I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1815 
To protect workers from the corrupt and coercive ‘‘Card Check’’ system 
of organizing labor unions. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 26, 2013 
Mr. STOCKMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To protect workers from the corrupt and coercive ‘‘Card 
Check’’ system of organizing labor unions. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Union Coercion Pre-
vention Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE NATIONAL LABOR RELA-
TIONS ACT. 
(a) UNFAIR LABOR PRACTICES.—Section 8(b)(1) of 
the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(b)(1)) 
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(A) in the flush matter following para-
graph (1)(B)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘of 14 days in ad-
vance’’ after ‘‘appropriate hearing upon 
due notice’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, and a review of 
post-hearing appeals,’’ after ‘‘the record of 
such hearing’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘No election shall be conducted 
less than 40 calendar days following the 
filing of an election petition. The employer 
shall provide the Board a list of employee 
names and home addresses of all eligible 
voters within 7 days following the Board’s 
determination of the appropriate unit or 
following any agreement between the em-
ployer and the labor organization regard-
ing the eligible voters.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6)(A) No election shall take place after the filing 
of any petition unless and until— 
‘‘(i) a hearing is conducted before a qualified 
hearing officer in accordance with due process on 
any and all material, factual issues regarding juris-
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diction, statutory coverage, appropriate unit, unit in-
clusion or exclusion, or eligibility of individuals; and 
‘‘(ii) the issues are resolved by a Regional Di-
rector, subject to appeal and review, or by the 
Board. 
‘‘(B) No election results shall be final and no labor 
organization shall be certified as the bargaining represent-
ative of the employees in an appropriate unit unless and 
until the Board has ruled on— 
‘‘(i) each pre-election issue not resolved before 
the election; and 
‘‘(ii) the Board conducts a hearing in accord-
ance with due process and resolves each issue per-
taining to the conduct or results of the election.’’. 
(d) PENALTIES.—Section 10 of the National Labor 
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 160) is amended by inserting 
after the second sentence following the second proviso, the 
following: ‘‘Any labor organization found to have inter-
fered with, restrained, or coerced employees in the exercise 
of their rights under section 7 to form or join a labor orga-
nization or to refrain therefrom, including the filing of a 
decertification petition, shall be liable for wages lost and 
union dues or fees collected unlawfully, if any, and an ad-
ditional amount as liquidated damages. Any labor organi-
zation found to have interfered with, restrained, or coerced 
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an employee in connection with the filing of a decertifica-
tion petition shall be prohibited from filing objections to 
an election held pursuant to such petition.’’. 
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