PURSE Act

Bill: 113-hr-2679
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Gardner, Cory [R-CO-4]
Introduced: 2013-07-11
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Department of the Treasury

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Labor-management relations
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-07-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Preventing Unionization of Revenue Service Employees Act or the PURSE Act - Excludes employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from provisions of federal personnel law allowing federal employees to organize, bargain collectively, and participate in labor organizations. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2679 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 11, 2013 Mr. Gardner (for himself, Mr. Scalise , Mr. Tipton , Mr. Rokita , Mr. Fleming , Mr. Cole , Mrs. Lummis , Mr. LaMalfa , Mr. Franks of Arizona , Mr. Brooks of Alabama , Mr. Southerland , Mr. Coble , and Mr. Griffin of Arkansas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To exclude the Internal Revenue Service from the provisions of title 5, United States Code, relating to labor-management relations.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preventing Unionization of Revenue Service Employees Act or the PURSE Act . 2. Exclusion of Internal Revenue Service (a) In general Section 7103(a)(3) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking or ; (2) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period and inserting ; or ; and (3) by adding after subparagraph (H) the following: (I) the Internal Revenue Service; . (b) Effective date The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding any provision of law, rule, or regulation, or of any preexisting collective bargaining agreement.