[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1360 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1360

      To ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain 
                             circumstances.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 3, 2001

      Mr. George Miller of California (for himself, Mr. King, Mr. 
  Abercrombie, Ms. Lee, Ms. Slaughter, and Mr. Quinn) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
      To ensure project labor agreements are permitted in certain 
                             circumstances.

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

SECTION 1. PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENTS.

    (a) Agreement.--Any person contracting with the Federal Government 
to provide construction services or any person receiving any form of 
Federal financial assistance for a construction project may require 
that every contractor or subcontractor on the construction project 
agree, for a specific project only, to negotiate or become a party to a 
project labor agreement with one or more labor organizations.
    (b) Imposition of Requirement.--The contractor or recipient of 
Federal assistance may choose to include such a requirement under 
subsection (a)--
            (1) if the contractor or recipient has determined that a 
        project labor agreement will advance its procurement interest 
        in cost, efficiency, quality, and the promotion of labor-
        management stability; and
            (2) if no laws applicable to the specific construction 
        project preclude the use of the proposed project labor 
        agreement.

SEC. 2. APPLICATION.

    Any project labor agreement reached pursuant to this Act--
            (1) shall bind all contractors and subcontractors on the 
        construction project through the inclusion of appropriate 
        clauses in all relevant solicitation provisions and contract 
        documents,
            (2) shall allow all contractors and subcontractors wishing 
        to compete for contracts and subcontracts on the project to do 
        so, without discrimination against contractors, subcontractors, 
        or employees based on union or nonunion status; and
            (3) shall comply with all applicable statutes and 
        regulations.

SEC. 3. DEFINITION.

    For purposes of this Act, the term ``project labor agreement'' 
means a prehire collective bargaining agreement in the construction 
industry, establishing the basic terms and conditions of employment for 
the duration of the project, and binding upon all construction 
employers that operate on the project site.
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