[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 190 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 190

  To prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain activities of the 
 National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection 
                                Bureau.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 31, 2013

 Mr. Johanns (for himself, Mr. Alexander, Mr. Cornyn, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
 Blunt, Mr. Burr, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Lee, and Mr. Chambliss) 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 prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain activities of the 
 National Labor Relations Board and the Consumer Financial Protection 
                                Bureau.

    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 ``Restoring the Constitutional Balance 
of Power Act of 2013''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF CERTAIN NLRB ACTIVITIES.

    No Federal funds may be used by the National Labor Relations Board 
to undertake or enforce activities commencing on or after January 4, 
2012 that require authorization by not less than a quorum of the 
members of the Board.

SEC. 3. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF CERTAIN CFPB ACTIVITIES.

    No funds may be transferred from the Federal Reserve to be used by 
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to carry out activities 
that are authorized only upon the confirmation of a Director of the 
Bureau.

SEC. 4. SUNSET.

    The provisions of this Act shall terminate on the date on which--
            (1) with respect to section 2, the members of the National 
        Labor Relations Board are confirmed in a number sufficient for 
        a quorum consistent with the advice and consent requirements of 
        the United States Constitution, as determined in accordance 
        with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the 
        District of Columbia Circuit in the case Noel Canning v. 
        National Labor Relations Board (No. 12-1115); and
            (2) with respect to section 3, a Director of the Bureau of 
        Consumer Financial Protection is confirmed consistent with the 
        advice and consent requirements described in paragraph (1).
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