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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. CON. RES. 119 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

NOVEMBER 30 (legislative day, NOVEMBER 29), 2022 

Received 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Providing for a correction in the enrollment of H.J. Res. 

100. 

1 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 

2 concurring), That, in the enrollment of the joint resolution 

3 H.J. Res. 100, the Clerk of the House of Representatives 

4 shall make the following corrections: 

5 (1) Amend section 1— 

6 (A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub7 section (c); and 


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1 (B) by inserting after subsection (a) the 

2 following: 

3 ‘‘(b) PAID SICK LEAVE.— 

4 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any tentative agreements, 

5 side letters, or local carrier agreements entered into 

6 by the parties and ratified before the date of enact7 ment of this joint resolution and the tentative agree8 ments, side letters, and local carrier agreements 

9 made binding by subsection (a) shall, beginning 60 

10 days after the date of enactment of this joint resolu11 tion, provide— 

12 ‘‘(A) for 7 days of paid sick leave annually, 

13 except that nothing in this subparagraph shall 

14 supersede any existing labor agreement between 

15 such parties that provides for more than 7 days 

16 of paid sick leave annually; and 

17 ‘‘(B) that the use of any 7 days of paid 

18 sick leave annually, regardless of whether such 

19 days are provided under a tentative agreement, 

20 side letter, or local carrier agreement or under 

21 an existing labor agreement described in sub22 paragraph (A), will not result in any points, de23 merits, or disciplinary citations under any par24 ty’s attendance policy. 


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1 ‘‘(2) EFFECT.—The modification referenced in 

2 paragraph (1) shall each have the same effect as 

3 though arrived at by agreement of such parties 

4 under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et 

5 seq.).’’. 

6 (2) Redesignate section 2 as section 3. 

7 (3) After section 1, insert the following: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 2. NEGOTIATIONS AND ARBITRATION. 

9 ‘‘(a) NEGOTIATIONS.—The parties to the disputes 

10 subject to Presidential Emergency Board No. 250, estab11 lished pursuant to Executive Order 14077 of July 15, 

12 2022, shall negotiate the implementation of the 7 days of 

13 paid sick leave imposed on such parties by section 1(b). 

14 ‘‘(b) BINDING ARBITRATION.—If, after 30 days after 

15 the date of enactment of this joint resolution, the parties 

16 are not able to reach agreement on the matter described 

17 in subsection (a), such parties shall enter into binding ar18 bitration on such matter to provide for a final resolution 

19 of such unresolved matter. 

20 ‘‘(c) ARBITRATION.—The arbitration described in 

21 subsection (b) shall be conducted pursuant to the provi22 sions of section 7 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 

23 157), and any award shall be enforceable under section 

24 9 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 159), except that, 


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1 in the public interest, compensation and expenses of the 

2 arbitrators shall be borne equally by the parties. 

3 ‘‘(d) DEADLINE.—Not later than 60 days after the 

4 date of enactment of this joint resolution, any binding ar5 bitration proceeding entered into pursuant to subsection 

6 (b) shall be completed, including issuance of any award 

7 by the arbitration board.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 30, 

2022. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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