Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
Latest action · Sep 10, 2015 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 220.
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.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2015
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) 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 14
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2015 to Sep 27, 2016; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-NE | Deb Fischer | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| R-ND | John Hoeven | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Original | Jan 22, 2015 |
| R-ID | James E. Risch | Jan 28, 2015 | |
| R-SD | Mike Rounds | Apr 23, 2015 | |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Jun 1, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | John McCain | Jun 15, 2015 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Oct 8, 2015 | |
| R-WI | Ron Johnson | Nov 5, 2015 | |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Sep 27, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Indian Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2015Hearings Apr 29, 2015Reported Sep 10, 2015 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2015Committee on Indian Affairs. Reported by Senator Barrasso without amendment. With written report No. 114-140.
- Sep 10, 2015Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 220.
- Jun 10, 2015Committee on Indian Affairs. Ordered to be reported favorably.
- Apr 29, 2015Committee on Indian Affairs. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 114-105.
- Jan 22, 2015Introduced in Senate
- Jan 22, 2015Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S8776 | Jerry Moran R-KS, Sherrod Brown D-OH | Dec 17, 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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 25, 2015S. 248, Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs on June 10, 2015
Printed hearings 2
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. 114-20 | H.R. 511, TRIBAL LABOR SOVEREIGNTY ACT OF 2015118 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jun 16, 2015 |
| S. Hrg. 114-105 | S. 248, THE TRIBAL LABOR SOVEREIGNTY ACT OF 201588 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Apr 29, 2015 |
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 63 | Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2017 | Reintroduced Bill | Feb 17, 2017 |
| HR 511 | Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015 | Identical bill | Nov 18, 2015 |
| HR 519 | Healthcare Tax Relief and Mandate Repeal Act | Related bill | Jan 22, 2015 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill 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 2015
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Native Americans.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 10, 2015Reported to Senate
- Jan 22, 2015Introduced in Senate
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.
