[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 497 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 497

To amend the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to 
 repeal the provisions of the Acts that require employees to pay union 
               dues or fees as a condition of employment.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 20, 1997

Mr. Coverdell (for himself and Mr. Faircloth) 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 and the Railway Labor Act to 
 repeal the provisions of the Acts that require employees to pay union 
               dues or fees as a condition of employment.

    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 of 
1997''.

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

    (a) Rights of Employees.--Section 7 of the National Labor Relations 
Act (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking ``except to'' and all that 
follows through ``authorized in section 8(a)(3)''.
    (b) Unfair Labor Practices.--Section 8 of the National Labor 
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``: Provided, That'' 
        and all that follows through ``retaining membership'';
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or to 
                discriminate'' and all that follows through ``retaining 
                membership''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by striking ``covered by an 
                agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3)'';
            (3) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2);
                    (B) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
                paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; and
                    (C) by striking ``Provided, That'' and all that 
                follows through ``section 8(a)(3) of this Act: Provided 
                further,'' and inserting ``Provided,''.

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.