Honoring Workers' Rights Act

Bill: 113-hr-5757
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stockman, Steve [R-TX-36]
Introduced: 2014-11-20
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Congressional tributes

Department of Labor

District of Columbia

Government buildings, facilities, and property

Labor-management relations
Latest action: action_date: 2014-11-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management.

Summaries:
action_date: 2014-11-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Honoring Workers' Rights Act - Redesignates the Department of Labor building located at 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C., as the "Reed Larson Building.&quot;</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5757 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 20, 2014 Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure A BILL To redesignate the Frances Perkins Department of Labor building located at 200 Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, DC as the Reed Larson Department of Labor Building .

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Honoring Workers’ Rights Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (a) Reed Larson was the driving force behind one of the greatest expansions of workers’ rights, the Right to Work. (b) The overwhelming majority of Americans and union workers agree no one should have to pay a union boss to get or keep a job. (c) Millions of workers around the country can now choose whether to join a union because of Reed Larson’s life work. (d) A union accountable to its members is a union that can better represent its members. 3. Reed Larson Department of Labor Building (a) Designation The Department of Labor building located at 200 Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, DC is redesignated as the Reed Larson Building . (b) References Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the facility referenced to subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a reference to the Reed Larson Department of Labor Building .