S 3146
116th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Labor-management relations
A bill to ensure a fair process for negotiations of collective bargaining agreements under chapter 71 of title 5, United States Code.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Dec 19, 2019
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
This bill nullifies any collective bargaining agreement between federal employees and agencies that is effective on or after April 30, 2019, if the agreement was not mutually and voluntarily agreed to by all parties or ordered after the completion of binding arbitration. A prior agreement continues to apply until a new agreement that meets the bill's requirements takes effect.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
26
D
Baldwin, Tammy
D
Blumenthal, Richard
D
Merkley, Jeff
D
Schatz, Brian
D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
D
Booker, Cory A.
D
Coons, Christopher A.
D
Duckworth, Tammy
D
Durbin, Richard J.
D
Gillibrand, Kirsten E.
D
Hassan, Margaret Wood
D
Hirono, Mazie K.
D
Kaine, Tim
I
King, Angus S., Jr.
D
Klobuchar, Amy
D
Markey, Edward J.
D
Murray, Patty
D
Peters, Gary C.
D
Reed, Jack
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Sanders, Bernard
D
Shaheen, Jeanne
D
Smith, Tina
D
Van Hollen, Chris
D
Warner, Mark R.
D
Warren, Elizabeth
D
Wyden, Ron
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