I
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4385
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 18, 2012
Mr. Rokita (for himself, Mr. Gowdy, Mr. Quayle, Mr. Schweikert, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr. Wilson of South Carolina, Mr. Chaffetz, Mr. McHenry, Mr. Rooney, Mr. Hensarling, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, Mr. Duncan of South Carolina, Mr. Graves of Georgia, Mr. Gohmert, Mr. Mulvaney, Mr. Huizenga of Michigan, Mr. Flores, Mr. Harris, Mr. Yoder, Mr. Huelskamp, Mr. Fleming, Mr. McClintock, Mr. Manzullo, and Mr. Akin) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the
Rewarding Achievement and
Incentivizing Successful Employees Act
or the
RAISE
Act
.
Payment of higher wages
Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 159(a)) is amended—
by inserting
(1)
after (a)
; and
by adding at the end the following:
Notwithstanding a labor organization’s exclusive representation of employees in a unit, or the terms and conditions of any collective bargaining contract or agreement then in effect, nothing in either—
section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(5), or
a collective bargaining contract or agreement renewed or entered into after the date of enactment of the RAISE Act,
.