,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcdf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,roe of ,tennessee 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,kline1 ,mr4 ,mc,keon1 ,mr4 ,wilson of  
,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,price of        
,georgia1 ,mr4 ,marchant1 ,mr4 ,thompson
 of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 ,mr4  
,des,jarlais1 ,mr4 ,rokita1 ,mr4        
,bucshon1 ,mr4 ,gowdy1 ,mrs4 ,roby1 ,mr4
 ,heck of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mr4   
,duncan of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,king of    
,iowa1 ,mr4 ,stutzman1 ,mr4 ,fincher1   
,mr4 ,griffin of ,arkansas1 and ,mr4    
,long7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,national ,labor        
,relations ,act to ensure the right of  
employees to a secret ballot election   
conducted by the ,national ,labor       
,relations ,board4  #a4 ,short title    
,this ,act may be cited as the ,secret  
,ballot ,protection ,act4  #b4 ,findings
 ,congress finds that--  7#a7 the       

importance of a secret ballot election  
has been recognized by the ,united      
,states for over #ajj years2  7#b7 the  
fundamental democratic right to choose  
by secret ballot is the only method that
 ensures a choice free of coercion1     
intimidation1 irregularity1 or          
illegality2  7#c7 the recognition of a  
labor organization by way of a private  
agreement1 rather than a secret ballot  
election supervised by a neutral third  
party1 threatens an employee's right1   
codified in the ,national ,labor        
,relations ,act1 to choose whether or   
not to be represented by a labor        
organization2 and  7#d7 preserving      
workers' right to choose whether or not 
to be represented by a labor            
organization through a secret ballot    
election is important to the strength of
 the national economy4  #c4 ,national   
,labor ,relations ,act  7a7 ,recognition
 of representative  7#a7 ,in general    
,section #h7;a77#b7 of the ,national    
,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4   

#aeh7;a77#b77 is amended by inserting   
before the colon the following3 or to   
recognize or bargain collectively with a
 labor organization that has not been   
selected by a majority of employees in a
 unit appropriate for such purposes in a
 secret ballot election conducted by the
 ,board in accordance with section #i4  
7#b7 ,application ,the amendment made by
 paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply to      
collective bargaining relationships that
 were recognized before the date of     
enactment of this ,act4  7b7 ,election  
required  7#a7 ,in general ,section     
#h7;b7 of the ,national ,labor          
,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4          
#aeh7;b771 as amended by subsection 7c7 
of this section1 is amended--  7,a7 by  
striking and at the end of paragraph    
7#f72  7,b7 by striking the period at   
the end of paragraph 7#g7 and inserting 
2 and2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end   
the following3  7#h7 to cause or attempt
 to cause an employer to recognize or   
bargain collectively with a             

representative of a labor organization  
that has not been selected by a majority
 of employees in a unit appropriate for 
such purposes in a secret ballot        
election conducted by the ,board in     
accordance with section #i4  4  7#b7    
,application ,the amendment made by     
paragraph 7#a7 shall not apply to       
collective bargaining relationships that
 were recognized before the date of     
enactment of this ,act4  7c7 ,secret    
ballot election required  7#a7          
,designation of representative by secret
 ballot ,section #i7;a7 of the ,national
 ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4  
#aei7;a771 is amended--  7,a7 by        
inserting 7#a7 after 7a72 and  7,b7 by  
inserting after designated or selected  
the following3 by a secret ballot       
election conducted by the ,board in     
accordance with this section4  7#b7     
,decertification ,such section is       
further amended by adding at the end the
 following3  7#b7 ,the ,board shall     
conduct a secret ballot election to     

determine whether a labor organization  
certified or recognized by an employer  
as the representative for the purposes  
of collective bargaining is no longer   
the representative of a unit as defined 
in paragraph 7#a74  4  7#c7 ,application
 ,the amendment made by paragraph 7#a7  
shall not apply to collective bargaining
 relationships that were recognized     
before the date of enactment of this    
,act4  7d7 ,conforming amendments       
,section #i7;c77#a7 of such ,act 7#bi   
,u4,s4,c4 #aei7;c77#a77 is amended--    
7#a7 in subparagraph 7,a7--  7,a7 in    
clause 7i71 by striking and that their  
employer declines to recognize their    
representative as the representative    
defined in section #i7;a7 and inserting 
by a representative2 and  7,b7 in clause
 7ii71 by striking section #i7;a72 and  
inserting subsection 7a712 and  7#b7 in 
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking alleging 
and all that follows through defined in 
section #i7;a74  #d4 ,regulations ,not  
later than #f months after the date of  

enactment of this ,act1 the ,national   
,labor ,relations ,board shall review   
and revise all regulations promulgated  
before such date to implement the       
amendments made in this ,act to the     
,national ,labor ,relations ,act4