February 12, 2025
Mr. Paul (for himself, Mr. Tuberville, Mr. Wicker, Mrs. Britt, Mr. Tillis, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Grassley, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Rounds, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mrs. Hyde-Smith, Mr. Scott of Florida, Mr. Ricketts, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Budd, and Mr. Lee) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the National Right-to-Work Act
.
Sec. 2. Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act
(a) Rights of employees
Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking except to
and all that follows through authorized in section 8(a)(3)
.
(b) Unfair labor practices
Section 8 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)(3), by striking : Provided, That
and all that follows through retaining membership
;
(2)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
in paragraph (2), by striking or to discriminate
and all that follows through retaining membership
; and
(B)
in paragraph (5), by striking covered by an agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3)
; and
(3)
in subsection (f)—
(A)
by striking clause (2) and redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3), respectively; and
(B)
by striking Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall set aside the final proviso to section 8(a)(3) of this Act: Provided further,
and inserting Provided,
.
(c) Additional conforming amendments
(1) National Labor Relations Act
The National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) is amended—
(A)
in section 9 (29 U.S.C. 159), by striking subsection (e);
(B)
in section 3(b) (29 U.S.C. 153(b)), by striking or (e)
; and
(C)
in section 8(f) (29 U.S.C. 158(f)), as amended by subsection (b)(3), by striking or 9(e)
.
(2) Other laws
Section 453A(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653a(a)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking section 8(f)(3)
and inserting section 8(f)(2)
.
Sec. 3. Amendment to the Railway Labor Act
Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended—
(1)
by striking the Eleventh paragraph under the heading for general duties; and
(2)
by redesignating the Twelfth paragraph under the heading for general duties as the Eleventh paragraph.
Sec. 4. Effective date
This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall apply to any agreement entered into or renewed after the date of enactment of this Act.