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HR 859 103th Congress House Labor and Employment Labor unions Merchant seamen Picketing Supervisors Transportation and Public Works Unfair labor practices

To exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 4, 1993 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Feb 19, 1993
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Feb 4, 1993
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Feb 4, 1993
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the National Labor Relations Act to exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives, if such personnel are licensed by the U.S. Coast Guard and represented by a labor organization. Provides that picketing or other economic activity undertaken by a labor organization on behalf of such licensed shipboard supervisory personnel shall not be considered a prohibited restraint or coercion.

What's happening now February 19, 1993

Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 1851 Identical bill A bill to exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives, and for other purposes.
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 5 Republican 1 Independent 1
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 2, 1994
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Feb 2, 1994
 D
Reed, Jack
Rhode Island · Feb 2, 1994
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Feb 2, 1994
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Sep 8, 1993
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Sep 8, 1993
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Sep 8, 1993
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 859: To exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives, and for other purposes.. 103rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-859/
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"H.R. 859: To exclude shipboard supervisory personnel from selection as employer representatives, and for other purposes.." 103rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/103-HR-859/.
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