To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish a credit to any bid for a lease that includes a commitment to use a project labor agreement, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 9061 To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to establish a credit to any bid for a lease that includes a commitment to use a project labor agreement, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 31, 2020 Mr. KENNEDY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Natural Resources A BILL To amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to estab- lish a credit to any bid for a lease that includes a commitment to use a project labor agreement, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT CREDIT IN OFF- 3 SHORE LEASING. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(a) of the Outer Conti- 5 nental Shelf Lands Act (43 U.S.C. 1337(a)(1)) is amend- 6 ed by adding at the end the following: 7 ‘‘(9) PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT CREDIT.— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jan 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H9061.IH H9061 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 9061 IH ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In evaluating a bid under 1 this section, the Secretary shall award a 10 percent 2 credit to value of a bid if the bidder commits to 3 enter into a project labor agreement with respect to 4 any employees who, upon their employment, will be 5 engaged in building or construction with respect to 6 the offshore wind energy development within the 7 leased tract. The Secretary shall include such com- 8 mitment as a term in any lease the bid for which in- 9 cluded such commitment. 10 ‘‘(2) PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT.—In this 11 paragraph, the term ‘project labor agreement’ means 12 a collective bargaining agreement that is— 13 ‘‘(A) an agreement described in section 14 8(f) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 15 U.S.C. 158(f)); and 16 ‘‘(B) between an employer and one or more 17 labor organizations and establishes, in advanced 18 of hiring employees who, upon their employ- 19 ment, will be engaged in building or construc- 20 tion of a specific project, the terms and condi- 21 tions of employment for such employees for 22 such project.’’. 23 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:37 Jan 21, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H9061.IH H9061 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS