[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2118 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2118

To amend the National Labor Relations Act relating to the authority to 
   enjoin State laws that are preempted by or conflict with such Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 3, 2011

Mr. Chaffetz (for himself, Mr. Gowdy, and Mr. Wilson of South Carolina) 
 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 relating to the authority to 
   enjoin State laws that are preempted by or conflict with such Act.

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

SECTION 1. RESTRICTION ON LITIGATION AUTHORITY.

    Section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) The Board shall have no authority to enjoin or otherwise 
restrain the application or enforcement of any provision of a law of a 
State or political subdivision of a State on the grounds that such 
provision of law is preempted by or conflicts with any provision of 
this Act. The Board may refer its determination regarding such a law to 
the Attorney General who may institute an action described in the 
previous sentence under appropriate legal authority.''.
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