Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act

Bill: 113-s-850
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN]
Introduced: 2013-04-25
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Congressional-executive branch relations

Constitution and constitutional amendments

Labor-management relations

National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Supreme Court
Latest action: action_date: 2013-04-25
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-25
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act - Requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to cease all activity that requires a quorum of Board members. Prohibits the Board from appointing any personnel or implementing, administering, or enforcing any decision, rule, vote, or other action decided, undertaken, adopted, issued, or finalized on or after January 4, 2012, that requires a quorum of the Board members.</p> <p>Terminates the requirements of this Act upon: (1) confirmation of all Board members constituting a quorum with the advice and consent of the Senate, (2) a decision by the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Board appointments made in January 2012, or (3) the adjournment sine die of the first session of the 113th Congress.</p> <p>Prohibits, in the event of this Act's termination, the implementation, administration, or enforcement of any Board action or appointment occurring on or after January 4, 2012, that requires authorization by not less than a quorum of the Board members, unless and until the action is considered and acted upon by a Board constituting a quorum, or the Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the Board appointments made in January 2012.</p>

tv_txt: II 113th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 850 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 25, 2013 Mr. Alexander (for himself, Mr. Johanns , Mr. Enzi , Mr. Roberts , Mr. Blunt , Mr. Inhofe , Mr. Isakson , Mr. Scott , Mr. Kirk , Mr. Rubio , Mr. Coburn , and Mr. Risch ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from taking any action that requires a quorum of the members of the Board until such time as Board constituting a quorum shall have been confirmed by the Senate, the Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the appointments to the Board made in January 2012, or the adjournment sine die of the first session of the 113th Congress.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act . 2. Activities by the National Labor Relations Board prohibited Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, the National Labor Relations Board shall cease all activity that requires a quorum of the members of the Board, as set forth in the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 151 et seq. ). The Board shall not appoint any personnel nor implement, administer, or enforce any decision, rule, vote, or other action decided, undertaken, adopted, issued, or finalized on or after January 4, 2012, that requires a quorum of the members of the Board, as set forth in such Act. 3. Termination The provisions of this Act shall terminate on the date on which— (1) all members of the National Labor Relations Board are confirmed with the advice and consent of the Senate, in accordance with clause 2 of section 2 of article II of the Constitution, in a number sufficient to constitute a quorum, as set forth in the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 151 et seq. ); (2) the Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the appointments to the Board made in January 2012; or (3) the adjournment sine die of the first session of the 113th Congress. 4. Effect of certain board actions In the event that this Act terminates pursuant to paragraph (1) or (3) of section 3, no appointment, decision, rule, vote, or other action decided, undertaken, adopted, issued, or finalized by the Board on or after January 4, 2012, that requires authorization by not less than a quorum of the members of the Board, as set forth in the National Labor Relations Act, may be implemented, administered, or enforced unless and until it is considered and acted upon by a Board constituting a quorum, as set forth in the National Labor Relations Act, or the Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the appointments to the Board made in January 2012.