[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3221 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]

                                                       Calendar No. 411
112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3221

 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

                              May 22, 2012

Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Enzi, Mr. DeMint, Mr. Risch, Mr. Thune, Mr. 
Lee, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Isakson, Mr. Coburn, and Mr. McConnell) 
      introduced the following bill; which was read the first time

                              May 23, 2012

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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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 section 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.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 411

112th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3221

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                                 A BILL

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

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                              May 23, 2012

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar