To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.

SA 31. Mr. DeMINT (for himself and Mr. Vitter) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 181, to amend title VII
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, and to modify the operation of the Americans
with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, to
clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice
that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid
pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice,
and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. RIGHT TO WORK.

(a) National Labor Relations Act.--
(1) Rights of employees.--Section 7 of the National Labor
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 157) is amended by striking ``except
to'' and all that follows through ``authorized in section
8(a)(3)''.
(2) Unfair labor practices.--Section 8 of the National
Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ``: Provided, That''
and all that follows through ``retaining membership'';
(B) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ``or to discriminate''
and all that follows through ``retaining membership''; and
(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking ``covered by an
agreement authorized under subsection (a)(3) of this
section''; and
(C) in subsection (f), by striking clause (2) and
redesignating clauses (3) and (4) as clauses (2) and (3),
respectively.
(b) Amendment to the Railway Labor Act.--Section 2 of the
Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 152) is amended by striking
paragraph Eleven.
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