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Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments of 1985

Introduced: January 6, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 22 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 23, 1987
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 202.
Jun 19, 1987
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Jun 19, 1987
Received in the Senate, read the first time.
Jun 17, 1987
Motion to Recommit Failed in House by Voice Vote.
Jun 17, 1987
Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 227 - 197 (Record Vote No: 191).
Jun 17, 1987
Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 227 - 197 (Record Vote No: 191).
Jun 17, 1987
Committee Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute Considered as an Original Bill for the Purpose of Amendment.
Jun 17, 1987
Called up by House by Rule.
Jun 17, 1987
Rule Passed House.
Jun 16, 1987
Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.196 Reported to House.
Jun 16, 1987
Committee on Rules Granted a Modified Open Rule Providing One Hour of General Debate.
Jun 8, 1987
Placed on Union Calendar No: 85.
Jun 8, 1987
Reported to House (Amended) by House Committee on Education and Labor. Report No: 100-137.
May 19, 1987
Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
May 19, 1987
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 22, 1987
Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Labor.
Mar 31, 1987
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended).
Mar 31, 1987
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Mar 4, 1987
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Feb 23, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Jan 6, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jan 6, 1987
Introduced in House
 Amendments to this bill 10

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

7 failed 3 pending / other

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
HAMDT 249 — An amendment to provide that the amendments made by section 2 of the bill shall apply only with respect to an… Failed Jun 17, 1987
HAMDT 248 — An amendment directing the GAO to file a report within 90 days of the enactment of this Act concerning the ef… Pending Jun 17, 1987
HAMDT 247 — An amendment to state the sense of Congress that, under the provisions set forth in this Act, violence and co… Pending Jun 17, 1987
HAMDT 246 — An amendment to state that employees must be shown to share a community of interest (as determined solely on … Failed Jun 17, 1987
HAMDT 245 — An amendment to provide that the duty to bargain collectively does not apply to labor organizations having of… Failed Jun 17, 1987
HAMDT 244 — An amendment to provide that the duty to bargain collectively shall not apply if a labor organization has as … Failed Jun 17, 1987
HAMDT 243 — An amendment to define a "single employer" as any two or more business entities engaged primarily in the buil… Failed Jun 17, 1987
HAMDT 242 — An amendment to provide that the terms and provisions of a contractor-subcontractor relationship between two … Pending Jun 17, 1987
HAMDT 241 — An amendment to provide for application of anti-double breasting rules to only those businesses in the constr… Failed Jun 17, 1987
HAMDT 240 — An amendment to provide that when the terms of a collective bargaining agreement are applied to a business en… Failed Jun 17, 1987
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Construction Industry Labor Law Amendments of 1985 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that in the construction industry two or more business entities engaged in the same or similar work shall be deemed a single employer if they have: (1) substantial common ownership; (2) common management; or (3) common control.

Applies the terms of a collective bargaining agreement regarding employees of such business entities to all other business entities comprising the same single employer within the geographical area covered by the agreement.

States that collective bargaining agreements may only be repudiated after the National Labor Relations Board certifies election results in which a majority of the employees select a bargaining representative other than the representative with whom such agreement was made.

What's happening now June 23, 1987

Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 202.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HRES 196 Procedurally related A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill (H. R. 281) to amend the National Labor Relations Act to incre…
 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 5 Republican 1
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 20, 1987
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · May 11, 1987
 D
Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Apr 23, 1987
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 23, 1987
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 26, 1987
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Feb 26, 1987
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