S. 702: PLUS Act
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S. 702: PLUS Act
115th Congress · introduced 2017-03-22 · 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 2017-03-22 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
PLUS Act
Plain summary
Preventing Labor Union Slowdowns Act of 2017 or the PLUS Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to make it an unlawful labor practice for a labor organization or its agents while representing, or seeking to represent, employees engaged in maritime employment to engage in a labor slowdown at any time, including when a collective-bargaining agreement is in effect. The bill amends the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to allow a party injured by a labor slowdown to recover two times the amount of damages sustained and reasonable attorney fees and expert witness fees.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · 2 cosponsors
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Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] reported raising $3.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s702.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>
Record fed-us-cong115-s702 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115