H.J.Res. 91: To provide for the resolution of the outstanding issues in the current railway labor-management dispute.

112th Congress · introduced 2011-11-30 · Transportation and Public Works · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-11-30 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To provide for the resolution of the outstanding issues in the current railway labor-management dispute.

Plain summary

Requires the parties to specified disputes between railway carriers (represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of the National Railway Labor Conference) and certain of their railroad employees (represented by specified labor organizations) to take all necessary steps to restore or preserve dispute conditions as they existed before 12:01 a.m. on December 6, 2011, such status to remain in effect through December 31, 2014 (the cooling off period). Makes the report and recommendations of the Presidential Emergency Board No. 243 issued on November 5, 2011, however, binding on the parties, with the same effect as though arrived at by agreement of the parties under the Railway Labor Act, for the period from January 1, 2010, through December 31, 2014 (except with respect to the optional election by a labor organization that is a party to this dispute of the specified interim January 1, 2015, employee wage increase).

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To provide for the resolution of the outstanding issues in the current railway labor-management dispute.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Mica, John L. [R-FL-7] · 5 cosponsors

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Pete Sessions (R-TX)

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Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hjres91.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hjres>

Record fed-us-cong112-hjres91 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112