[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1822 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1822

 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require attestation and 
 proof of citizenship or lawful residency from employees seeking labor 
 representation by way of a process other than through a secret ballot 
                               election.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2007

  Mr. McKeon introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to require attestation and 
 proof of citizenship or lawful residency from employees seeking labor 
 representation by way of a process other than through a secret ballot 
                               election.

    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 ``Workplace Representation Integrity 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PROOF OF IMMIGRATION STATUS REQUIRED FOR EMPLOYEES SEEKING 
              LABOR REPRESENTATION.

    Section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) In order to be considered valid for purposes of making a 
determination on representation under subsection (c), other than by way 
of an election by secret ballot conducted pursuant to such subsection, 
any authorization signed by an employee and designating an individual 
or labor organization as the employees' exclusive bargaining 
representative shall bear, in addition to the signature of the 
employee, an attestation that the employee is a lawful citizen or legal 
resident alien of the United States, and shall be accompanied by 
documentary evidence of the same.''.
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