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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Nov 17, 2015
(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 10, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any Indian tribe or any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its lands is not considered an employer (thus excluding Indian tribes and such enterprises or institutions from coverage by the Act).
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Rep. Rokita, Todd [R-IN-4] · R–IN
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Received in the Senate.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 249 - 177 (Roll no. 633). (text: CR H8260-8261)
House roll call 633 · Individual votesPassed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 249 - 177 (Roll no. 633).(text: CR H8260-8261)
House roll call 633 · Individual votesConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8272)
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, the Speaker postponed further proceedings on H.R. 511.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H8271)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 511.
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1737 and H.R. 511. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. For the purposes of requesting a conference with the Senate, the resolution provides that the House has taken S. 1177 from the Speaker's table, adopts an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 5, as passed by the House and adopts S. 1177, as amended. The resolution makes in order only those amendments to H.R. 1737 printed in the report. H.R. 511 shall be considered under a closed rule.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 526. (consideration: CR H8260-8271)
Rule H. Res. 526 passed House.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 526 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1737 and H.R. 511. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. For the purposes of requesting a conference with the Senate, the resolution provides that the House has taken S. 1177 from the Speaker's table, adopts an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of H.R. 5, as passed by the House and adopts S. 1177, as amendend. The resolution makes in order only those amendments to H.R. 1737 printed inthe report. H.R. 511 shall be considered under a closed rule.
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 197.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 114-260.
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 114-260.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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