Union Accountability Act

Bill: 117-hr-814
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hern, Kevin [R-OK-1]
Introduced: 2021-02-04
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Congressional oversight

Employment discrimination and employee rights

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Labor-management relations

Office of Personnel Management (OPM)

Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2021-02-04
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-02-04
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Union Accountability Act</b><br /><br /> This bill nullifies the executive order titled <i>Protecting the Federal Workforce</i>, which was issued on January 22, 2021.</p> <p>The order revoked previous executive orders&nbsp;concerning federal-employee collective bargaining and classifications. Specifically, it revoked orders that</p> <ul> <li>limited the use of unrestricted grants for union activity, </li> <li>specified objectives for agencies to negotiate collective-bargaining agreements and established the Interagency Labor Relations Working Group, </li> <li>established principles for the removal and discipline of federal employees and other personnel issues, and</li> <li>placed certain executive agency positions under a new schedule in the excepted service instead of the competitive service.</li> </ul> <p>The order also instructs agencies to engage in collective bargaining negotiations over certain non-mandatory subjects, and requires the Office of Personnel Management to provide the President with recommendations to promote a minimum wage of $15 an hour for federal employees.</p> <p><br /> </p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 814 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 4, 2021 Mr. Hern introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To nullify the effect of Executive Order 14003 relating to the Federal workforce, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Union Accountability Act . 2. Prohibition on carrying out Executive Order 14003 (a) Findings Congress finds the following: (1) On January 22, 2021, President Biden overturned four of former President Trump’s Executive orders to limit collective bargaining and taxpayer-funded union time. (2) In 2019, bargaining unit employees spent 2,606,390 hours performing union-related duties and cost the taxpayer $163,327,235.21. (3) Federal agencies spent roughly $16 million on salaries for union negotiators. (4) In 2019, the operation of labor organizations costs the American taxpayer an additional $28,340,193.73. (b) Prohibition (1) In general The provisions of Executive Order 14003 (86 Fed. Reg. 7231; relating to the Federal workforce) shall have no force or effect. (2) Effective date This subsection shall take effect as if enacted on January 22, 2021. (c) Limitation on funds No Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out Executive Order 14003.