Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
Latest action · Feb 13, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
- IntroducedFeb 13, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
This bill requires the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether a state substantially provides public safety officers or employees
- the right to form and join a labor organization;
- recognition by public safety employers of the employees' labor organization, agreement to bargain with the organization, and reduction of any agreements to writing in a contract or memorandum of understanding;
- the right to bargain over hours, wages, and terms and conditions of employment; and
- binding interest arbitration to resolve an impasse in collective bargaining negotiations.
The bill makes the authority responsible for (1) determining the appropriateness of units for labor representation; (2) supervising elections; (3) conducting hearings and resolving complaints of unfair labor practices; and (4) protecting the right of employees to form, join, or assist any labor organization, or to refrain from doing so.
An employer, public safety officer, or labor organization may not engage in a lockout, sickout, work slowdown, strike, or any other organized job action that will measurably disrupt the delivery of emergency services and is designed to compel an employer, public safety officer, or labor organization to agree to the terms of a proposed contract.
Cosponsors 227
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2019 to Aug 25, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | Feb 13, 2019 |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Feb 14, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Mar 5, 2019 | |
| R-OK | Tom Cole | Mar 6, 2019 | |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Mar 8, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Abby Finkenauer | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Mar 13, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Mar 18, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Mar 25, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Ann Wagner | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Brian Higgins | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-IN | Peter J. Visclosky | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Apr 1, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Apr 4, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Apr 4, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Apr 4, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Apr 4, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Apr 22, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Apr 22, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | Apr 22, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Apr 22, 2019 | |
| D-RI | James R. Langevin | Apr 22, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Joseph P. Kennedy III | Apr 22, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Lucille Roybal-Allard | Apr 22, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Apr 22, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Andy Levin | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Debra A. Haaland | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Apr 29, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-MP | Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Max Rose | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | May 2, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Daniel Lipinski | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | May 7, 2019 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | May 7, 2019 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | May 8, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Anthony Brindisi | May 8, 2019 | |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | May 8, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Jesús G. "Chuy" García | May 8, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | May 9, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | May 9, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | May 9, 2019 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Gomez | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | May 14, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 14, 2019 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 16, 2019 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | May 16, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | May 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | May 17, 2019 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | May 17, 2019 | |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | May 17, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | May 17, 2019 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | May 20, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Juan Vargas | May 20, 2019 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | May 21, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | May 21, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Tom O'Halleran | May 21, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | May 23, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Linda T. Sánchez | May 23, 2019 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jun 6, 2019 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Jun 6, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Donald S. Beyer, Jr. | Jun 6, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Michael F. Doyle | Jun 6, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Jun 6, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Jun 10, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-NM | Xochitl Torres Small | Jun 11, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jun 12, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Jun 18, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Guy Reschenthaler | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jun 21, 2019 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jun 21, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jun 27, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Jun 27, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Jul 2, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jul 9, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Jul 10, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Donna E. Shalala | Jul 12, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Joseph D. Morelle | Jul 12, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Jul 12, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Susan Wild | Jul 15, 2019 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Marcia L. Fudge | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Jul 17, 2019 | |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-OK | Kendra S. Horn | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Jul 24, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Haley M. Stevens | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Jul 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Aug 6, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Jason Crow | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-MD | John P. Sarbanes | Aug 9, 2019 | |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Nanette Diaz Barragán | Aug 16, 2019 | |
| R-NY | John Katko | Aug 23, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Aug 27, 2019 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Aug 30, 2019 | |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Aug 30, 2019 | |
| D-AZ | Ann Kirkpatrick | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Sep 6, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-AK | Don Young | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-MI | Fred Upton | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Sep 9, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Sep 10, 2019 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Sep 12, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Denny Heck | Sep 16, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Harley Rouda | Sep 19, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Sep 20, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Sep 20, 2019 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Sep 20, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Sep 20, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Rick Larsen | Sep 20, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Charlie Crist | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Sep 25, 2019 | |
| D-LA | Cedric L. Richmond | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Vicente Gonzalez | Sep 27, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Jennifer Wexton | Oct 1, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Oct 1, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Tj Cox | Oct 4, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Grace F. Napolitano | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Oct 8, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Katie Hill | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Pete Aguilar | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| R-NY | Peter T. King | Oct 15, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Oct 18, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Oct 21, 2019 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Mucarsel-Powell | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Oct 28, 2019 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Oct 29, 2019 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Nov 12, 2019 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Nov 14, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Nov 19, 2019 | |
| D-GA | David Scott | Nov 20, 2019 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Nov 20, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Nov 21, 2019 | |
| D-CA | Jerry McNerney | Nov 22, 2019 | |
| D-UT | Ben McAdams | Dec 5, 2019 | |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Dec 12, 2019 | |
| D-WI | Ron Kind | Dec 23, 2019 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Jan 17, 2020 | |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Jan 28, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Jackie Speier | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Jose E. Serrano | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jan 29, 2020 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Feb 27, 2020 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Mar 4, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Mar 10, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Mar 10, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | May 8, 2020 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | May 8, 2020 | |
| R-MN | Jim Hagedorn | Aug 25, 2020 |
Withdrew 1 Ruben Gallego D-AZ Jun 25, 2020
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 Feb 13, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 13, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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. 165, no. 28, February 13, 2019, page H1584.
Printed hearings 1
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. 116-32 | STANDING WITH PUBLIC SERVANTS: PROTECTING THE RIGHT TO ORGANIZE121 pages | Education and Workforce Committee | Jun 26, 2019 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1394 | Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act | Related bill | May 9, 2019 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
- Civil actions and liability
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Federal Labor Relations Authority
- Federal preemption
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Health personnel
- Labor and Employment
- Labor-management relations
- Law enforcement officers
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 13, 2019Introduced 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.
