HR 4304 · 113th Congress · Economics and Public Finance

Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions Act

Introduced 2014-03-26· Sponsored by Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1]· House

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Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.(2014-06-13)

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[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Jumpstarting Opportunities with Bold Solutions Act - Division I: Labor - Title I: Repeal of Davis-Bacon Act - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works). States that references in any law to a wage requirement of the Davis-Bacon Act after the enactment of this Act shall be null and void. Title II: Union Contract Not a Bar to Higher Wages - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to declare that neither its prohibition against interference by an employer with employees' right to bargain collectively, nor the terms of a collective bargaining agreement entered into between employees and an employer after enactment of this Act, shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee higher wages, pay, or other compensation than the agreement provides for. Title III: Repeal of Provisions Relating to Official Time of Federal Employees for Purposes of Union Organizing - Repeals the requirements that: (1) a federal employee representing an exclusive representative…

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Cosponsors (20)

20 Republicans