A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to extend its coverage and protection to employees of nonprofit hospitals.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Extends the coverage of the National Labor Relations Act to employees of nonprofit hospitals. Provides that a labor organization, before engaging in any picketing, striking, or other concerted refusal to work at any health care institution, shall, not less than ten days prior to such action, notify the institution in writing and the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service of that intention. Provides, under the Labor Management Relations Act, that if a labor dispute between a health care institution and its employees or a threatened or actual strike or lockout is not settled under the National Labor Relations Act, and, in the judgment of an impartial committee, it threatens to interrupt the delivery of health care, a board of inquiry shall be created to investigate the issues involved in the dispute and report thereon with findings of fact together with recommendations, with the objective of achieving a prompt, peaceful, and just settlement of the dispute. Authorizes appropriations to carry out such provisions of this Act. Provides, under the National Labor Relations Act, that any employee of a health care institution who is a member of and adheres to established tenets of a bona fide religion, body, or sect which has historically held conscientious objection to joining or financially supporting labor organizations shall not be required to join or financially support any labor organization as a condition of employment; except that such employee may be required to pay sums equal to dues and initation fees to a nonreligious charitable fund chosen by such employee.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on July 3, 1974. 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 July 3, 1974: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
- 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?
JOHN ERLENBORN (R-IL) introduced it on July 3, 1974, and 1 member has since signed on as a cosponsor.
They are 1 Republican.
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 July 3, 1974, 19062 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 19062 days ago, on July 3, 1974.
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