S 850 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act

Introduced Apr 25, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Lamar Alexander R-TN

Latest action · Apr 25, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

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IntroducedApr 25, 2013
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act - Requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to cease all activity that requires a quorum of Board members. Prohibits the Board from appointing any personnel or implementing, administering, or enforcing any decision, rule, vote, or other action decided, undertaken, adopted, issued, or finalized on or after January 4, 2012, that requires a quorum of the Board members.

Terminates the requirements of this Act upon: (1) confirmation of all Board members constituting a quorum with the advice and consent of the Senate, (2) a decision by the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Board appointments made in January 2012, or (3) the adjournment sine die of the first session of the 113th Congress.

Prohibits, in the event of this Act's termination, the implementation, administration, or enforcement of any Board action or appointment occurring on or after January 4, 2012, that requires authorization by not less than a quorum of the Board members, unless and until the action is considered and acted upon by a Board constituting a quorum, or the Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the Board appointments made in January 2012.

Cosponsors 16

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 25, 2013 to May 16, 2013; 11 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-ID	James E. Risch	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-OK	James M. Inhofe	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-GA	Johnny Isakson	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-FL	Marco Rubio	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-IL	Mark Kirk	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-WY	Michael B. Enzi	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-NE	Mike Johanns	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-KS	Pat Roberts	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-SC	Tim Scott	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-OK	Tom Coburn	Original	Apr 25, 2013
R-TX	John Cornyn		May 7, 2013
R-ME	Susan M. Collins		May 7, 2013
R-AL	Jeff Sessions		May 9, 2013
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss		May 9, 2013

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Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee	Referred Apr 25, 2013

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 25, 2013Introduced in Senate
Apr 25, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Related bills 6

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HRES 146	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1120) to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from taking any action that requires a quorum of the members of the Board until such time as Board constituting a quorum shall have been confirmed by the Senate, the Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the appointments to the Board made in January 2012, or the adjournment sine die of the first session of the 113th Congress.	Related bill	Apr 11, 2013
S 180	NLRB Freeze Act of 2013	Related bill	Jan 30, 2013
S 188	Advice and Consent Restoration Act	Related bill	Jan 30, 2013
HR 557	Advice and Consent Restoration Act	Related bill	Apr 23, 2013
HR 976	To declare that certain agency actions by the National Labor Relations Board shall have no force or effect until final disposition is made in certain actions relating to the appointment of individuals to such Board that are pending in Federal court, and to prohibit further actions by such Board until such time.	Related bill	Apr 23, 2013
HR 1120	Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act	Related bill	Apr 15, 2013

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from taking any action that requires a quorum of the members of the Board until such time as Board constituting a quorum shall have been confirmed by the Senate, the Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the appointments to the Board made in January 2012, or the adjournment sine die of the first session of the 113th Congress.
Short Titles as Introduced: Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Apr 25, 2013Introduced in Senate

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