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[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3459 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 272
114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3459

                          [Report No. 114-355]

 To clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers 
                under the National Labor Relations Act.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 9, 2015

 Mr. Kline (for himself, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Walberg, Ms. Foxx, 
 Mr. Rokita, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Thompson of 
   Pennsylvania, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Barletta, Mr. Heck of 
  Nevada, Mr. Messer, Mr. Byrne, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Bishop of 
Michigan, Mr. Grothman, Mr. Russell, Mr. Curbelo of Florida, Mr. Allen, 
Mr. Chabot, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Mrs. Hartzler, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mr. 
    Hardy, and Mr. Knight) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

                            December 1, 2015

 Additional sponsors: Mr. Palmer, Mr. Bucshon, Mr. Tiberi, Mr. Gosar, 
Mr. Costello of Pennsylvania, Mr. Long, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mrs. 
 Mimi Walters of California, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Forbes, Mr. Abraham, Mr. 
 Huelskamp, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Cuellar, Mr. Westmoreland, Mr. Pompeo, Mr. 
    Sensenbrenner, Mr. Bilirakis, Mr. Brat, Mr. Hill, Mr. Rooney of 
Florida, Ms. Jenkins of Kansas, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Goodlatte, Mr. Jolly, 
   Mr. Ross, Mrs. Walorski, Mr. Peterson, Mr. Miller of Florida, Mr. 
  Moolenaar, Mr. Rohrabacher, Mr. Marchant, Mr. Smith of Texas, Mrs. 
Comstock, Mr. Buck, Mr. Farenthold, Mrs. Brooks of Indiana, Mr. Latta, 
 Mr. Shimkus, Mr. Burgess, Ms. McSally, Mr. Fincher, Mr. Coffman, Mr. 
   Ashford, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Westerman, Mr. Ratcliffe, Mr. Smith of 
Nebraska, Mr. Hurt of Virginia, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Ribble, Mr. Olson, 
   Mr. Barr, Mr. Tom Price of Georgia, Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas, Mr. 
   Womack, Mr. Holding, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Lance, Mr. Austin Scott of 
  Georgia, Ms. Stefanik, Mr. Duncan of Tennessee, Mr. Loudermilk, Mr. 
Hanna, Mrs. Black, Mrs. Roby, Mr. Calvert, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Dold, Mr. 
 Boustany, Mr. Hurd of Texas, Mr. Posey, Mr. Lamborn, Mr. Nugent, Mr. 
  Zinke, Mrs. Ellmers of North Carolina, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Stewart, Mr. 
    MacArthur, Mr. Stivers, Mr. Tipton, Mr. Culberson, Mr. Kelly of 
 Pennsylvania, Mr. Collins of New York, Mr. Kelly of Mississippi, Mr. 
Benishek, Mr. Fortenberry, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Cole, Mrs. Love, 
                            and Mr. Newhouse

                            December 1, 2015

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           September 9, 2015]

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                                 A BILL

 
 To clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers 
                under the National Labor Relations Act.

 

    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 Local Business 
Opportunity Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF JOINT EMPLOYERS.

    Section 2(2) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(2)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: ``Notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, two or more employers may be considered 
joint employers for purposes of this Act only if each employer shares 
and exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment 
and such control over these matters is actual, direct, and 
immediate.''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 272

114th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 3459

                          [Report No. 114-355]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

 To clarify the treatment of two or more employers as joint employers 
                under the National Labor Relations Act.

_______________________________________________________________________

                            December 1, 2015

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
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