[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 780 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 780

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require Federal contracts 
 debarment for persons who violate labor relations provisions, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                  May 9 (legislative day, May 1), 1995

   Mr. Simon introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require Federal contracts 
 debarment for persons who violate labor relations provisions, and for 
                            other purposes.
    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 ``Federal Contractor Labor Relations 
Enforcement Act of 1995''.

SEC. 2. DEBARMENT.

    The National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new section:

                     ``federal contracts debarment

    ``Sec. 20. (a) Any person or entity that, with a clear pattern and 
practice, violates the provisions of this Act shall be ineligible for 
all Federal contracts for a period of 3 years.
    ``(b) The Secretary of Labor shall promulgate regulations regarding 
debarment provisions and procedures. The regulations shall require that 
Federal contracting agencies shall refrain from entering into further 
contracts, or extensions or other modifications of existing contracts, 
with any person or entity described in subsection (a) during the 3-year 
period immediately following a determination by the Secretary of Labor 
that the person or entity is in violation (as described in subsection 
(a)) of this Act.
    ``(c) A debarment may be removed, or the period of debarment may be 
reduced, by the Secretary of Labor upon the submission of an 
application to the Secretary of Labor that is supported by documentary 
evidence and that sets forth appropriate reasons for the granting of 
the debarment removal or reduction, including reasons such as 
compliance with the final orders that are found to have been willfully 
violated, a bona fide change of ownership or management, or a fraud or 
misrepresentation of the charging party.''.
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