TRACBRA: Text of the Senate TRACBRA legislation

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SENATE: The Teaching and Research Assistants Collective Bargaining Rights Act

110th CONGRESS

2d Session

S. 2891

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to apply the protections of the Act to teaching and research assistants.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

April 17, 2008

Mr. KENNEDY (for himself, Mrs. CLINTON, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. BROWN, Mr. FEINGOLD, and Mr. SCHUMER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To amend the National Labor Relations Act to apply the protections of the Act to teaching and research assistants.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the `Teaching and Research Assistant Collective Bargaining Rights Act'.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

Section 2(3) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(3)) is amended--

(1) by striking `(3)' and inserting `(3)(A)'; and

(2) by adding at the end the following:

`(B) The term `employee' includes a student enrolled at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101 or 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001, 1002), other than an institution of a State or political subdivision) who is performing work for remuneration at the direction of the institution, whether or not the work relates to the student's course of study.'.

END