Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1505 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1505 To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 21, 2025 Mr. Stauber (for himself, Ms. Budzinski, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Bost, Mr. Golden of Maine, Ms. Titus, Mr. Kean, Ms. Pettersen, Ms. Craig, and Ms. Lee of Nevada) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To provide collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political subdivisions, and for other purposes. 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 ``Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act''. SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND POLICY. Congress declares that the following is the policy of the United States: (1) Labor-management relationships and partnerships are based on trust, mutual respect, open communication, bilateral consensual problem solving, and shared accountability. Labor- management cooperation fully utilizes the strengths of both parties to best serve the interests of the public, operating as a team, to carry out the public safety mission in a quality work environment. In many public safety agencies, it is the union that provides the institutional stability as elected leaders and appointees come and go. (2) State and local public safety officers play an essential role in the efforts of the United States to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorist attacks, and to respond to natural disasters, hazardous materials, and other mass casualty incidents. State and loc