,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chjd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ba1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,cardin introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to clarify that the one-touch  
make-ready rules of the ,federal        
,communication ,commission for utility  
pole attachments do not supersede the   
,national ,labor ,relations ,act or     
collective bargaining agreements4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,protecting ,collective ,bargaining 
,agreements ,under ,one-,touch          
,make-,ready ,act4  #b4 ,application of 
labor laws and collective bargaining    
agreements to one-touch make-ready rules
  7a7 ,definitions ,in this section--   
7#a7 the term existing attacher has the 
meaning given the term in section       
#a4adaa of title #dg1 ,code of ,federal 
,regulations2 and  7#b7 the term        
one-touch make-ready rules means-- 7,a7 

the final rule promulgated by the       
,federal ,communications ,commission    
entitled ,accelerating ,wireline and    
,wireless ,broadband ,deployment by     
,removing ,barriers to ,infrastructure  
,investment 7#hc ,fed4 ,reg4 #dfhab     
7,september #ad1 #bjah772 and  7,b7 the 
,third ,report and ,order and           
,declaratory ,ruling in the matter of   
,accelerating ,wireline ,broadband      
,deployment by ,removing ,barriers to   
,infrastructure ,investment and         
,accelerating ,wireless ,broadband      
,deployment by ,removing ,barriers to   
,infrastructure ,investment1 adopted by 
the ,federal ,communications ,commission
 on ,august #b1 #bjah 7,,fcc #ah-aaa74  
7b7 ,relation to other laws and         
agreements  7#a7 ,national ,labor       
,relations ,act ,to the extent that any 
provision of the one-touch make-ready   
rules conflicts with the ,national      
,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4   
#aea et seq471 or substantially impairs 
the purposes and policies of that ,act1 

the provision shall not apply4  7#b7    
,collective bargaining agreements ,to   
the extent that any provision of the    
one-touch make-ready rules conflicts    
with a collective bargaining agreement  
between an existing attacher and a labor
 organization that exclusively          
represents the employees of the existing
 attacher1 the provision shall not      
apply4  7#c7 ,determination of conflict 
or substantial impairment ,if a dispute 
arises as to whether a conflict or      
substantial impairment described in     
paragraph 7#a7 or 7#b7 exists1 the      
parties to the dispute shall submit the 
issue for non-binding arbitration4