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H.R. 3459: Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

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H.R. 3459: Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

114th Congress · introduced 2015-09-09 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 272.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2015-09-09 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 272. 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

Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

Plain summary

Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow two or more employers to be considered joint employers for purposes of the Act only if each employer shares and exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment and such control over these matters is actual, direct, and immediate.

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Official text

Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House with amendment(s))

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kline, John [R-MN-2] · 117 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3459, Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act (2015-11-12)

Cosponsors on this site

Tim Walberg (R-MI), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Glenn Thompson (R-PA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Rick W. Allen (R-GA), Jason Smith (R-MO), Gary J. Palmer (R-AL), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), J. French Hill (R-AR), Ann Wagner (R-MO), John R. Moolenaar (R-MI) and 57 more.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3459 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114