[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 223 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 223

 To prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds on activities by Federal 
 agencies to encourage labor union membership, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 28, 1997

 Mr. Thurmond  (for himself, Mr. Faircloth, Mr. Helms, Mr. Hutchinson, 
Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Shelby, and Mr. Sessions) 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 prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds on activities by Federal 
 agencies to encourage labor union membership, 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. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS TO ENCOURAGE LABOR UNION 
              MEMBERSHIP.

    (a) Definition.--For purposes of this Act the term ``agency'' has 
the same meaning as in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Prohibition.--No funds appropriated from the Treasury of the 
United States may be used by any agency to fund, promote, or carry out 
any seminar or program, fund any position in an agency, or fund any 
publication or distribution of a publication, the purpose of which is 
to compel, instruct, encourage, urge, or persuade individuals to join 
labor unions.
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