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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2088
To prohibit discrimination in contracting on federally funded projects on
the basis of certain labor policies of potential contractors.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 9, 1999
Mr. HAYWORTH (for himself, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. BALLENGER, Mr. BARR of
Georgia, Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska, Mr. BARTLETT of Maryland, Mr.
BARTON of Texas, Mr. BATEMAN, Mr. BEREUTER, Mr. BLILEY, Mr.
BLUNT, Mr. BONILLA, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mr. BRYANT, Mr. BURR of
North Carolina, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. CALLAHAN, Mr. CALVERT,
Mr. CAMP, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COBURN, Mr.
COLLINS, Mr. COMBEST, Mr. COOK, Mrs. CUBIN, Mr. CUNNINGHAM, Mr.
DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. DELAY, Mr. DEMINT, Mr.
DICKEY, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. DUNCAN, Ms. DUNN, Mr. EHRLICH, Mr.
EVERETT, Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN, Mr. GOSS, Mr. GRAHAM,
Ms. GRANGER, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. HAYES, Mr. HEFLEY,
Mr. HERGER, Mr. HILL of Montana, Mr. HILLEARY, Mr. HOEKSTRA,
Mr. HUNTER, Mr. HUTCHINSON, Mr. ISTOOK, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of
Texas, Mr. JONES of North Carolina, Mr. KASICH, Mr. KNOLLENBERG,
Mr. KOLBE, Mr. LARGENT, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr.
MICA, Mr. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCINTOSH, Mr. GARY MILLER of California,
Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. NETHERCUTT, Mr. NEY, Mrs.
NORTHUP, Mr. NORWOOD, Mr. NUSSLE, Mr. PAUL, Mr. PETERSON of
Pennsylvania, Mr. PITTS, Ms. PRYCE of Ohio, Mr. RAMSTAD, Mr.
ROGAN, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. RYUN of Kansas, Mr. SALMON, Mr.
SCHAFFER, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. SHADEGG, Mr. SKEEN, Mr. SOUDER, Mr.
SPENCE, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. STUMP, Mr. SUNUNU, Mr. TALENT, Mr.
TANCREDO, Mr. TERRY, Mr. WAMP, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. WATTS of Okla-
homa, Mr. WELDON of Florida, Mr. WHITFIELD, Mr. WICKER, Mr.
BACHUS, and Mr. GOODE) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To prohibit discrimination in contracting on federally funded
projects on the basis of certain labor policies of potential
contractors.
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 ‘‘Open Competition and
Fairness Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION REGARDING CONSIDERATION OF
CERTAIN LABOR RELATIONS POLICIES OF
OFFERORS ON FEDERALLY FUNDED CON-
TRACTS.
Section 8(e) of the National Labor Relations Act (29
U.S.C. 158(e)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act,
no person may be discriminated against when bidding on
a prime contract, funded in whole or in part with funds
provided by the Federal Government, if such discrimina-
tion is based in whole or in part on a requirement that
such person enter into or adhere to a collective bargaining
agreement or any similar agreement as a condition of per-
forming work under the contract.’’.
SEC. 3. CONSTRUCTION.
The amendment made by section 2 shall not be
construed—
(1) to apply to subcontractors; or
(2)(A) to prohibit a contractor from voluntarily
entering into a lawful agreement with a labor orga-
nization; or
(B) to discourage contractors who have entered
into such an agreement from bidding on Federal or
federally assisted contracts.
SEC. 4. APPLICATION.
The amendment made by section 2 shall apply to con-
tracts made directly with any agency of the Federal
Government and to contracts made with any entity that
is managing or operating a facility owned or controlled
by the Federal Government on behalf of the Federal Gov-
ernment.
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