[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3538 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3538

 To amend the Railway Labor Act to direct the National Mediation Board 
to apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to the direct 
 decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to 
           certify a representative, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 1, 2011

 Mr. Mica (for himself, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Coble, Mr. Jones, Mr. Barletta, 
 Mr. Gerlach, Mr. Platts, Mr. Cravaack, Mr. Denham, Mr. Sessions, Mr. 
   Bucshon, Mr. Renacci, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. West, Mr. 
Webster, Mr. Broun of Georgia, Mr. Daniel E. Lungren of California, Mr. 
    Olson, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Turner of Ohio, Mr. Young of Alaska, Mr. 
 Westmoreland, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mrs. Lummis, Ms. Foxx, Mr. 
 Cole, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Aderholt, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Lankford, Mr. 
   Walberg, Mr. Mack, Mr. Farenthold, Mr. Guinta, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. 
 Jordan, Ms. Buerkle, Mr. Gosar, Mr. Ross of Florida, Mr. McHenry, Mr. 
Gary G. Miller of California, Mr. Crawford, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mr. 
Herger, Mr. Chabot, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Hultgren, 
Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Price of Georgia, Mr. Womack, Mr. Southerland, Mr. 
 Miller of Florida, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. 
  Poe of Texas, Mrs. Schmidt, Mr. Shuster, Mr. Hanna, Mr. Petri, Mr. 
 Sullivan, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Hurt, Mr. Kingston, Mr. Young of Florida, 
   Mr. Frelinghuysen, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Brooks, Mr. Landry, Mrs. 
 Myrick, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. 
 Stearns, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Latta, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Franks 
of Arizona, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. McKeon, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Smith 
 of Texas, Mr. Long, Mr. Pearce, Mr. Harper, Ms. Jenkins, Mr. Woodall, 
Mr. Carter, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Stutzman, Ms. Hayworth, Mr. Griffin of 
Arkansas, Mr. Conaway, Mr. Schock, Mr. Austria, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Scott 
 of South Carolina, Mr. Amash, Mr. Flake, Mr. Harris, Mr. Canseco, Mr. 
Kinzinger of Illinois, Mr. Bachus, Mr. King of Iowa, Mr. Buchanan, Mrs. 
Noem, Mr. DesJarlais, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Roskam, 
Mr. Rokita, Mr. Issa, Ms. Herrera Beutler, Ms. Granger, Mr. Pence, Mrs. 
   Adams, Mr. Diaz-Balart, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Mr. Brady of Texas, Mr. 
Rooney, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Gardner, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Akin, Mr. Huelskamp, 
   Mr. Neugebauer, Mrs. Capito, Mr. Reed, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Graves of 
 Georgia, Mr. Bonner, Mr. Rogers of Alabama, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, 
Mr. Thornberry, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Posey, Mr. Scalise, Mr. Pitts, Mrs. 
  Biggert, Mr. Fleming, Mr. Quayle, Mrs. Bono Mack, Mr. Camp, and Mr. 
 Bishop of Utah) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
           the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Railway Labor Act to direct the National Mediation Board 
to apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to the direct 
 decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to 
           certify a representative, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD REFORM.

    Title I of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:

                           ``decertification

    ``Sec. 15.  The Mediation Board shall apply the same procedures, 
including voting standards, to the direct decertification of a labor 
organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative.''.
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