[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 813 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 813

 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to apply the protections of 
              the Act to teaching and research assistants.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             April 2, 2009

 Mr. Brown (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, and Mr. Feingold) 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 apply the protections of 
              the Act to teaching and research assistants.

    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 ``Teaching and Research Assistant 
Collective Bargaining Rights Act''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(3)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(3)'' and inserting ``(3)(A)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(B) The term `employee' includes a student enrolled at an 
institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 or 102 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001, 1002), other than an 
institution of a State or political subdivision) who is performing work 
for remuneration at the direction of the institution, whether or not 
the work relates to the student's course of study.''.
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