I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2926 
To abolish the National Labor Relations Board and to transfer its enforce-
ment authority to the Department of Justice and its oversight of elections 
to the Office of Labor-Management Standards of the Department of 
Labor. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 14, 2011 
Mr. GOWDY (for himself and Mr. MULVANEY) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To abolish the National Labor Relations Board and to trans-
fer its enforcement authority to the Department of Jus-
tice and its oversight of elections to the Office of Labor- 
Management Standards of the Department of Labor. 
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 ‘‘National Labor Rela-
tions Reorganization Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES. 
Whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed as 
an amendment to a section or other provision, the ref-
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erence shall be considered to be made to a section or other 
provision of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
151 et seq.). 
SEC. 3. ABOLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELA-
TIONS BOARD. 
(a) ABOLISHMENT OF BOARD.—Effective on the date 
provided in subsection (c), the National Labor Relations 
Board is abolished. 
(b) REPEAL OF AUTHORITY.—Sections 3, 4, and 5 
of the Act are repealed. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date that is 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY FOR REPRESENTATIVE 
ELECTIONS TO OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGE-
MENT STANDARDS. 
(a) TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY.—The functions and 
responsibilities of the National Labor Relations Board for 
overseeing elections under section 9 of the National Labor 
Relations Act, and any related authorities and functions 
under that Act, are hereby transferred to the Secretary 
of Labor, to be carried out through the Office of Labor- 
Management Standards. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE NLRA.— 
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(1) DEFINITION.—Paragraph (10) of section 2 
(29 U.S.C. 152) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(10) The term ‘Secretary’ means the Secretary 
of Labor, acting through the office of Labor-Man-
agement Standards of the Department of Labor.’’. 
(2) 
AUTHORITY
FOR
SUPERVISING
ELEC-
TIONS.—Section 9 (29 U.S.C. 159) is amended by 
striking ‘‘Board’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘Secretary’’. 
(3) RULES AND REGULATIONS.— 
(A) AUTHORITY.—Section 6 (29 U.S.C. 
156) is amended by striking ‘‘Board’’ and in-
serting ‘‘Secretary’’. 
(B) PRESERVATION OF EXISTING REGULA-
TIONS.—Rules and regulations issued under the 
National Labor Relations Act prior to and in 
effect on the day before the date of enactment 
of this Act shall continue in effect and shall be 
considered to be rules and regulations issued by 
the Secretary of Labor, acting through the of-
fice of Labor-Management Standards of the De-
partment of Labor, under section 6 of such Act, 
as amended by paragraph (1). 
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