S 964 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Job Protection Act

Introduced May 12, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Lamar Alexander R-TN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · May 12, 2011 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S2936)

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.

  1. IntroducedMay 12, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Job Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that an employer's expression or written dissemination of views, argument, or opinion regarding the costs associated with collective bargaining, work stoppages, or strikes shall not constitute antiunion animus or unlawful motive (an unfair labor practice), if such expression contains no threat of reprisal or force or promise of benefit.

Denies the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), unless an employer has been adjudicated finally to have unlawfully undertaken certain actions, any power to: (1) order the employer to relocate, shut down, or transfer any existing or planned facility or work or employment opportunity; (2) prevent the employer from making such relocations, transfers, or expansions to new or existing facilities in the future; or (3) prevent the employer from closing or not developing a facility, or from eliminating an employment opportunity.

Declares that, unless an employer has been so adjudicated, nothing under the Act shall: (1) prevent the employer from choosing where to locate, develop, or expand its business or facilities; (2) require the employer to move, transfer, or relocate any facility, production line, or employment opportunity, or require the employer to cease or refrain from doing so; or (3) prevent the employer from closing a facility or eliminating any employment opportunity.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 12, 2011 to Jun 14, 2011; 33 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-TNBob CorkerOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-IAChuck GrassleyOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-LADavid VitterOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-NVDean HellerOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-ALJeff SessionsOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-SCJim DeMintOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-NDJohn HoevenOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-AZJohn McCainOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-AZJon KylOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-TXKay Bailey HutchisonOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-NEMike JohannsOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-UTMike LeeOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-KYRand PaulOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-ALRichard C. ShelbyOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-INRichard G. LugarOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-GASaxby ChamblissOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-MSThad CochranOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-OKTom CoburnOriginalMay 12, 2011
R-SDJohn ThuneMay 16, 2011
R-PAPatrick J. ToomeyMay 24, 2011
R-KSJerry MoranJun 14, 2011

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHealth, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Referred May 12, 2011

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 12, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. May 12, 2011Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2934-2936)
  3. May 12, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced in Senate: CR S2936)

In the Congressional Record 3

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
SenateDebate and remarks S3674Lamar Alexander R-TNJun 9, 2011
SenateDebate and remarks S3412Lamar Alexander R-TNMay 26, 2011
SenateDebate and remarks S2934Text printed S2936Lists S2934Cosponsors of S. 964, Job Protection ActLamar Alexander R-TN (text)May 12, 2011

Related bills 1

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 1976Job Protection ActIdentical billSep 8, 2011

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to clarify the applicability of such Act with respect to States that have right to work laws in effect.
Short Titles as Introduced
Job Protection Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 12, 2011Introduced in Senate

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