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HR 870 104th Congress House

Major League Baseball Restoration Act

Official title: To resolve the current labor dispute involving major league baseball, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 14, 1995 See on congress.gov
Sports and Recreation BaseballCollective bargaining agreementsGovernment Operations and PoliticsIndustrial arbitration
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Feb 24, 1995
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Feb 8, 1995
Referred to the House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. Economic and Educational Opportunities, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 8, 1995
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 24, 1995

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Major League Baseball Restoration Act - Establishes a National Baseball Dispute Resolution Panel to resolve the current labor dispute involving Major League Baseball.

Directs the President to select the three Panel members from among impartial persons with expertise as neutrals in the resolution of labor-management disputes.

Makes the agreement prescribed by the Panel final and binding on the parties. Precludes judicial review of any decision of the Panel.

Directs the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service to provide administrative support, resources, and services necessary to carry out this Act and to utilize its appropriated funds to pay the salaries and expenses of Panel members.

Terminates the Panel upon its rendering of a decision.

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 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Feb 14, 1995
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 870: Major League Baseball Restoration Act. 104th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-870/
MLA
"H.R. 870: Major League Baseball Restoration Act." 104th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-870/.
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H.R. 870, 104th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/104-HR-870/.
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