[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3095 Introduced in House (IH)]

  2d Session
                                H. R. 3095

To prohibit discrimination in contracting on federally funded projects 
    on the basis of certain labor policies of potential contractors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 14, 1996

 Mr. Hutchinson (for himself, Mr. Paxon, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Largent, Mr. 
 Smith of Texas, Mr. Ballenger, Mrs. Meyers of Kansas, Mr. Sam Johnson 
   of Texas, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Graham, Mr. Souder, Mr. 
  Funderburk, Mr. Goss, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
Cremeans, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. 
Dornan, Mr. Christensen, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Linder, Mr. Cooley of Oregon, 
Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Crane, and Mr. Ramstad) introduced the 
  following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Economic and 
                       Educational Opportunities

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit discrimination in contracting on federally funded projects 
    on the basis of certain labor policies of potential contractors.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Open Competition Act of 1996''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN LABOR RELATIONS 
              POLICIES OF OFFERORS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED CONTRACTS.

    Section 8(e) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(e)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, no person may be discriminated against 
when bidding on a prime contract, funded in whole or in part with funds 
provided by the Federal Government, where such discrimination is based 
in whole or in part on a requirement that such person enter into or 
adhere to a collective bargaining agreement or any similar agreement as 
a condition of performing work on the contract.''.

SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION.

    Section 2 shall not be construed to apply to subcontractors or to 
prohibit a contractor from voluntarily entering into a lawful agreement 
with a labor organization or to discourage contractors who have entered 
into such an agreement from bidding on Federal contracts. Section 2 
shall apply to contracts made directly with any agency of the Federal 
Government as well as to contracts with any entity which is managing or 
operating a facility owned or controlled by the Federal Government on 
behalf of the Federal Government.
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