Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013
Latest action · Apr 23, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedMar 15, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its lands is not considered an employer (thus excluding such enterprises or institutions from coverage by such Act).
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2013 to Jul 25, 2014; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MN | John Kline | Original | Mar 15, 2013 |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Original | Mar 15, 2013 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Mar 15, 2013 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Mar 15, 2013 |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Original | Mar 15, 2013 |
| R-OK | Markwayne Mullin | Apr 16, 2013 | |
| R-AZ | David Schweikert | Jun 5, 2013 | |
| R-OK | Frank D. Lucas | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| R-IN | Larry Bucshon | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Patrick T. McHenry | Jun 14, 2013 | |
| R-MI | Dave Camp | Jun 20, 2013 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Jun 20, 2013 | |
| R-MI | Candice S. Miller | Jun 28, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Doug LaMalfa | Jun 28, 2013 | |
| R-NV | Joseph J. Heck | Jun 28, 2013 | |
| R-TN | Stephen Lee Fincher | Jun 28, 2013 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Jun 28, 2013 | |
| R-ID | Raul R. Labrador | Jul 11, 2013 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Jul 18, 2013 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Jul 31, 2013 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jul 31, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Tom McClintock | Jul 31, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Tom Marino | Oct 9, 2013 | |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Nov 13, 2013 | |
| R-TN | Scott DesJarlais | Nov 13, 2013 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | Nov 13, 2013 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Dec 4, 2013 | |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Dec 11, 2013 | |
| R-TN | David P. Roe | Dec 11, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Dec 11, 2013 | |
| R-NM | Stevan Pearce | Dec 11, 2013 | |
| R-CO | Scott R. Tipton | Jan 10, 2014 | |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Apr 2, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Apr 2, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Apr 9, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Thomas J. Rooney | Apr 30, 2014 | |
| R-NC | Mark Meadows | May 6, 2014 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | May 30, 2014 | |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Jul 8, 2014 | |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Jul 22, 2014 | |
| R-MN | Erik Paulsen | Jul 25, 2014 |
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 Mar 15, 2013 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2013 | |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Apr 23, 2013 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Mar 15, 2013Introduced in House
- Mar 15, 2013Referred 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.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1549.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1477 | Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013 | Identical bill | Aug 1, 2013 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 15, 2013Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
