[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 478 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 478

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor 
Relations Board to assert jurisdiction in a labor dispute which occurs 
  on Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 1999

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii introduced the following bill; which was referred 
            to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor 
Relations Board to assert jurisdiction in a labor dispute which occurs 
  on Johnston Atoll, an unincorporated territory of the United States.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION. 1. JURISDICTION OF NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.

    Paragraph (1) of section 14(c) of the National Labor Relations Act 
(29 U.S.C. 164(c)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the period after ``1959''; and
            (2) by inserting the following: ``: Provided further, That 
        the Board shall not decline to assert jurisdiction over a labor 
        dispute which occurs on Johnston Atoll, an unicorporated 
        territory of the United States.''.
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