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    <item congress="117" measure-type="s" measure-number="3912" measure-id="id117s3912" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2022-03-24" update-date="2022-04-01">
        <title>PLUS Act of 2022</title>
        <summary summary-id="id117s3912v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2022-04-01">
            <action-date>2022-03-24</action-date>
            <action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[ <p><b>Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns Act of 2022 or the PLUS Act</b><strong> of 2022</strong></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p>]]></summary-text>
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