S. 850: Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-04-25 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-04-25 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act

Plain summary

Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act - Requires the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to cease all activity that requires a quorum of Board members. Prohibits the Board from appointing any personnel or implementing, administering, or enforcing any decision, rule, vote, or other action decided, undertaken, adopted, issued, or finalized on or after January 4, 2012, that requires a quorum of the Board members. Terminates the requirements of this Act upon: (1) confirmation of all Board members constituting a quorum with the advice and consent of the Senate, (2) a decision by the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of Board appointments made in January 2012, or (3) the adjournment sine die of the first session of the 113th Congress. Prohibits, in the event of this Act's termination, the implementation, administration, or enforcement of any Board action or appointment occurring on or after January 4, 2012, that requires authorization by not less than a quorum of the Board members, unless and until the action is considered and acted upon by a Board constituting a quorum, or the Supreme Court issues a decision on the constitutionality of the Board appointments made in January 2012.

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Preventing Greater Uncertainty in Labor-Management Relations Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · 16 cosponsors

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Tim Scott (R-SC), James E. Risch (R-ID), Susan M. Collins (R-ME), John Cornyn (R-TX), John Thune (R-SD)

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Quorum: The minimum number of members who must be present for a body to do official business.
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113s850.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/s>

Record fed-us-cong113-s850 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113