RAISE Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 2992 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 23, 2019 Mr. JOHNSON of South Dakota introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Rewarding Achieve- 4 ment and Incentivizing Successful Employees Act’’ or the 5 ‘‘RAISE Act’’. 6 SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF HIGHER WAGES. 7 Section 9(a) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 8 U.S.C. 159(a)) is amended— 9 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(a)’’; and 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:24 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2992.IH H2992 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS 2 •HR 2992 IH (2) by adding at the end the following: 1 ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding a labor organization’s exclusive 2 representation of employees in a unit, or the terms and 3 conditions of any collective bargaining contract or agree- 4 ment then in effect, nothing in either— 5 ‘‘(A) section 8(a)(1) or 8(a)(5), or 6 ‘‘(B) a collective bargaining contract or agree- 7 ment renewed or entered into after the date of en- 8 actment of the RAISE Act, 9 shall prohibit an employer from paying an employee in the 10 unit greater wages, pay, or other compensation for, or by 11 reason of, his or her services as an employee of such em- 12 ployer, than provided for in such contract or agreement.’’. 13 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:24 Jun 07, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H2992.IH H2992 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42 with BILLS