119-s2568

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2568 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2568

 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the authority of 
the National Labor Relations Board with respect to rulemaking, issuance 
 of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 31, 2025

 Mr. Lee introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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 A BILL

 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the authority of 
the National Labor Relations Board with respect to rulemaking, issuance 
 of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting American Jobs Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT.

    (a) Duties of the General Counsel and Administrative Law Judges.--
The National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended--

    (1) in 

section 3
            (d) (29 U.S.C. 153
            (d) ), by striking 
 ``investigation of charges and issuance of complaints under 
 

section 10, and in respect of the prosecution of such 
 complaints before the Board'' and inserting ``investigation of 
 allegations under 

section 10''; and

    (2) in 

section 4

    (a) (29 U.S.C. 154

    (a) ), by striking the 
 fourth sentence.

    (b) Clarification of the Board's Rulemaking Authority.--

Section 6 
of such Act (29 U.S.C. 156) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``Such rulemaking authority shall be limited to rules 
concerning the internal functions of the Board. The Board shall not 
promulgate rules or regulations that affect the substantive or 
procedural rights of any person, employer, employee, or labor 
organization, including rules and regulations concerning unfair labor 
practices and representation elections.''.
            (c) Unfair Labor Practices.--

Section 8

    (a)

    (4) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
158

    (a)

    (4) ) is amended by striking ``charges'' and inserting ``a civil 
action''.
            (d) Investigatory Power and Adjudicatory Authority Over Unfair 
Labor Practice Allegations.--

Section 10 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 160) is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a) --
        (A) by striking ``prevent any person from engaging 
 in'' and inserting ``investigate''; and
        (B) by striking ``This power shall'' and all that 
 follows through the end of the subsection;

    (2) in subsection

    (b) --
        (A) by striking ``Whenever it is charged'' and 
 inserting ``Whenever it is alleged'';
        (B) by striking ``or is engaging in'' and inserting 
 ``, is engaging in, or is about to engage in'';
            (C) by striking ``the Board, or any agent'' and all 
 that follows through ``Provided, That no complaint 
 shall issue'' and inserting ``the aggrieved person may 
 bring a civil action for such relief (including an 
 injunction) as may be appropriate. Any such civil 
 action may be brought in the district court of the 
 United States where the violation occurred, or, at the 
 option of the parties, in the United States District 
 Court for the District of Columbia. No civil action may 
 be brought'';
            (D) by striking ``charge with the Board'' and all 
 that follows through ``prevented from filing such 
 charge'' and inserting ``civil action, unless the 
 person aggrieved thereby was prevented from filing such 
 civil action''; and
        (E) by striking ``Any such complaint may be 
 amended'' and all that follows through ``Any such 
 proceeding shall, so far as practicable,'' and 
 inserting ``Any proceeding under this subsection 
 shall'';

    (3) by striking subsections
            (c) through

    (k) ;

    (4) by redesignating subsections
            (l) and
            (m) as subsections
            (c) and
            (d) , respectively;

    (5) in subsection
            (c) (as so redesignated)--
        (A) by striking ``Whenever it is charged'' and 
 inserting ``Whenever it is alleged'';
        (B) in the first sentence, by striking ``charge'' 
 and inserting ``allegation''; and
            (C) by striking ``such charge is true and that a 
 complaint should issue, he shall'' and all that follows 
 through the end of the subsection and inserting ``such 
 allegation is true, the officer or regional attorney 
 shall, on behalf of the Board, submit a written summary 
 of the findings to all parties involved in the alleged 
 unfair labor practice.''; and

    (6) in subsection
            (d) (as so redesignated)--
        (A) by striking ``Whenever it is charged'' and 
 inserting ``Whenever it is alleged'';
        (B) by striking ``such charge'' and inserting 
 ``such allegation''; and
            (C) by striking ``and cases given priority under 
 subsection
            (i) ''.

    (e) Conforming Amendments.--The National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended--

    (1) in 

section 9 (29 U.S.C. 159)--
        (A) in subsection
            (c) (2) , by striking ``and in no 
 case shall the Board'' and all that follows through the 
 end of such subsection and inserting a period;
        (B) by striking subsection
            (d) ; and
            (C) by redesignating subsection

    (e) as subsection
            (d) ;

    (2) in 

section 3

    (b) (29 U.S.C. 153

    (b) ), by striking ``or

    (e) of 

section 9'' and inserting ``or
            (d) of 

section 9'';

    (3) in 

section 8 (29 U.S.C. 158), by striking ``9

    (e) '' each 
 place it appears and inserting ``9
            (d) ''; and

    (4) in 

section 18 (29 U.S.C. 168), by striking ``

section 10

    (e) or

    (f) '' and inserting ``subsection

    (e) or

    (f) of 

section 10, as such subsections were in effect on the day before the 
 date of enactment of the Protecting American Jobs Act,''.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.

 Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the National Labor Relations Board shall review all regulations 
promulgated before such date of enactment and revise or rescind any 
such regulations as necessary to implement the amendment made by 

section 2

    (b) .
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