,i #aacth ,,congress #ast ,session ,h4 ,r4 #ahae ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #bf1 #bjac ,mr4 ,stockman introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,education and the ,workforce ,a ,,bill ,to protect workers from the corrupt and coercive ,card ,check system of organizing labor unions4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,union ,coercion ,prevention ,act4 #b4 ,amendments to the ,national ,labor ,relations ,act 7a7 ,unfair labor practices ,section #h7;b77#a7 of the ,national ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aeh7;b77#a77 is amended by inserting interfere with before restrain4 7b7 ,representatives and elections ,section #i of the ,national ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aei7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 by striking designated or selected for the purposes of collective bargaining and inserting for the purposes of collective bargaining selected by secret ballot in an election conducted by the ,board12 and 7,b7 by inserting before the period the following3 3 ,provided further1 ,that1 for purposes of determining the majority of the employees in a secret ballot election in a unit1 the term majority shall mean the majority of all the employees in the unit1 and not the majority of employees voting in the election4 7c7 ,fair representation in elections ,section #i of the ,national ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aei7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7b71 by inserting prior to an election after in each case2 and 7#b7 in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 in the flush matter following paragraph 7#a77;,b7-- 7i7 by inserting of #ad days in advance after appropriate hearing upon due notice2 7ii7 by inserting 1 and a review of post-hearing appeals1 after the record of such hearing2 and 7iii7 by adding at the end the following3 ,no election shall be conducted less than #dj calendar days following the filing of an election petition4 ,the employer shall provide the ,board a list of employee names and home addresses of all eligible voters within #g days following the ,board's determination of the appropriate unit or following any agreement between the employer and the labor organization regarding the eligible voters42 and 7,b7 by adding at the end the following3 7#f7 7,a7 ,no election shall take place after the filing of any petition unless and until-- 7i7 a hearing is conducted before a qualified hearing officer in accordance with due process on any and all material1 factual issues regarding jurisdiction1 statutory coverage1 appropriate unit1 unit inclusion or exclusion1 or eligibility of individuals2 and 7ii7 the issues are resolved by a ,regional ,director1 subject to appeal and review1 or by the ,board4 7,b7 ,no election results shall be final and no labor organization shall be certified as the bargaining representative of the employees in an appropriate unit unless and until the ,board has ruled on-- 7i7 each pre-election issue not resolved before the election2 and 7ii7 the ,board conducts a hearing in accordance with due process and resolves each issue pertaining to the conduct or results of the election4 4 7d7 ,penalties ,section #aj of the ,national ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #afj7 is amended by inserting after the second sentence following the second proviso1 the following3 ,any labor organization found to have interfered with1 restrained1 or coerced employees in the exercise of their rights under section #g to form or join a labor organization or to refrain therefrom1 including the filing of a decertification petition1 shall be liable for wages lost and union dues or fees collected unlawfully1 if any1 and an additional amount as liquidated damages4 ,any labor organization found to have interfered with1 restrained1 or coerced an employee in connection with the filing of a decertification petition shall be prohibited from filing objections to an election held pursuant to such petition44