senate 2005-03-29T22:22:03Z Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2005 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments.

Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) to determine whether State law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization.

Requires the FLRA to issue regulations establishing collective bargaining procedures for public safety employers and employees in States that do not substantially provide for such public safety employee rights and responsibilities. Directs the FLRA, in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of such FLRA regulations and authority through appropriate State courts.

Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts or strikes, or sickouts, work slowdowns, or other actions designed to compel agreement to a proposed contract which will measurably disrupt the delivery of emergency services.

Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.]]>

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2005 Display Title Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions. Introduced in Senate 2005-03-03T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109s513is/xml/BILLS-109s513is.xml 2005-03-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2022-2023) 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. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.