Key Votes
HR 743 - Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995 - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Lamar Smith voted Yea (Passage) on this legislation.
Read recent statements Lamar Smith made in this general time period.
Stages
- July 30, 1996 Executive Vetoed
- July 18, 1996 House Concurrence Vote Passed
- July 10, 1996 Senate Bill Passed
- Sept. 27, 1995 House Bill Passed
- Jan. 30, 1995 Introduced
Family
- HR 743 - Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995
- SB 17 - Special Advisory Commission on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits
Issues
Stage Details
Legislation - Vetoed (Executive) - July 30, 1996
Legislation - Concurrence Vote Passed (House) - July 18, 1996
NOTE: THIS VOTE PASSED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT, MEANING NO MEMBER OBJECTED TO THE PASSAGE OF THE VOTE. THIS DOES NOT NECESSARILY INDICATE THAT ALL MEMBERS FAVORED THE VOTE'S OUTCOME.
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (53-46) - July 10, 1996 (Key vote)
Title: Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995
Vote to pass a bill that amends the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 to allow employers to form labor-management cooperative organizations with employees without the presence of a union.
- Allows such organizations to discuss "matters of mutual interest," such as issues of safety, health, and efficiency.
- Prohibits such organizations from handling collective bargaining agreements or from being the employees' exclusive bargaining representative.
- Prohibits such organizations in workplaces in which a labor organization is present.
- States that no other rights and responsibilities in the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 are affected by this bill.
NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (221-202) - Sept. 27, 1995 (Key vote)
Title: Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995
Vote to pass a bill that amends the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 to allow employers to form labor-management cooperative organizations with employees without the presence of a union.
- Allows such organizations to discuss "matters of mutual interest," such as issues of safety, health, and efficiency.
- Prohibits such organizations from handling collective bargaining agreements or from being the employees' exclusive bargaining representative.
- Prohibits such organizations in workplaces in which a labor organization is present.
- States that no other rights and responsibilities in the National Labor Relations Act of 1935 are affected by this bill.
Legislation - Introduced (House) - Jan. 30, 1995
Title: Teamwork for Employees and Managers Act of 1995
Sponsors
- Steven C. 'Steve' Gunderson (WI - R) (Out Of Office)
Co-sponsors
- Wayne A. Allard (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Spencer T. Bachus (AL - R)
- Richard Hugh Baker (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Cass Ballenger (NC - ) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Laurence 'Bob' Barr Jr. (GA - ) (Out Of Office)
- William E. 'Bill' Barrett (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Roscoe G. Bartlett (MD - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Linus Barton (TX - R)
- Charles F. 'Charlie' Bass (NH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Herbert H. 'Herb' Bateman (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Douglas K. 'Doug' Bereuter (NE - ) (Out Of Office)
- Brian P. Bilbray (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas J. 'Tom' Bliley Jr. (VA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John A. Boehner (OH - R)
- Henry Bonilla (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel D. 'Sam' Brownback (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ed Bryant (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jim Bunning (KY - ) (Out Of Office)
- Herbert L. 'Sonny' Callahan (AL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Ken S. Calvert (CA - R)
- Charles T. Canady (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Michael N. 'Mike' Castle (DE - R) (Out Of Office)
- Clarence Saxby Chambliss (GA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Helen P. Chenoweth-Hage (ID - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jon Lynn Christensen (NE - R) (Out Of Office)
- William F. Clinger (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John Howard Coble (NC - R)
- Larry Ed Combest (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Christopher Cox (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Philip M. Crane (IL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Michael D. 'Mike' Crapo (ID - ) (Out Of Office)
- Randall H. 'Duke' Cunningham (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Nathan Deal (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jay W. Dickey (AR - ) (Out Of Office)
- John T. Doolittle (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- David T. Dreier (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jennifer B. Dunn (WA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill Emerson (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Harris W. Fawell (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Tillie K. Fowler (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Funderburk (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Elton W. Gallegly (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- George W. Gekas (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- William F. 'Bill' Goodling (PA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Porter J. Goss (FL - ) (Out Of Office)
- Lindsey O. Graham (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Enid Greene (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
- James C. 'Jim' Greenwood (PA - ) (Out Of Office)
- Ralph Moody Hall (TX - R)
- Melton D. 'Mel' Hancock (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- James V. Hansen (UT - ) (Out Of Office)
- Richard 'Doc' Hastings (WA - R)
- James A. 'Jimmy' Hayes (LA - R) (Out Of Office)
- John David 'J.D.' Hayworth Jr. (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joel Hefley (CO - R) (Out Of Office)
- Fredrick Kenneth Fred' Heineman (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Walter 'Wally' Herger Jr. (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Van Hilleary (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Peter 'Pete' Hoekstra (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Martin R. Hoke (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Y. Tim Hutchinson (AR - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert 'Bob' Inglis Sr. (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Samuel Robert 'Sam' Johnson (TX - R)
- Scott L. Klug (WI - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joseph K. 'Joe' Knollenberg (MI - R) (Out Of Office)
- James T. 'Jim' Kolbe (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ray H. LaHood (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas P. 'Tom' Latham (IA - R)
- Blanche Lambert Lincoln (AR - D) (Out Of Office)
- John Linder (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Donald A. 'Don' Manzullo (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Bill McCollum (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Scott McInnis (CO - ) (Out Of Office)
- David M. McIntosh (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon (CA - R)
- Jan Meyers (KS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Dan Miller (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Suellen W. 'Sue' Myrick (NC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Norwood Jr. (GA - R) (Out Of Office)
- James A. 'Jim' Nussle (IA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Paul Michael 'Mike' Parker (MS - ) (Out Of Office)
- William 'Bill' Paxon (NY - R) (Out Of Office)
- Thomas E. 'Tom' Petri (WI - R)
- John Edward Porter (IL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Robert J. 'Rob' Portman (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Deborah D. Pryce (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- James H. 'Jimmy' Quillen (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ralph S. Regula (OH - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank Duncan Riggs (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Marge S. Roukema (NJ - R) (Out Of Office)
- Matthew 'Matt' Salmon (AZ - ) (Out Of Office)
- Joe Scarborough (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Andrea Seastrand (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lamar S. Smith (TX - R)
- Mark Edward Souder (IN - R) (Out Of Office)
- Floyd Davidson Spence (SC - R) (Out Of Office)
- Charles W. 'Charlie' Stenholm (TX - ) (Out Of Office)
- Robert Lee 'Bob' Stump (AZ - R) (Out Of Office)
- James M. 'Jim' Talent (MO - R) (Out Of Office)
- William M. 'Mac' Thornberry (TX - R)
- Frederick Stephen 'Fred' Upton (MI - R)
- Zach Wamp (TN - R) (Out Of Office)
- David Weldon (FL - R) (Out Of Office)
- Roger F. Wicker (MS - R) (Out Of Office)
- Frank Rudolph Wolf (VA - R)
- Richard 'Dick' Zimmer (NJ - R) (Out Of Office)
