Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act
Latest action · May 13, 2021 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.
- IntroducedMay 13, 2021
- 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 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 13, 2021 to Sep 20, 2022; 20 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-CA | Brad Sherman | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-AK | Don Young | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-IL | Mike Bost | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-CA | Norma J. Torres | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-FL | Stephanie N. Murphy | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | May 13, 2021 |
| D-PA | Conor Lamb | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | May 28, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Josh Harder | May 28, 2021 | |
| D-MD | C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger | Aug 20, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Kim Schrier | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Matt Cartwright | Oct 25, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Nov 1, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Antonio Delgado | Dec 13, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mike Levin | Feb 7, 2022 | |
| R-CA | Mike Garcia | Feb 28, 2022 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Mar 29, 2022 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Aug 30, 2022 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Sep 20, 2022 |
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 May 13, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- May 13, 2021Introduced in House
- May 13, 2021Referred 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. 167, no. 83, May 13, 2021, page H2316.
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1505 | Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act | Cross-Congress related bill | Feb 21, 2025 |
| HR 3539 | Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act | Reintroduced Bill | May 18, 2023 |
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: Government Operations and Politics.
- 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
- Fires
- First responders and emergency personnel
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health personnel
- Labor-management relations
- Law enforcement officers
- State and local government operations
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 13, 2021Introduced 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.
