[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2163 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2163

To amend section 1951 of title 18, United States Code, commonly called 
     the Hobbs Act, to clarify that the use of violence to achieve 
  collective bargaining objectives can be a violation of such section.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 15, 1997

 Mr. Coble  (for himself, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Crane, Mr. Hayworth, and 
 Mr. Norwood) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend section 1951 of title 18, United States Code, commonly called 
     the Hobbs Act, to clarify that the use of violence to achieve 
  collective bargaining objectives can be a violation of such section.

    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 ``Freedom From Union Violence Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. CLARIFICATION OF COVERAGE OF THE HOBBS ACT.

    Section 1951 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(d) For the purposes of this section, the use of actual or 
threatened force, violence, or fear in order to achieve an otherwise 
legitimate labor relations objective, other than that use which--
            ``(1) is incidental to otherwise peaceful picketing during 
        a labor dispute;
            ``(2) consists solely of minor bodily injury, or minor 
        damage to property, or threat or fear of such minor injury or 
        damage; and
            ``(3) is not a part of a pattern of violent conduct or of 
        coordinated violent activity;
is wrongful.''.
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