S 2686 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

Introduced Mar 15, 2016 Originated Senate Sponsor Lamar Alexander R-TN

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 16, 2016 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.

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. IntroducedMar 15, 2016
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow two or more employers to be considered joint employers for purposes of the Act only if each shares and exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment and such control over these matters is actual, direct, and immediate.

Cosponsors 46

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 15, 2016 to May 19, 2016; 44 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-LABill CassidyOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-TNBob CorkerOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-COCory GardnerOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-INDaniel CoatsOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-GADavid PerdueOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-LADavid VitterOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-NVDean HellerOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-NEDeb FischerOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-OKJames LankfordOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-AZJeff FlakeOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-ALJeff SessionsOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-AZJohn McCainOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-GAJohnny IsaksonOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-NHKelly AyotteOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-ILMark KirkOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-UTMike LeeOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-SDMike RoundsOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-KSPat RobertsOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-ALRichard C. ShelbyOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-MORoy BluntOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-WVShelley Moore CapitoOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-MTSteve DainesOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-TXTed CruzOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-MSThad CochranOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-NCThom TillisOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-SCTim ScottOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-ARTom CottonOriginalMar 15, 2016
R-KYRand PaulMay 10, 2016
R-IAChuck GrassleyMay 19, 2016

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateSmall Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Hearings Jun 16, 2016

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 16, 2016Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
  2. Mar 16, 2016Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 394.
  3. Mar 15, 2016Introduced in Senate
  4. Mar 15, 2016Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

In the Congressional Record 2

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 S1515Mitch McConnell R-KYMar 16, 2016
SenateDebate and remarks S1511Steve Daines R-MTMar 15, 2016

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.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 114-180PROTECTING THE INTERNET AND CONSUMERS THROUGH CONGRESSIONAL ACTION201 pagesCommerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeJan 21, 2015

Related bills 2

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

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2015Protecting Local Business Opportunity ActIdentical billSep 9, 2015
HR 3459Protecting Local Business Opportunity ActIdentical billDec 1, 2015

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers under the National Labor Relations Act.
Short Titles as Introduced
Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 16, 2016Placed on Calendar Senate

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