Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-1723
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2]
Introduced: 2025-02-27
Policy area: Native Americans
Subjects: Federal-Indian relations

Indian lands and resources rights

Labor-management relations

Minority employment
Latest action: action_date: 2025-09-17
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 16.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-02-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of </strong><strong>2025</strong></p><p>This bill excludes Indian tribes and tribal enterprises and institutions on tribal land from requirements for employers under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). (Currently under the NLRA, employers may not engage in unfair labor practices and must allow employees to form unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action.)</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1723 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 27, 2025 Mr. Moolenaar (for himself, Mr. Cole , Mr. Fulcher , and Mr. LaMalfa ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce A BILL To clarify the rights of Indians and Indian Tribes on Indian lands under the National Labor Relations Act.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2025 . 2. Definition of employer Section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act ( 29 U.S.C. 152 ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (2), by inserting or any Indian tribe, or any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its Indian lands, after subdivision thereof, ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (15) The term Indian tribe means any Indian tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community which is recognized as eligible for the special programs and services provided by the United States to Indians because of their status as Indians. (16) The term Indian means any individual who is a member of an Indian tribe. (17) The term Indian lands means— (A) all lands within the limits of any Indian reservation; (B) any lands title to which is either held in trust by the United States for the benefit of any Indian tribe or Indian or held by any Indian tribe or Indian subject to restriction by the United States against alienation; and (C) any lands in the State of Oklahoma that are within the boundaries of a former reservation (as defined by the Secretary of the Interior) of a federally recognized Indian tribe. .