[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5644 Introduced in House (IH)]






107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5644

  To repeal certain provisions of the Labor Management Relations Act, 
1947 (commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act) that permit the President 
                 to intervene in strikes and lock-outs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2002

Mr. Kucinich (for himself, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Owens, 
  Mr. Andrews, Mr. Sanders, Mr. Payne, and Mr. Stark) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                             the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal certain provisions of the Labor Management Relations Act, 
1947 (commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act) that permit the President 
                 to intervene in strikes and lock-outs.

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

SECION 1. REPEAL OF LABOR MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT, 1947, PROVISIONS 
              RELATING TO NATIONAL EMERGENCIES.

    Sections 206 through 210 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 
1947 (29 U.S.C. 176-180) are repealed.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The repeal under section 1 shall apply to strikes and lock-outs 
occurring before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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