3.0.0 3912 2022-12-29T22:33:29Z 2022-12-29T22:33:29Z Senate S 2022-03-24 117 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-03-24T14:59:07Z PLUS Act of 2022 117 7396 HR 2022-04-05 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. Identical bill CRS 2022-03-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2022-03-24 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 2022-03-24 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2022-03-24 True Labor and Employment Labor and Employment 00 2022-03-24 Introduced in Senate 2022-04-01T12:05:23Z Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns Act of 2022 or the PLUS Act of 2022

This bill makes it unlawful 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. It also prohibits a labor organization from impeding (1) modernization efforts at a port, or (2) the servicing of any automated vessel.

The bill allows a party injured by such conduct to recover two times the amount of damages sustained and reasonable attorney fees and expert witness fees.

]]> PLUS Act of 2022 Display Title PLUS Act of 2022 Short Title(s) as Introduced PLUS Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns Act of 2022 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to deter labor slowdowns and prohibit labor organizations from blocking modernization efforts at ports of the United States, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3912is/xml/BILLS-117s3912is.xml 2022-03-24 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.