[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2687 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2687
To provide coverage under the Railway Labor Act to employees of certain
air and surface transportation entities.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 19, 2004
Mr. Harkin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To provide coverage under the Railway Labor Act to employees of certain
air and surface transportation entities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Express Carrier Employee Protection
Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT.
Section 201 of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 181) is amended--
(1) by striking ``All'' and inserting ``(a) In General.--
All'';
(2) by inserting ``and every express carrier'' after
``common carrier by air''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Express Carriers.--The employees of an express carrier shall
be covered by this Act only if they are licensed airmen, licensed
aircraft maintenance technicians, or licensed aircraft dispatchers, and
only if they perform duties for the express carrier pursuant to the
privileges of the appropriate license. All other employees of an
express carrier shall be covered by the provisions of the National
Labor Relations Act.
``(c) Definition.--In this section, the term `express carrier'
means any company (or companies affiliated through common control or
ownership) that has an integrated network of air and surface
transportation for the purpose of the express shipment of packages.''.
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