H.R. 3094 - Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

Bill Text

    Text of H.R. 3094 PDF XML

    Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act

    H. Rept. 112-276 PDF XML

    Report from the Committee on Education and the Workforce

Rule Information

 

COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY VOICE VOTE on Thursday, November 17, 2011.

FLOOR ACTION ON H.RES. 470: 
Adopted by record vote of 239-167 on Friday, November 18, 2011.

MANAGERS: Foxx/Polis

1. Structured rule.

2. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

3. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.

4. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Education and the Workforce now printed in the bill shall be considered as original text for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read.

5. Waives all points of order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.

6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Each such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.

7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.

8. Provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
 

 

Amendments (click headers to sort)

#Version #Sponsor(s)PartySummaryStatus
1Version 3Bishop, Tim (NY)DemocratRevised Would give the Board authority to impose sanctions on a party for presenting a frivolous or vexatious filing during pre-election proceedings.Made In Order
3Version 2Boswell (IA)DemocratRevised Would prevent employers that have paid any executive compensation bonuses in excess of 10,000 percent of the annual compensation of the average employee from engaging in open-ended litigation. Such parties are required to state their issues or positions at the outset of pre-election hearings, and prohibited from raising new, frivolous issues as a dilatory tactic.Made In Order
2Version 1Holt (NJ)DemocratAmendment in the nature of a substitute. Would authorize $30,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 for educational grants to States to prevent teacher layoffs.Submitted
5Version 1Jackson Lee (TX)DemocratLate Would strike a section of the bill to ensure that employers would not be able to unnecessarily delay an election. Made In Order
6Version 1Jackson Lee (TX)DemocratWithdrawn Late Would require the National Labor Review Board to conduct a study to assess the impact of this measure on employees who are seeking to be represented by a labor organization for the purpose of collective bargaining and shall report the findings to Congress. Withdrawn
7Version 1Jackson Lee (TX)DemocratWithdrawn Late Would require that the provisions in this bill would not take effect until January 1, 2014Withdrawn
4Version 2Walz (MN)DemocratRevised Would prevent this Act from applying to businesses that have been cited for violating labor laws in the past year against employees who are veterans of the Armed Forces.Made In Order