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H. R. 2700

To reform the labor laws of the United States, and for other purposes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 19, 2023

Mr. Allen (for himself, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Austin Scott of Georgia, Mr. LaTurner, Mrs. Miller of Illinois, Mr. Duncan, Mr. Good of Virginia, Mrs. Houchin, Mr. Cole, Mr. Johnson of South Dakota, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mr. Comer, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Ferguson, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. C. Scott Franklin of Florida, Mr. Norman, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Carter of Georgia, and Mr. Owens) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce


A BILL

To reform the labor laws of the United States, 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 Rights Act”.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED EMPLOYEE RIGHTS.

The National Labor Relations Act is amended in section 9(a) (29 U.S.C. 159(a)) by striking “designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining” and inserting “for the purposes of collective bargaining selected by secret ballot in an election conducted by the Board,”.

SEC. 3. EMPLOYEE PRIVACY.

“No employee’s labor organization dues, fees, assessments, or other contributions shall be used or contributed to any person, organization, or entity for any purpose not directly related to the labor organization’s collective bargaining or contract administration functions on behalf of the represented unit employee unless the employee member, or nonmember required to make such payments as a condition of employment, authorizes such expenditure in writing, after a notice period of not less than 35 days. An initial authorization provided by an employee under the preceding sentence shall expire not later than 1 year after the date on which such authorization is signed by the employee. There shall be no automatic renewal of an authorization under this section.”.

SEC. 4. EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIPS.

Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152) is amended—