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  SA 4755. Mr. HATCH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 4751 proposed by Mr. Reid (for Mr. Gregg (for himself and 
Mr. Kennedy)) to the bill H.R. 980, to provide collective bargaining 
rights for public safety officers employed by States or their political 
subdivisions; as follows:

       At the end of section 2, add the following:
       (5) Public safety officers frequently endanger their own 
     lives to protect the rights of individuals in their 
     communities. In return, each officer deserves the optimal 
     protection of his or her own rights under the law
       (6) The health and safety of the Nation and the best 
     interests of public security are furthered when employees are 
     assured that their collective bargaining representatives have 
     been selected in a free, fair and democratic manner.
       (7) An employee whose wages are subject to compulsory 
     assessment for any purpose not supported or authorized by 
     such employee is susceptible to job dissatisfaction. Job 
     dissatisfaction negatively affects job performance, and, in 
     the case of public safety officers, the welfare of the 
     general public.

     SEC. 2A. PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER BILL OF RIGHTS.

       (a) In General.--A State law described in section 4(a) 
     shall--
       (1) provide for the selection of an exclusive bargaining 
     representative by public safety officer employees only 
     through the use of a democratic, government-supervised, 
     secret ballot election upon the request of the employer or 
     any affected employee;
       (2) ensure that public safety employers recognize the 
     employees' labor organization, freely chosen by a majority of 
     the employees pursuant to a law that provides the democratic 
     safeguards set forth in paragraph (1), to agree to bargain 
     with the labor organization, and to commit any agreements to 
     writing in a contract or memorandum of understanding; and
       (3) provide that--

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       (A) no public safety officer shall, as a condition of 
     employment, be required to pay any amount in dues or fees to 
     any labor organization for any purpose other than the direct 
     and demonstrable costs associated with collective bargaining; 
     and
       (B) a labor organization shall not collect from any public 
     safety officer any additional amount without full disclosure 
     of the intended and actual use of such funds, and without the 
     public safety officer's written consent.
       (b) Applicability of Disclosure Requirements.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any labor 
     organization that represents or seeks to represent public 
     safety officers under State law or this Act, or in accordance 
     with regulations promulgated by the Federal Labor Relations 
     Authority, shall be subject to the requirements of title II 
     of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 
     (29 U.S.C. 432 et seq.) as if such public safety labor 
     organization was a labor organization defined in section 3(i) 
     of such Act (29 U.S.C. 402(i)).
       (c) Application.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the provisions of this section shall apply to all 
     States.
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