H.R. 972: Secret Ballot Protection Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-03-09 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-03-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Secret Ballot Protection Act

Plain summary

Secret Ballot Protection Act - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unfair labor practice for: (1) an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a labor organization that has not been selected by a majority of the employees in a unit appropriate for such purposes in a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and (2) a labor organization to cause or attempt to cause an employer to recognize or bargain collectively with a representative that has not been selected in such manner.

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Official text

Secret Ballot Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1] · 71 cosponsors

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Joe Wilson (R-SC), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), Steve Scalise (R-LA), Steve Womack (R-AR), Michael K. Simpson (R-ID), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Harold Rogers (R-KY), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and 11 more.

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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-112hr972.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr972 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112