119-s533

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 533 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 533

 To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to 
 form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such 
 activities.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 February 12, 2025

 Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Britt, Mr. 
 Tillis, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Lankford, 
Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. 
 Ricketts, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Budd, and Mr. Lee) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

 To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to 
 form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such 
 activities.

 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 ``National Right-to-Work Act''.

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

    (a) Rights of Employees.--

Section 7 of the National Labor Relations 
Act (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking ``except to'' and all that 
follows through ``authorized in 

section 8

    (a)

    (3) ''.

    (b) Unfair Labor Practices.--

Section 8 of the National Labor 
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a)

    (3) , by striking ``: Provided, That'' 
 and all that follows through ``retaining membership'';

    (2) in subsection

    (b) --
        (A) in paragraph

    (2) , by striking ``or to 
 discriminate'' and all that follows through ``retaining 
 membership''; and
        (B) in paragraph

    (5) , by striking ``covered by an 
 agreement authorized under subsection

    (a)

    (3) ''; and

    (3) in subsection

    (f) --
        (A) by striking clause

    (2) and redesignating 
 clauses

    (3) and

    (4) as clauses

    (2) and

    (3) , 
 respectively; and
        (B) by striking ``Provided, That nothing in this 
 subsection shall set aside the final proviso to 

section 8

    (a)

    (3) of this Act: Provided further,'' and inserting 
 ``Provided,''.
            (c) Additional Conforming Amendments.--

    (1) National labor relations act.--The National Labor 
 Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended--
        (A) in 

section 9 (29 U.S.C. 159), by striking 
 subsection

    (e) ;
        (B) in 

section 3

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

    (b) ), by striking 
 ``or

    (e) ''; and
            (C) in 

section 8

    (f) (29 U.S.C. 158

    (f) ), as amended 
 by subsection

    (b)

    (3) , by striking ``or 9

    (e) ''.

    (2) Other laws.--

Section 453A

    (a)

    (2)
        (B)
            (ii) of the Social 
 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653a

    (a)

    (2)
        (B)
            (ii) ) is amended by 
 striking ``

section 8

    (f)

    (3) '' and inserting ``

section 8

    (f)

    (2) ''.

SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT.

 

Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended--

    (1) by striking the Eleventh paragraph under the heading 
 for general duties; and

    (2) by redesignating the Twelfth paragraph under the 
 heading for general duties as the Eleventh paragraph.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

 This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to any 
agreement entered into or renewed after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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