,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ebhj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #cj1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,ellison 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lewis1    
,mr4 ,nadler1 ,mr4 ,george ,miller of   
,california1 ,ms4 ,hahn1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4
 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 
,conyers1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,ms4 ,fudge1    
,ms4 ,bass1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1   
,mr4 ,takano1 ,mr4 ,holt1 ,mr4          
,grijalva1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 and ,mr4 
,ryan of ,ohio7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce1 and in addition to the      
,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a     
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
strengthen the current protections      
available under the ,national ,labor    
,relations ,act by providing a private  
right of action for certain violations  

of such ,act1 and for other purposes4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,employee ,empowerment ,act4    
#b4 ,private right of action under the  
,national ,labor ,relations ,act        
,section #aj of the ,national ,labor    
,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #afj7 is 
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7n7 ,in addition to filing a
 charge alleging an unfair labor        
practice with the ,board in accordance  
with this ,act1 a person alleging an    
unfair labor practice by an employer in 
violation of section #h7;a77#c7 may1 not
 later than #ahj days after the date of 
such violation1 bring a civil action in 
the appropriate district court of the   
,united ,states against the employer for
 such violation4 ,the court may grant   
any relief described in section #gjf7;g7
 of the ,civil ,rights ,act of #aifd    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bjjj;e-#e7 or section   
#aigg;,a7b7 of the ,revised ,statutes of
 the ,united ,states 7#db ,u4,s4,c4     
#aiha;a7b771 and may allow the          

prevailing party a reasonable attorney's
 fee 7including expert witness fees7 as 
part of the costs4  4