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US. GOVERNMENT
INFORMATION
Calendar No. 65
116TH CONGRESS REPORT
1st Session SENATE 116-30
TO CLARIFY THE RIGHTS OF INDIANS AND INDIAN
TRIBES ON INDIAN LANDS UNDER THE NATIONAL
LABOR RELATIONS ACT
APRIL 9, 2019.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. HOEVEN, from the Committee on Indian Affairs,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 226]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Indian Affairs, to which was referred the bill
(S. 226) to clarify the rights of Indians and Indian Tribes on Indian
lands under the National Labor Relations Act, having considered
the same, reports favorably thereon without amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE
The bill, S. 226 would amend and clarify the National Labor Re-
lations Act (NLRA or the Act) to support governmental parity for
tribal governments and respect tribal sovereignty so that Federally-
recognized Indian tribes, tribal governments, and tribally-owned
and operated institutions and enterprises located on Indian lands
are exempt from the Act.
NEED FOR LEGISLATION
The NLRA was enacted by Congress in 1935 to ensure fair labor
practices by providing workers with the right to collectively bargain
with employers. It explicitly exempts Federal and state govern-
mental 1 employers from the definition of covered employers. The
law is silent, however, on the treatment of tribes, tribal govern-
ments, and tribally-owned and operated institutions and enter-
'Including any corporations wholly-owned by these governmental entities.
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