,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #caaf  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #f1  
#bjbe,mr4 ,cassidy 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,tuberville7 introduced the following  
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,health1           
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,national ,labor  
,relations ,act to restrict charges of  
unfair labor practices that are not     
filed in good faith or are frivolous1   
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,fairness in ,filing ,act4  #b4         
,restricting unfair labor practice      
charges that are not filed in good faith
 or are frivolous  7a7 ,requirements for
 filing a charge ,section #aj7;b7 of the
 ,national ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi  
,u4,s4,c4 #afj7;b77 is amended-- 7#a7 by
 inserting in good faith after charged2 
and  7#b7 by striking ,provided1 and    
inserting ,provided1 ,that no complaint 
shall issue unless the charge filed with

 the ,board includes 7#a7 documentation 
of evidence 7including an affidavit1    
photo1 video1 email1 text message1 or   
other evidence determined appropriate by
 the ,board7 from an identified source  
supporting the charge1 or 7#b7 a        
certification by the person filing the  
charge that the person is unable to     
include such documentation and a        
description of the relevant evidence3   
,provided further14  7b7  ,right ,to    
inspect evidence presented in a         
complaint  ,section #aj7;b7 of the      
,national ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi   
,u4,s4,c4 #afj7;b771 as amended by      
subsection 7a71 is further amended by   
inserting ,the ,board shall1 before the 
hearing1 produce to the person1 and     
permit the person or a representative of
 the person to inspect1 copy1 test1 or  
sample1 any evidence to be used to      
determine whether the person has engaged
 in or is engaging in an unfair labor   
practice4 after in the complaint44  7c7 
,penalties ,section #ab of the ,national

 ,labor ,relations ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4  
#afb7 is amended-- 7#a7 by striking     
,sec4 #ab4 ,any person and inserting the
 following3  #ab4 ,penalties  7a7       
,violations for interference with ,board
 ,any person  2 and  7#b7 by adding at  
the end the following3  7b7 ,violations 
for filing bad faith or frivolous       
charges ,any person who files a charge  
under section #aj7;b7 not in good faith 
or engages in a pattern or practice of  
filing frivolous charges under such     
section1 including a pattern or practice
 of filing charges that do not satisfy  
the requirement for documentation of    
evidence or certification under the     
first proviso of such section1 shall be 
punished by a fine of not more than     
#e1jjj4  4