H.R. 413: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009
111th Congress, 1st Session
Official Title: Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009
Sponsor: Rep Kildee, Dale E. [MI-5] (introduced 1/9/2009)
Major Actions:
1/9/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
SUMMARY AS OF:
1/9/2009--Introduced.
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 2009 - Provides collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by states or local governments.
Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority to determine whether state law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization.
Requires the Authority to issue regulations establishing rights and responsibilities for public safety employers and employees in states that do not substantially provide for such public safety employee rights and responsibilities. Directs the Authority, in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a voting majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of Authority regulations and orders, as well as prohibitions against lockouts or strikes, through appropriate state courts.
Prohibits public safety employers, employees, and labor organizations from engaging in lockouts or strikes.
Provides that existing collective bargaining units and agreements shall not be invalidated by this Act.
Read the entire bill here (PDF).Cosponsors: 224:
Rep Ackerman, Gary L. [NY-5]
Rep Adler, John H. [NJ-3]
Rep Altmire, Jason [PA-4]
Rep Andrews, Robert E. [NJ-1]
Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [NY-24]
Rep Baca, Joe [CA-43]
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2]
Rep Barrow, John [GA-12]
Rep Bean, Melissa L. [IL-8]
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1]
Rep Berman, Howard L. [CA-28]
Rep Berry, Marion [AR-1]
Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13]
Rep Bilbray, Brian P. [CA-50]
Rep Bishop, Sanford D., Jr. [GA-2]
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [NY-1]
Rep Blumenauer, Earl [OR-3]
Rep Boren, Dan [OK-2]
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [IA-3]
Rep Brady, Robert A. [PA-1]
Rep Braley, Bruce L. [IA-1]
Rep Brown, Corrine [FL-3]
Rep Buchanan, Vern [FL-13]
Rep Burton, Dan [IN-5]
Rep Camp, Dave [MI-4]
Rep Capito, Shelley Moore [WV-2]
Rep Capps, Lois [CA-23]
Rep Capuano, Michael E. [MA-8]
Rep Cardoza, Dennis A. [CA-18]
Rep Carnahan, Russ [MO-3]
Rep Carney, Christopher P. [PA-10]
Rep Chandler, Ben [KY-6]
Rep Chu, Judy [CA-32]
Rep Clarke, Yvette D. [NY-11]
Rep Clay, Wm. Lacy [MO-1]
Rep Cleaver, Emanuel [MO-5]
Rep Cohen, Steve [TN-9]
Rep Cole, Tom [OK-4]
Rep Connolly, Gerald E. "Gerry" [VA-11]
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14]
Rep Cooper, Jim [TN-5]
Rep Costello, Jerry F. [IL-12]
Rep Courtney, Joe [CT-2]
Rep Cuellar, Henry [TX-28]
Rep Cummings, Elijah E. [MD-7]
Rep Dahlkemper, Kathleen A. [PA-3]
Rep Davis, Artur [AL-7]
Rep Davis, Danny K. [IL-7]
Rep Davis, Geoff [KY-4]
Rep Davis, Lincoln [TN-4]
Rep DeGette, Diana [CO-1]
Rep Delahunt, Bill [MA-10]
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3]
Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15]
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln [FL-21]
Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario [FL-25]
Rep Dicks, Norman D. [WA-6]
Rep Dingell, John D. [MI-15]
Rep Donnelly, Joe [IN-2]
Rep Doyle, Michael F. [PA-14]
Rep Driehaus, Steve [OH-1]
Rep Duncan, John J., Jr. [TN-2]
Rep Ellison, Keith [MN-5]
Rep Ellsworth, Brad [IN-8]
Rep Emerson, Jo Ann [MO-8]
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [NY-17]
Rep Eshoo, Anna G. [CA-14]
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17]
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51]
Rep Gallegly, Elton [CA-24]
Rep Garamendi, John [CA-10]
Rep Gerlach, Jim [PA-6]
Rep Giffords, Gabrielle [AZ-8]
Rep Gonzalez, Charles A. [TX-20]
Rep Gordon, Bart [TN-6]
Rep Graves, Sam [MO-6]
Rep Grayson, Alan [FL-8]
Rep Green, Al [TX-9]
Rep Green, Gene [TX-29]
Rep Griffith, Parker [AL-5]
Rep Grijalva, Raul M. [AZ-7]
Rep Gutierrez, Luis V. [IL-4]
Rep Hall, John J. [NY-19]
Rep Halvorson, Deborah L. [IL-11]
Rep Hare, Phil [IL-17]
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23]
Rep Heinrich, Martin [NM-1]
Rep Higgins, Brian [NY-27]
Rep Hill, Baron P. [IN-9]
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [NY-22]
Rep Hirono, Mazie K. [HI-2]
Rep Hodes, Paul W. [NH-2]
Rep Holden, Tim [PA-17]
Rep Holt, Rush D. [NJ-12]
Rep Hunter, Duncan D. [CA-52]
Rep Inslee, Jay [WA-1]
Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2]
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila [TX-18]
Rep Johnson, Henry C. "Hank," Jr. [GA-4]
Rep Johnson, Timothy V. [IL-15]
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [NC-3]
Rep Kanjorski, Paul E. [PA-11]
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [OH-9]
Rep Kennedy, Patrick J. [RI-1]
Rep Kind, Ron [WI-3]
Rep King, Peter T. [NY-3]
Rep Kirk, Mark Steven [IL-10]
Rep Kratovil, Frank, Jr. [MD-1]
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10]
Rep Lance, Leonard [NJ-7]
Rep Langevin, James R. [RI-2]
Rep Larsen, Rick [WA-2]
Rep Larson, John B. [CT-1]
Rep LaTourette, Steven C. [OH-14]
Rep Lee, Barbara [CA-9]
Rep Levin, Sander M. [MI-12]
Rep Lewis, John [GA-5]
Rep Lipinski, Daniel [IL-3]
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [NJ-2]
Rep Loebsack, David [IA-2]
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16]
Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18]
Rep Lujan, Ben Ray [NM-3]
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [NY-14]
Rep Matheson, Jim [UT-2]
Rep Matsui, Doris O. [CA-5]
Rep McCarthy, Carolyn [NY-4]
Rep McCollum, Betty [MN-4]
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [MI-11]
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7]
Rep McGovern, James P. [MA-3]
Rep McHugh, John M. [NY-23]
Rep Meek, Kendrick B. [FL-17]
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [NY-6]
Rep Michaud, Michael H. [ME-2]
Rep Miller, Brad [NC-13]
Rep Miller, Candice S. [MI-10]
Rep Miller, George [CA-7]
Rep Minnick, Walter [ID-1]
Rep Moore, Dennis [KS-3]
Rep Moore, Gwen [WI-4]
Rep Murphy, Christopher S. [CT-5]
Rep Murphy, Patrick J. [PA-8]
Rep Murphy, Tim [PA-18]
Rep Murtha, John P. [PA-12]
Rep Napolitano, Grace F. [CA-38]
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC]
Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8]
Rep Olver, John W. [MA-1]
Rep Pallone, Frank, Jr. [NJ-6]
Rep Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [NJ-8]
Rep Pastor, Ed [AZ-4]
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10]
Rep Perlmutter, Ed [CO-7]
Rep Peters, Gary C. [MI-9]
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [MN-7]
Rep Petri, Thomas E. [WI-6]
Rep Pierluisi, Pedro R. [PR]
Rep Pingree, Chellie [ME-1]
Rep Platts, Todd Russell [PA-19]
Rep Poe, Ted [TX-2]
Rep Pomeroy, Earl [ND]
Rep Price, David E. [NC-4]
Rep Quigley, Mike [IL-5]
Rep Rahall, Nick J., II [WV-3]
Rep Rehberg, Denny [MT]
Rep Reichert, David G. [WA-8]
Rep Richardson, Laura [CA-37]
Rep Rodriguez, Ciro D. [TX-23]
Rep Rogers, Mike J. [MI-8]
Rep Rooney, Thomas J. [FL-16]
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [FL-18]
Rep Roskam, Peter J. [IL-6]
Rep Ross, Mike [AR-4]
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [NJ-9]
Rep Roybal-Allard, Lucille [CA-34]
Rep Ruppersberger, C. A. Dutch [MD-2]
Rep Rush, Bobby L. [IL-1]
Rep Ryan, Paul [WI-1]
Rep Ryan, Tim [OH-17]
Rep Sanchez, Linda T. [CA-39]
Rep Sarbanes, John P. [MD-3]
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9]
Rep Schauer, Mark H. [MI-7]
Rep Schiff, Adam B. [CA-29]
Rep Schock, Aaron [IL-18]
Rep Schwartz, Allyson Y. [PA-13]
Rep Scott, David [GA-13]
Rep Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [VA-3]
Rep Serrano, Jose E. [NY-16]
Rep Sestak, Joe [PA-7]
Rep Shea-Porter, Carol [NH-1]
Rep Sherman, Brad [CA-27]
Rep Shimkus, John [IL-19]
Rep Shuler, Heath [NC-11]
Rep Shuster, Bill [PA-9]
Rep Sires, Albio [NJ-13]
Rep Smith, Adam [WA-9]
Rep Snyder, Vic [AR-2]
Rep Space, Zachary T. [OH-18]
Rep Speier, Jackie [CA-12]
Rep Stupak, Bart [MI-1]
Rep Sullivan, John [OK-1]
Rep Sutton, Betty [OH-13]
Rep Terry, Lee [NE-2]
Rep Tiahrt, Todd [KS-4]
Rep Tiberi, Patrick J. [OH-12]
Rep Tierney, John F. [MA-6]
Rep Tonko, Paul D. [NY-21]
Rep Turner, Michael R. [OH-3]
Rep Upton, Fred [MI-6]
Rep Visclosky, Peter J. [IN-1]
Rep Walz, Timothy J. [MN-1]
Rep Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [FL-20]
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33]
Rep Watt, Melvin L. [NC-12]
Rep Waxman, Henry A. [CA-30]
Rep Welch, Peter [VT]
Rep Wexler, Robert [FL-19]
Rep Whitfield, Ed [KY-1]
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6]
Rep Wu, David [OR-1]
Rep Yarmuth, John A. [KY-3]
Rep Young, Don [AK]