,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #dcbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bg1 #bjad    
,mr4 ,kline 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,mc,keon1
 ,mr4 ,wilson of ,south ,carolina1 ,mr4 
,price of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,marchant1 ,mr4
 ,hunter1 ,mr4 ,roe of ,tennessee1 ,mr4 
,thompson of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4        
,walberg1 ,mr4 ,salmon1 ,mr4            
,des,jarlais1 ,mr4 ,rokita1 ,mr4        
,bucshon1 ,mr4 ,gowdy1 ,mrs4 ,brooks of 
,indiana1 ,mr4 ,hudson1 ,mr4 ,messer1   
,mr4 ,gingrey of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,kelly  
of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,ribble1 and ,mr4
 ,schweikert7 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 timing of elections and  
pre-election hearings and the           
identification of pre-election issues4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,workforce ,democracy and       
,fairness ,act4  #b4 ,pre-election      

hearings ,section #i7;c77#a77;,b7 of the
 ,national ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi  
,u4,s4,c4 #aei7;c77#a77;,b77 is         
amended--  7#a7 by inserting 1 but in no
 circumstances less than #ad calendar   
days after the filing of the petition   
after upon due notice2  7#b7 by         
inserting after with respect thereto4   
the following3 ,an appropriate hearing  
shall be one that is non-adversarial    
with the hearing officer charged1 in    
collaboration with the parties1 with the
 responsibility of identifying any      
relevant and material pre-election      
issues and thereafter making a full     
record thereon4 ,relevant and material  
pre-election issues shall include1 in   
addition to unit appropriateness1 the   
,board's jurisdiction and any other     
issue the resolution of which may make  
an election unnecessary or which may    
reasonably be expected to impact the    
outcome of the election4 ,parties may   
independently raise any relevant and    
material pre-election issue or assert   

any relevant and material position at   
any time prior to the close of the      
hearing42 and  7#c7 by striking and     
shall certify the results thereof and   
inserting to be conducted as soon as    
practicable but no earlier than #ce     
calendar days after the filing of an    
election petition4 ,the ,board shall    
certify the results of the election     
after it has ruled on each pre-election 
issue not resolved before the election  
and any additional issue pertaining to  
the conduct or results of the election4