HR 500 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

National Right-to-Work Act

Introduced Feb 1, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Joe Wilson R-SC

Latest action · Mar 24, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedFeb 1, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Right-to-Work Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act to repeal those provisions that permit employers, pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement that is a union security agreement, to require employees to join a union as a condition of employment (including provisions permitting railroad carriers to require, pursuant to such an agreement, payroll deduction of union dues or fees as a condition of employment).

Cosponsors 122

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 1, 2005 to Sep 13, 2006; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-CO	Bob Beauprez	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-CA	Darrell Issa	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-FL	Dave Weldon	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-AZ	Jim Kolbe	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-KS	Jim Ryun	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-GA	John Linder	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-CO	Marilyn N. Musgrave	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Feb 1, 2005
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Feb 9, 2005
R-CA	George Radanovich		Feb 9, 2005
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Feb 9, 2005
R-AZ	Jeff Flake		Feb 9, 2005
R-AR	John Boozman		Feb 9, 2005
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett		Feb 9, 2005
R-VA	Thelma D. Drake		Feb 9, 2005
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Feb 9, 2005
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Feb 9, 2005
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		Feb 15, 2005
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Feb 15, 2005
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Feb 15, 2005
R-IA	Steve King		Feb 15, 2005
R-SC	Bob Inglis		Mar 2, 2005
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Mar 2, 2005
R-SC	J. Gresham Barrett		Mar 2, 2005
R-PA	Joseph R. Pitts		Mar 2, 2005
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Mar 2, 2005
R-CA	Wally Herger		Mar 2, 2005
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw		Mar 9, 2005
R-NC	Howard Coble		Mar 9, 2005
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Mar 9, 2005
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Mar 9, 2005
R-TX	John R. Carter		Mar 9, 2005
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Mar 9, 2005
R-IN	Mark E. Souder		Mar 9, 2005
R-CA	Mary Bono		Mar 9, 2005
R-IN	Mike Pence		Mar 9, 2005
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Mar 9, 2005
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Mar 9, 2005
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Mar 16, 2005
R-VA	Eric Cantor		Mar 16, 2005
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Mar 16, 2005
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling		Mar 16, 2005
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Mar 16, 2005
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Mar 16, 2005
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Mar 16, 2005
R-FL	Katherine Harris		Mar 17, 2005
R-CA	David Dreier		Apr 5, 2005
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Apr 5, 2005
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Apr 5, 2005
R-FL	Tom Feeney		Apr 5, 2005
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam		Apr 21, 2005
R-IN	Chris Chocola		Apr 21, 2005
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		Apr 21, 2005
R-OK	John Sullivan		Apr 21, 2005
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Apr 21, 2005
R-TX	Kevin Brady		Apr 21, 2005
R-IN	Michael E. Sodrel		Apr 21, 2005
R-FL	Ric Keller		Apr 21, 2005
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Apr 21, 2005
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		Apr 21, 2005
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Apr 21, 2005
R-GA	Tom Price		Apr 21, 2005
R-LA	Bobby Jindal		Apr 27, 2005
R-LA	Charles W. Boustany, Jr.		Apr 27, 2005
R-IN	Dan Burton		Apr 27, 2005
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Apr 27, 2005
R-IA	Tom Latham		Apr 27, 2005
R-UT	Rob Bishop		May 11, 2005
R-OH	Steve Chabot		May 12, 2005
R-CO	Joel Hefley		May 26, 2005
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Jun 8, 2005
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Jun 8, 2005
R-TX	Randy Neugebauer		Jun 8, 2005
R-VA	Tom Davis		Jun 8, 2005
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Jun 17, 2005
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Jun 20, 2005
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 21, 2005
R-MI	Dave Camp		Sep 7, 2005
R-GA	Phil Gingrey		Oct 6, 2005
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Oct 17, 2005
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Oct 20, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Nov 2, 2005
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest		Nov 2, 2005
R-CA	Edward R. Royce		Nov 15, 2005
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Nov 18, 2005
R-TX	Kay Granger		Dec 15, 2005
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Feb 16, 2006
R-KY	Ron Lewis		Feb 16, 2006
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.		Feb 28, 2006
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Feb 28, 2006
R-FL	Mark Foley		Feb 28, 2006
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Mar 8, 2006
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.		Mar 8, 2006
R-OH	Jean Schmidt		Mar 8, 2006
R-TX	Joe Barton		Mar 15, 2006
R-CA	John Campbell		Mar 15, 2006
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley		Mar 15, 2006
R-NE	Tom Osborne		Mar 15, 2006
R-NM	Stevan Pearce		Apr 6, 2006
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Apr 6, 2006
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		May 11, 2006
R-TX	Lamar Smith		Jun 19, 2006
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Jun 29, 2006
R-TX	Michael C. Burgess		Jul 13, 2006
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jul 13, 2006
R-OK	Tom Cole		Jul 13, 2006
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Jul 18, 2006
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Jul 24, 2006
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Jul 26, 2006
R-MN	John Kline		Sep 13, 2006

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Education and Workforce Committee	Referred Feb 1, 2005
	Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee	Referred Mar 24, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Mar 24, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Feb 1, 2005Introduced in House
Feb 1, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 109-30	FREEDOM IN THE WORKPLACE100 pages	Small Business Committee	Sep 8, 2005

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 370	National Right-to-Work Act	Related bill	Feb 14, 2005

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
Short Titles as Introduced: National Right-to-Work Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 1, 2005Introduced in House

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