[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1248 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1248

    To amend the National Labor Relations Act to prevent government 
 agencies from requiring or prohibiting employers in the construction 
      industry to enter into agreements with labor organizations.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2005

  Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Norwood, Mr. Pence, Mr. 
    Hensarling, Mr. King of Iowa, and Mr. Marchant) 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 prevent government 
 agencies from requiring or prohibiting employers in the construction 
      industry to enter into agreements with labor organizations.

    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 ``Government Labor Neutrality Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. MANDATE OF GOVERNMENT LABOR NEUTRALITY TOWARD EMPLOYERS COVERED 
              UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.

    Section 8(e) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(e)) 
is amended by adding at the end of the first proviso the following: 
``Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, an agency or department of the Government, an agent acting on the 
Government's behalf, a recipient of a Federal grant or financial 
assistance, a person who has entered into a cooperative agreement with 
the Government, a State or political subdivision thereof, shall not 
require or prohibit an employer in the construction industry to enter 
into an agreement with a labor organization in connection with any 
construction, alteration, painting, or repair work.''.
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