3.0.0 1594 2023-01-11T13:37:04Z 2023-01-11T13:37:04Z Senate S 2017-07-20 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-07-20T17:46:55Z Protecting American Jobs Act 115 1722 HR 2017-03-24 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Related bill CRS 2017-07-20 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT N C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX 2017-07-20 True L000575 Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] James Lankford R OK 2017-07-20 True C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR 2017-07-20 True S001202 Sen. Strange, Luther [R-AL] Luther Strange R AL 2017-07-20 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2017-07-20 True Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Administrative remedies Civil actions and liability Employment discrimination and employee rights Labor-management relations National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Labor and Employment 00 2017-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2017-11-08T20:28:35Z Protecting American Jobs Act

This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act, with respect to the authority of the National Labor Relations Board, to:

  • repeal the authority of the General Counsel ofthe board, to issue, and prosecute before the board, complaints of unfair labor practices;
  • limit the board's rulemaking authority to rules concerning the internal functions of the board;
  • prohibit the board from promulgating regulations affecting the substantive or procedural rights of any person, employer, employee, or labor organization, including rules concerning unfair labor practices and representation elections;
  • repeal the board's authority to prevent persons from engaging in unfair labor practices, limiting such authority to the investigation of allegations of such practices; and
  • repeal the board's authority to petition courts for enforcement of its orders, seek injunctions, or hold hearings on jurisdictional strikes.
]]> Protecting American Jobs Act Display Title Protecting American Jobs Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the authority of the National Labor Relations Board with respect to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting American Jobs Act Introduced in Senate 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1594is/xml/BILLS-115s1594is.xml 2017-07-20 Read twice and 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.