3.0.0 702 2023-01-11T13:36:13Z 2023-01-11T13:36:13Z Senate S 2017-03-22 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-03-22T20:46:14Z 2017-03-22 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2017-03-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. N C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2017-03-22 True P000612 Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] David Perdue R GA Alfred 2017-03-22 True Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Labor-management relations Legal fees and court costs Marine and inland water transportation Navigation, waterways, harbors Transportation employees Labor and Employment 00 2017-03-22 Introduced in Senate 2017-10-19T18:39:28Z Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns Act of 2017 or the PLUS Act

This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization or its agents while representing, or seeking to represent, employees engaged in maritime employment to engage in a labor slowdown at any time, including when a collective-bargaining agreement is in effect.

The bill amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to allow a party injured by a labor slowdown to recover two times the amount of damages sustained and reasonable attorney fees and expert witness fees.

]]> PLUS Act Display Title PLUS Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to deter labor slowdowns at ports of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced PLUS Act Short Titles as Introduced Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns Act of 2017 Introduced in Senate 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s702is/xml/BILLS-115s702is.xml 2017-03-22 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.