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113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5757
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 20, 2014
Mr. Stockman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To redesignate the Frances Perkins Department of Labor building located at 200 Constitution Ave.,
NW in Washington, DC as the Reed Larson Department of Labor Building.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Honoring Workers’ Rights Act.
2.
Findings
Congress finds the following:
(a) Reed Larson was the driving force behind one of the greatest expansions of workers’ rights, the
Right to Work.
(b) The overwhelming majority of Americans and union workers agree no one should have to pay a union
boss to get or keep a job.
(c) Millions of workers around the country can now choose whether to join a union because of Reed
Larson’s life work.
(d) A union accountable to its members is a union that can better represent its members.
3.
Reed Larson Department of Labor Building
(a)
Designation
The Department of Labor building located at 200 Constitution Ave., NW in Washington, DC is
redesignated as the Reed Larson Building.
(b)
References
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper, or other record of the United States to
the facility referenced to subsection (a) shall be deemed to be a
reference to the Reed Larson Department of Labor Building.