[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 59 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 59

  To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to 
  form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such 
                              activities.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

Mr. Goodlatte (for himself, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Hayworth, Mr. Largent, Mr. 
  Davis of Virginia, Mr. Stump, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. Taylor of 
 North Carolina, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Linder, Mr. Cunningham, 
   Mr. Burr of North Carolina, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Barton of Texas, Mr. 
  Scarborough, Mr. Hansen, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Myrick, Mr. Bonilla, Mr. 
   McKeon, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Istook, and Mr. Graham) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
 the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 
   Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to 
  form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such 
                              activities.

    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 ``National Right-to-Work Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.

    (a) Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (the ``Act'') (29 
U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking ``except to'' and all that follows 
through ``authorized in section 8(a)(3)''.
    (b) Section 8(a) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 158(a)) is amended by 
striking ``: Provided, That'' and all that follows through ``retaining 
membership'' in paragraph (3).
    (c) Section 8(b) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 158(b)) is amended by 
striking ``or to discriminate'' and all that follows through 
``retaining membership'' in paragraph (2) and by striking ``covered by 
an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3) of this section'' in 
paragraph (5).
    (d) Section 8(f) of the Act (29 U.S.C. 158(f)) is amended by 
striking clause (2) and by redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as (2) and 
(3), respectively.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT.

    Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended by 
striking paragraph Eleventh.
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