Secret Ballot Protection Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2241 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2241 To amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2025 Mr. Allen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the National Labor Relations Act to ensure the right of employees to a secret ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board. 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 ``Secret Ballot Protection Act''. SEC. 2. FINDINGS. Congress finds that-- (1) the importance of a secret ballot election has been recognized by the United States for over 100 years; (2) the fundamental democratic right to choose by secret ballot is the only method that ensures a choice free of coercion, intimidation, irregularity, or illegality; (3) the recognition of a labor organization by way of a private agreement, rather than a secret ballot election supervised by a neutral third party, threatens an employee's right, codified in the National Labor Relations Act, to choose whether or not to be represented by a labor organization; and (4) preserving workers' right to choose whether or not to be represented by a labor organization through a secret ballot election is important to the strength of the national economy. SEC. 3. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT. (a) Recognition of Representative.-- (1) In general.--Section 8(a)(2) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 158(a)(2)) is amended by inserting before the colon the following: ``or to recogn