Federal Service Labor-Management Act
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Post Office and civil serviceThe career federal workforce, hired by merit and protected from being fired for political reasons. About 2 million people, the vast majority of the executive branch.Read the full definition (opens a new tab).
Federal Service Labor - Management Act- Provides for technical changes in the present laws relating to labor-management relations in the Federal service. Changes various definitions presently applicable to such laws. Assures specifically the right of employees, individually or collectively, to petition Congress or a Member of Congress, or to furnish information to either House of the Congress, or to a committee or member thereof. Assures specifically that no postal employee may be reduced in rank or in pay or removed from the Postal Service because of presenting individually, or as a member of a group of postal employees, a grievance to Congress or a Member of Congress. Establishes the Federal Labor Relations Authority. Provides that the Chairman and members of the Authority shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Authorizes the Authority to hear and decide cases under this Act. Requires the Authority to annually make a report on such cases, and its decisions, to the President for transmittal to the Congress. Authorizes the Authority to appoint such attorneys and administrative law judges as it may find necessary. Establishes a Federal Labor Relations Board to consider policies and regulations, proposed to be issued by the Civil Service Commission or any other agency, involving matters subject to negotiation under this Act. (Amends 5 U.S.C. 7101-7117, 39 U.S.C. 1012)
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on October 3, 1973. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on October 3, 1973: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 93rd Congress (1973-74), 651 of the 23,396 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.8 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
DAVID HENDERSON (D-NC) introduced it on October 3, 1973, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Democrat.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on October 3, 1973, 19335 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19335 days ago, on October 3, 1973.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 93rd Congress has not finished by January 3, 1975 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers