HR 1722
115th Congress
House
Labor and Employment
Administrative law and regulatory procedures
Administrative remedies
Civil actions and liability
Employment discrimination and employee rights
Labor-management relations
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
Protecting American Jobs Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 24, 2017
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Protecting American Jobs Act
This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act, with respect to the authority of the National Labor Relations Board, to:
- repeal the authority of the General Counsel of the board to issue, and prosecute before the board, complaints of unfair labor practices;
- limit the board's rulemaking authority to rules concerning the internal functions of the board;
- prohibit the board from promulgating rules that affect the substantive rights of any person, employer, employee, or labor organization;
- repeal the board's authority to prevent persons from engaging in unfair labor practices, limiting such authority to the investigation of allegations of such practices; and
- repeal the board's authority to petition courts for enforcement of its orders, seek injunctions, or hold hearings on jurisdictional strikes.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Cosponsors
37
Rokita, Todd
R
Amodei, Mark E.
Franks, Trent
R
Womack, Steve
Hice, Jody
Poe, Ted
Rooney, Francis
Burgess, Michael
DeSantis, Ron
Hensarling, Jeb
R
Hudson, Richard
King, Steve
Long, Billy
R
Allen, Rick W.
R
Babin, Brian
R
Blackburn, Marsha
R
Calvert, Ken
R
Carter, Earl L. "Buddy"
Comstock, Barbara
Duncan, Jeff
Farenthold, Blake
Ferguson, A.
R
Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck"
Flores, Bill
Gibbs, Bob
Gohmert, Louie
R
Gosar, Paul A.
Graves, Tom
Harper, Gregg
R
Huizenga, Bill
R
Kelly, Mike
R
LaMalfa, Doug
R
Loudermilk, Barry
Olson, Pete
R
Schweikert, David
Stewart, Chris
Yoho, Ted
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1722: Protecting American Jobs Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1722/
"H.R. 1722: Protecting American Jobs Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1722/.
H.R. 1722, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-1722/.
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