[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3837 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3837

  To strengthen the current protections available under the National 
Labor Relations Act by providing a private right of action for certain 
            violations of such Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 27, 2015

Mr. Ellison (for himself and Mr. Lewis) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and 
   in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To strengthen the current protections available under the National 
Labor Relations Act by providing a private right of action for certain 
            violations of such Act, 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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Employee Empowerment Act''.

SEC. 2. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.

    Section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(n) In addition to filing a charge alleging an unfair labor 
practice with the Board in accordance with this Act, a person alleging 
an unfair labor practice by an employer in violation of section 8(a)(3) 
may, not later than 180 days after the date of such violation, bring a 
civil action in the appropriate district court of the United States 
against the employer for such violation. The court may grant any relief 
described in section 706(g) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000e-5) or section 1977A(b) of the Revised Statutes of the United 
States (42 U.S.C. 1981a(b)), and may allow the prevailing party a 
reasonable attorney's fee (including expert witness fees) as part of 
the costs.''.
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