[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2088 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2088

To prohibit discrimination in contracting on federally funded projects 
    on the basis of certain labor policies of potential contractors.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 1999

   Mr. Hayworth (for himself, Mr. Armey, Mr. Ballenger, Mr. Barr of 
Georgia, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. Bartlett of Maryland, Mr. Barton 
    of Texas, Mr. Bateman, Mr. Bereuter, Mr. Bliley, Mr. Blunt, Mr. 
 Bonilla, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Burr of North Carolina, 
Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Callahan, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Camp, Mr. Chabot, 
  Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Coble, Mr. Coburn, Mr. Collins, Mr. Combest, Mr. 
 Cook, Mrs. Cubin, Mr. Cunningham, Mr. Davis of Virginia, Mr. Deal of 
Georgia, Mr. DeLay, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Dickey, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Duncan, 
Ms. Dunn, Mr. Ehrlich, Mr. Everett, Mrs. Fowler, Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. 
 Goss, Mr. Graham, Ms. Granger, Mr. Hastings of Washington, Mr. Hayes, 
    Mr. Hefley, Mr. Herger, Mr. Hill of Montana, Mr. Hilleary, Mr. 
 Hoekstra, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Hutchinson, Mr. Istook, Mr. Sam Johnson of 
 Texas, Mr. Jones of North Carolina, Mr. Kasich, Mr. Knollenberg, Mr. 
 Kolbe, Mr. Largent, Mr. Latham, Mr. Lewis of Kentucky, Mr. Mica, Mr. 
 McCollum, Mr. McIntosh, Mr. Gary Miller of California, Mr. Miller of 
   Florida, Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Nethercutt, Mr. Ney, Mrs. Northup, Mr. 
Norwood, Mr. Nussle, Mr. Paul, Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Pitts, 
Ms. Pryce of Ohio, Mr. Ramstad, Mr. Rogan, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Ryun of 
Kansas, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Schaffer, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Shadegg, Mr. Skeen, 
Mr. Souder, Mr. Spence, Mr. Stearns, Mr. Stump, Mr. Sununu, Mr. Talent, 
Mr. Tancredo, Mr. Terry, Mr. Wamp, Mr. Watkins, Mr. Watts of Oklahoma, 
 Mr. Weldon of Florida, Mr. Whitfield, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Bachus, and Mr. 
    Goode) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit discrimination in contracting on federally funded projects 
    on the basis of certain labor policies of potential contractors.

    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 ``Open Competition and Fairness Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN LABOR RELATIONS 
              POLICIES OF OFFERORS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED CONTRACTS.

    Section 8(e) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(e)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, no person may be discriminated against 
when bidding on a prime contract, funded in whole or in part with funds 
provided by the Federal Government, if such discrimination is based in 
whole or in part on a requirement that such person enter into or adhere 
to a collective bargaining agreement or any similar agreement as a 
condition of performing work under the contract.''.

SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION.

    The amendment made by section 2 shall not be construed--
            (1) to apply to subcontractors; or
            (2)(A) to prohibit a contractor from voluntarily entering 
        into a lawful agreement with a labor organization; or
            (B) to discourage contractors who have entered into such an 
        agreement from bidding on Federal or federally assisted 
        contracts.

SEC. 4. APPLICATION.

    The amendment made by section 2 shall apply to contracts made 
directly with any agency of the Federal 
Government and to contracts made with any entity that is managing or 
operating a facility owned or controlled by the Federal Government on 
behalf of the Federal Government.
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