National Labor Relations Board Reform Act
Latest action · Mar 23, 2016 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.
- IntroducedNov 16, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
National Labor Relations Board Reform Act
Amends the National Labor Relations Act to revise requirements with respect to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), and the process for appellate review.
Increases NLRB membership from five to six. Requires three members to represent each of the two major political parties and, beginning January 1, 2020, each of the two members whose terms expire on the same date to represent a different major political party.
Requires: (1) four NLRB members to constitute a quorum at all times, and (2) any NLRB determination to be approved by a majority of the members present.
Specifies tenure, including staggered terms, of NLRB members.
Sets forth judicial review procedures for any person subject to a complaint issued or authorized by the OGC.
Sets the compensation rate for each NLRB member, in addition to the OGC, at level IV of the Executive Schedule and the Chairman of the NLRB, as under current law, at level III.
Requires the NLRB to issue a final order reviewing an appeal of a report of an administrative law judge or decision of a regional director within one year after the report or decision; but if the NLRB does not issue a final order within that time, allows any party to the case to move to discharge it. Deems, upon such a motion, the report or the decision to be a final agency action. Prohibits the NLRB from taking further action on the matter.
Reduces authorized appropriations to carry out the Act for each of the succeeding two fiscal years to 80% of the average amount authorized for the prior two fiscal years if, two years after enactment of this Act, the NLRB has failed to issue a final order on more than 90% of the cases pending on (or filed on or after) the date of enactment.
Extends such reduced authorization of appropriations if after four years the NLRB has failed to issue a final order on more than 90% of the cases pending on (or filed on or after) the date that is two years after the date of enactment of this Act.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 16, 2015 to Nov 18, 2015; 14 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AR | J. French Hill | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-SC | Jeff Duncan | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-TX | John Abney Culberson | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-TX | Louie Gohmert | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-SC | Mark Sanford | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-TX | Pete Olson | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-TX | Pete Sessions | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-GA | Rick W. Allen | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-SC | Trey Gowdy | Original | Nov 16, 2015 |
| R-VA | J. Randy Forbes | Nov 18, 2015 | |
| R-GA | Jody B. Hice | Nov 18, 2015 |
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 Nov 16, 2015 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2016 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Nov 16, 2015Introduced in House
- Nov 16, 2015Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1629)
- Nov 16, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 1
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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1629 | Joe Wilson R-SC | Nov 16, 2015 |
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 Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 168, November 16, 2015, page H8241.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 288 | National Labor Relations Board Reform Act | Identical bill | Jan 28, 2015 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the National Labor Relations Act to reform the National Labor Relations Board, the Office of the General Counsel, and the process for appellate review, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- National Labor Relations Board Reform Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 16, 2015Introduced 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.
