[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1184 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1184

 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay 
                    higher wages to their employees.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 4, 2009

    Mr. Vitter (for himself, Mr. Ensign, Mr. Thune, Mr. DeMint, Mr. 
   Bunning, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Roberts, and Mr. Barrasso) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay 
                    higher wages to their employees.

    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 ``Rewarding Achievement and 
Incentivizing Successful Employees Act'' or the ``RAISE Act''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF HIGHER WAGES.

    Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(a)) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(2) Notwithstanding a labor organization's exclusive 
representation of employees in a unit, or the terms and conditions of 
any collective bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, nothing 
in either--
            ``(A) section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(5), or
            ``(B) a collective bargaining contract or agreement renewed 
        or entered into after the date of enactment of the RAISE Act,
shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee in the unit greater 
wages, pay, or other compensation for, or by reason of, his or her 
services as an employee of such employer, than provided for in such 
contract or agreement.''.
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