(3) FACILITATING
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING 
AGREEMENTS.—Section 8 of the National Labor Re-
lations Act (29 U.S.C. 158), as so amended, is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) Whenever collective bargaining is for the pur-
pose of establishing an initial agreement following certifi-
cation or recognition, the provisions of subsection (d) shall 
be modified as follows: 
‘‘(1) Not later than 10 days after receiving a 
written request for collective bargaining from an in-
dividual or labor organization that has been newly 
organized or certified as a representative as defined 
in section 9(a), or within such further period as the 
parties agree upon, the parties shall meet and com-
mence to bargain collectively and shall make every 
reasonable effort to conclude and sign a collective 
bargaining agreement. 
‘‘(2) If after the expiration of the 90-day period 
beginning on the date on which bargaining is com-
menced, or such additional period as the parties may 
agree upon, the parties have failed to reach an 
agreement, either party may notify the Federal Me-
diation and Conciliation Service of the existence of 
a dispute and request mediation. Whenever such a 
request is received, it shall be the duty of the Service 
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promptly to put itself in communication with the 
parties and to use its best efforts, by mediation and 
conciliation, to bring them to agreement. 
‘‘(3) If after the expiration of the 30-day period 
beginning on the date on which the request for me-
diation is made under paragraph (2), or such addi-
tional period as the parties may agree upon, the 
Service is not able to bring the parties to agreement 
by conciliation, the Service shall refer the dispute to 
an arbitration board established in accordance with 
such regulations as may be prescribed by the Serv-
ice. The arbitration board shall render a decision 
settling the dispute and such decision shall be bind-
ing upon the parties for a period of 2 years, unless 
amended during such period by written consent of 
the parties.’’. 
(c) STREAMLINING CERTIFICATION FOR LABOR OR-
GANIZATIONS.—The National Labor Relations Act (29 
U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(b) (29 U.S.C. 153(b))— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and to’’ and inserting 
‘‘to’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and certify the results 
thereof,’’ and inserting ‘‘, and to issue certifi-
cations as provided for in that section,’’; and 
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(2) in section 9(c) (29 U.S.C. 159(c)), by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sec-
tion, whenever a petition shall have been filed by an em-
ployee or group of employees or any individual or labor 
organization acting in their behalf alleging that a majority 
of employees in a unit appropriate for the purposes of col-
lective bargaining wish to be represented by an individual 
or labor organization for such purposes, the Board shall 
investigate the petition. If the Board finds that a majority 
of the employees in a unit appropriate for purposes of col-
lective bargaining has signed valid authorizations desig-
nating the individual or labor organization specified in the 
petition as their bargaining representative and that no 
other individual or labor organization is currently certified 
or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the 
employees in the unit, the Board shall not direct an elec-
tion but shall certify the individual or labor organization 
as the representative described in subsection (a). 
‘‘(7) The Board shall develop guidelines and proce-
dures for the designation by employees of a bargaining 
representative in the manner described in paragraph (6). 
Such guidelines and procedures shall include— 
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‘‘(A) model collective bargaining authorization 
language that may be used for purposes of making 
the designations described in paragraph (6); and 
‘‘(B) procedures to be used by the Board to es-
tablish the validity of signed authorizations desig-
nating bargaining representatives.’’. 
(d) PREEMPTING STATE RIGHT-TO-WORK FOR LESS 
LAWS.—Subsection (b) of section 14 of the National 
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 164) is repealed. 
(e) JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY.—The National 
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 20. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A joint employer shall be jointly 
and severally liable under this Act for any violations of 
this Act involving one or more employees supplied by an-
other employer to perform labor within the joint employ-
er’s usual course of business. 
‘‘(b) JOINT EMPLOYER.—An employer shall be con-
sidered a joint employer of employees of another employer 
for purposes of this Act, if such employer possesses, re-
serves, or exercises enough direct or indirect control over 
such employees’ essential terms and conditions of employ-
ment to permit meaningful collective bargaining between 
the employer and such employees.’’. 
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SEC. 3. AMENDMENT TO THE LABOR MANAGEMENT RELA-
TIONS ACT, 1947, WITH RESPECT TO SEC-
ONDARY BOYCOTTS. 
Section 303 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 
1947 (29 U.S.C. 187) is repealed. 
SEC. 4. AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RE-
PORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959. 
(a) PERSUADER REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE PAR-
ITY REQUIREMENTS.—Section 203 of the Labor-Manage-
ment Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 
433) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting the following: ‘‘: Provided, 
That this subsection shall not exempt from the re-
quirements of this section any arrangement or part 
of an arrangement in which a party agrees to draft 
speeches, presentations, or other written, recorded, 
or electronic communications to be delivered or dis-
seminated to employees for an object described in 
subsection (b)(1).’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) ANTI-LABOR ORGANIZATION CAMPAIGNS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENT REPORT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An employer who 
makes any payment (including reimbursed ex-
penses) to a labor relations consultant or other 
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