H.R. 800: Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

110th Congress · introduced 2007-02-05 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 227. (consideration: CR S8398; text: CR S8398)

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Where it came from: introduced 2007-02-05 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 6 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 227 (2007): On the Cloture Motion, HR800 (2007-06-26), Cloture Motion Rejected. See all
Where it stands now: Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 48. Record Vote Number: 227. (consideration: CR S8398; text: CR S8398) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

Plain summary

Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to require the National Labor Relations Board to certify a bargaining representative without directing an election if a majority of the bargaining unit employees have authorized designation of the representative (card-check) and there is no other individual or labor organization currently certified or recognized as the exclusive representative of any of the employees in the unit. Sets forth special procedural requirements for reaching an initial collective bargaining agreement following certification or recognition. Revises enforcement requirements with respect to unfair labor practices during union organizing drives, particularly a preliminary investigation of an alleged unfair labor practice which may lead to proceedings for injunctive relief. Requires that priority be given to a preliminary investigation of any charge that, while employees were seeking representation by a labor organization, or during the period after a labor organization was recognized as a representative until the first collective bargaining contract is entered into, an employer: (1) discharged or otherwise discriminated against an employee to encourage or discourage membership in the labor organization; (2) threatened to discharge or to otherwise discriminate against an employee in order to interfere with, restrain, or coerce employees in the exercise of guaranteed self-organization or collective bargaining rights; or (3) engaged in any other related unfair labor practice that significantly interferes with, restrains, or coerces employees in the exercise of such guaranteed rights. Adds to remedies for such violations: (1) back pay plus liquidated damages; and (2) additional civil penalties.

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Employee Free Choice Act of 2007

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-7] · 233 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 800, Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 (2007-02-16); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 800, Employee Free Choice Act of 2007 (2007-02-16)

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Gwen Moore (D-WI), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT), Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Brad Sherman (D-CA), Maxine Waters (D-CA), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Betty McCollum (D-MN) and 173 more.

Recorded votes

House roll call 114 (2007): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR800 (2007-03-01): Failed
House roll call 115 (2007): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR800 (2007-03-01): Failed
House roll call 116 (2007): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR800 (2007-03-01): Failed
House roll call 117 (2007): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR800 (2007-03-01): Failed
House roll call 118 (2007): On Passage, HR800 (2007-03-01): Passed
Senate vote 227 (2007): On the Cloture Motion, HR800 (2007-06-26): Cloture Motion Rejected

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-110hr800.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/110/hr>

Record fed-us-cong110-hr800 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110