,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #i1 
#bjae,mr4 ,alexander 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,mc,connell1 ,mr4 ,isakson1 ,ms4        
,ayotte1 ,mr4 ,barrasso1 ,mr4 ,blunt1   
,mr4 ,boozman1 ,mr4 ,burr1 ,mr4         
,cochran1 ,ms4 ,collins1 ,mr4 ,cornyn1  
,mr4 ,cotton1 ,mr4 ,cruz1 ,mr4 ,enzi1   
,mr4 ,flake1 ,mr4 ,gardner1 ,mr4 ,hatch1
 ,mr4 ,inhofe1 ,mr4 ,johnson1 ,mr4      
,kirk1 ,mr4 ,lankford1 ,mr4 ,mc,cain1   
,mr4 ,moran1 ,mr4 ,perdue1 ,mr4         
,roberts1 ,mr4 ,rounds1 ,mr4 ,rubio1    
,mr4 ,shelby1 ,mr4 ,vitter1 ,mr4        
,wicker1 ,mr4 ,daines1 ,mr4 ,cassidy1   
,mr4 ,tillis1 ,mr4 ,lee1 ,mr4 ,paul1 and
 ,mr4 ,scott7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to clarify the treatment of two
 or more employers as joint employers   
under the ,national ,labor ,relations   
,act4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may  

be cited as the ,protecting ,local      
,business ,opportunity ,act4  #b4       
,treatment of joint employers ,section  
#b7b7 of the ,national ,labor ,relations
 ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aeb7b77 is amended
 by adding at the end the following3    
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this ,act1 two or more employers may be 
considered joint employers for purposes 
of this ,act only if each shares and    
exercises control over essential terms  
and conditions of employment and such   
control over these matters is actual1   
direct1 and immediate44