,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bcdg  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ac1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,price of ,georgia 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,kline1 ,mr4 ,mc,keon1 ,mr4 ,wilson of  
,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 ,marchant1 ,mr4  
,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 ,guthrie1 ,mr4 
,des,jarlais1 ,mr4 ,rokita1 ,mr4        
,bucshon1 ,mr4 ,gowdy1 ,mrs4 ,roby1 ,mr4
 ,heck of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,bachus1 ,mr4   
,westmoreland1 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 with respect to the     
criteria for determining employee units 
appropriate for the purposes of         
collective bargaining4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,representation ,fairness ,restoration  
,act4  #b4 ,determination of appropriate
 units for collective bargaining        
,section #i7;b7 of the ,national ,labor 
,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aei7;b77

 is amended--  7#a7 by redesignating    
paragraphs 7#a7 through 7#c7 as         
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,c72  7#b7  
by striking ,the ,board shall decide and
 all that follows through or subdivision
 thereof3 and inserting the following3  
7#a7 ,in each case1 prior to an         
election1 the ,board shall determine1 in
 order to assure to employees the       
fullest freedom in exercising the rights
 guaranteed by this ,act1 the unit      
appropriate for the purposes of         
collective bargaining4 ,unless otherwise
 stated in this ,act1 and excluding any 
bargaining unit determination           
promulgated through rulemaking before   
,august #bf1 #bjaa1 the unit appropriate
 for purposes of collective bargaining  
shall consist of employees that share a 
sufficient community of interest4 ,in   
determining whether employees share a   
sufficient community of interest1 the   
,board shall consider-- 7,a7 similarity 
of wages1 benefits1 and working         
conditions2  7,b7 similarity of skills  

and training2  7,c7 centrality of       
management and common supervision2  7,d7
 extent of interchange and frequency of 
contact between employees2  7,e7        
integration of the work flow and        
interrelationship of the production     
process2  7,f7 the consistency of the   
unit with the employer's organizational 
structure2  7,g7 similarity of job      
functions and work2 and  7,h7 the       
bargaining history in the particular    
unit and the industry4  ,to avoid the   
proliferation or fragmentation of       
bargaining units1 employees shall not be
 excluded from the unit unless the      
interests of the group seeking a        
separate unit are sufficiently distinct 
from those of other employees to warrant
 the establishment of a separate unit4  
,whether additional employees should be 
included in a proposed unit shall be    
determined based on whether such        
additional employees and proposed unit  
members share a sufficient community of 
interest1 with the sole exception of    

proposed accretions to an existing unit1
 in which the inclusion of additional   
employees shall be based on whether such
 additional employees and existing unit 
members share an overwhelming community 
of interest and the additional employees
 have little or no separate identity4 2 
and  7#c7 by striking ,provided1 ,that  
the ,board and inserting the following3 
7#b7 ,the ,board  4