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H.R. 980: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007

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H.R. 980: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007

110th Congress · introduced 2007-02-12 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Cloture motion on the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2007-02-12 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 3 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 127 (2008): On the Motion to Table, HR980 (2008-05-14), Motion to Table Agreed to. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Cloture motion on the measure withdrawn by unanimous consent in Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007

Plain summary

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments. Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether state law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization. Requires the Authority to issue regulations establishing rights and responsibilities for public safety employers and employees in states that do not substantially provide for such public safety employee rights and responsibilities. Directs the Authority, in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a voting majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of such Authority regulations and authority through appropriate state courts. Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts or strikes. Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.

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Official text

Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] · 280 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 980, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 (2007-06-27); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 980, Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2007 (2007-06-27)

Cosponsors on this site

Danny K. Davis (D-IL), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Peter Welch (D-VT), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Sam Graves (R-MO), Adam Smith (D-WA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT) and 220 more.

Recorded votes

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr980 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110