,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cicb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,newhouse 7for himself1 ,mr4       
,schrader1 ,mrs4 ,mc,morris ,rodgers1   
,mr4 ,cole1 ,mr4 ,la,malfa1 ,mr4        
,reichert1 ,mr4 ,stivers1 ,mr4 ,upton1  
and ,mr4 ,walden7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,education and the    
,workforce1 and in addition to the      
,committee on ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 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 amend the ,labor         
,management ,relations ,act1 #aidg1 to  
provide for the mandatory appointment of
 a board of inquiry into slow-downs1    
strikes1 or lock-outs when certain      
specified events occur1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,ensuring ,continued

 ,operations and ,no ,other ,major      
,incidents1 ,closures1 or ,slowdowns    
,act or the ,,economics ,act4  #b4      
,conditions requiring appointment of    
board of inquiry  7a7 ,in general       
,section #bjf of the ,labor ,management 
,relations ,act1 #aidg 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4   
#agf7 is amended--  7#a7 by striking    
,whenever in the opinion and inserting  
7a7 ,whenever in the opinion2  7#b7 by  
striking a threatened or actual strike  
and inserting a slow-down1 or a         
threatened or actual strike or lock-out2
 and  7#c7 by adding at the end the     
following3  7b7 ,the ,president shall   
appoint a board of inquiry described in 
subsection 7a7 not later than #aj days  
after any of the following events occur3
  7#a7 ,the ,u4,s4 ,census ,bureau      
reports that the monthly ,import or     
,export ,vessel ,value decreased by #bj 
percent or more in any one month from   
the previous month in any one of the    
four metric identification regions4     
7#b7 ,a slow-down1 or a threatened or an

 actual strike or lock-out takes place  
at four or more port facilities in any  
one of the four metric identification   
regions4  7#c7 ,a slow-down1 or a       
threatened or an actual strike or       
lock-out occurs in which the total      
number of employees actively striking1  
locked-out1 or slowing down at the      
affected port facilities in any one of  
the four metric identification regions1 
is #f1jjj or greater4  7c7 ,whenever a  
board of inquiry is appointed as        
required by the occurrence of any of the
 events described in subsection 7b71    
such board shall submit a written report
 to the ,president not later than #aj   
days after its appointment4 ,if a board 
of inquiry is appointed as required due 
to the occurrence of the event described
 in paragraph 7#a7 of such subsection1  
such board shall include in its report  
an assessment as to whether a slow-down1
 or a threatened or an actual strike or 
lock-out contributed to the occurrence  
of such an event resulting in the       

board's appointment4 ,if the board      
determines that a slow-down1 or a       
threatened or an actual strike or       
lock-out did contribute to the          
occurrence of such an event1 the board  
shall also include in its report the    
additional criteria established in      
subsection 7a74 ,the ,president shall   
file a copy of such report with the     
,service and shall make its contents    
available to the public4  7d7 ,for      
purposes of this section1 the term      
metric identification region means one  
of the four regions into which each of  
the ,nation's maritime ports is         
classified by the ,secretary of         
,transportation in accordance with      
section #d of the ,ensuring ,continued  
,operations and ,no ,other ,major       
,incidents1 ,closures1 or ,slowdowns    
,act4  4  7b7 ,conforming amendments    
,section #bjh7;a7 of the ,labor         
,management ,relations ,act1 #aidg 7#bi 
,u4,s4,c4 #agh7;a77 is amended-- 7#a7 by
 striking such strike or lock-out and   

inserting such slow-down1 strike1 or    
lock-out2 and  7#b7 by striking such    
threatened or actual strike and         
inserting such slow-down1 or threatened 
or actual strike or lock-out4  #c4      
,study and recommendations for          
additional conditions requiring         
appointment of board of inquiry  7a7    
,data ,the ,director of the ,bureau of  
,transportation ,statistics shall       
collect the following data relating to  
activity at port facilities in the      
,united ,states3  7#a7 ,the average     
number of lifts per hour of containers  
by crane4  7#b7 ,the average cargo      
container dwell time4  7#c7 ,the average
 truck times at ports4  7#d7 ,the       
average rail time at ports4  7b7        
,recommendations to ,congress ,not later
 than #b years after the date of        
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director   
shall transmit a report to ,congress    
containing recommendations for          
determining whether conditions exist    
requiring the appointment of a board of 

inquiry pursuant to section #bjf7;b7 of 
the ,labor ,management ,relations ,act1 
#aidg1 using the data required to be    
collected in accordance with subsection 
7a71 or any other metric recommended by 
the ,director4  #d4 ,classification of  
ports into regions ,not later than #fj  
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,secretary of ,transportation
 shall classify the ,nation's maritime  
ports as belonging to one of the        
following four metric identification    
regions3  7#a7 ,west ,coast4  7#b7 ,east
 ,coast4  7#c7 ,gulf ,coast4  7#d7      
,great ,lakes4