3.0.0 1519 2023-01-11T13:30:44Z 2023-01-11T13:30:44Z Senate S 2015-06-04 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-06-17T21:04:55Z sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Discharged from 2015-06-17T21:04:44Z Referred to 2015-06-04T20:48:07Z PORTS Act 114 3433 HR 2015-11-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2015-06-17 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-06-17 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2015-06-17 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2015-06-04 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2015-06-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000562 Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] Cory Gardner R CO N A000360 Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] Lamar Alexander R TN 2015-06-04 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2015-06-17 False R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2015-07-08 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2015-09-15 False Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Government studies and investigations Intergovernmental relations Labor-management relations Marine and inland water transportation Navigation, waterways, harbors Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents State and local government operations War and emergency powers Labor and Employment 00 2015-06-04 Introduced in Senate 2015-09-22T22:36:40Z Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments Act of 2015 or the PORTS Act

This bill amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to extend to labor slowdowns occurring at U.S. ports the President's authority to appoint a board of inquiry into the issues involved.

State and territorial governors shall have authority to request the President to appoint a board of inquiry if a slowdown, or a threatened or an actual strike or lock-out, occurring at one or more U.S. ports will, if continued, imperil national or state health or safety.

If the President does not appoint a board of inquiry within 10 days after receiving a request, the governor who made the request may appoint one to report on the dispute to the governor and the President, although without recommendations. Supplemental reports are also authorized. Boards of inquiry are limited to one that may appointed for each dispute during a 90-day period.

Governors may also petition for injunctions against such labor or management actions affecting ports in their states or territories.

The National Labor Relations Board, for each dispute, shall take not more than one secret ballot for the same employees in any 30-day period.

]]> PORTS Act Display Title PORTS Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to address slowdowns, strikes, and lock-outs occurring at ports in the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced PORTS Act Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Orderly and Responsible Transit of Shipments Act of 2015 Reference Change Senate 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1519rcs/xml/BILLS-114s1519rcs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1519is/xml/BILLS-114s1519is.xml 2015-06-17 Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.