United States · Bill · S
S. 2015 (114th)
Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act
Introduced
9 September 2015
Last action
9 September 2015 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sponsors
Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN], Mitch McConnell, Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH], John Barrasso, Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO], John Boozman, Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4], Susan Collins, John Cornyn, Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY], Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ], Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO], Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT], Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1], Ron Johnson, Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL], James Lankford, Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ], Jerry Moran, Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA], Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1], Mike Rounds, Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL], Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA], Roger Wicker, Steve Daines, Bill Cassidy, Thomas Tillis, Mike Lee, Rand Paul, Tim Scott, John Thune, Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN], Shelley Capito, John Hoeven, Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV], Joni Ernst, Deb Fischer, James Risch, Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL], Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN], Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC], Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Protecting Local Business Opportunity Act This bill amends the National Labor Relations Act to allow two or more employers to be considered joint employers for purposes of the Act only if each shares and exercises control over essential terms and conditions of employment and such control over these matters is actual, direct, and immediate.
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Timeline
9 September 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Source: IntroReferral
9 September 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 9 September 2015 · Official file
Documents
3 official files
Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 September 2015
Introduced in Senate (PDF)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 9 September 2015
Introduced in Senate
summary · EN · 9 September 2015
Sponsors
- Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
- Mitch McConnell · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] · R · Sponsor
- John Barrasso · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] · R · Sponsor
- John Boozman · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Cochran, Thad [R-MS-4] · R · Sponsor
- Susan Collins · R · Sponsor
- John Cornyn · R · Sponsor
- Tom Cotton · R · Sponsor
- Ted Cruz · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Gardner, Cory [R-CO] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK-1] · R · Sponsor
- Ron Johnson · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Kirk, Mark Steven [R-IL] · R · Sponsor
- James Lankford · R · Sponsor
- Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] · R · Sponsor
- Jerry Moran · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Perdue, David [R-GA] · R · Sponsor
- Rep. Roberts, Pat [R-KS-1] · R · Sponsor
- Mike Rounds · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Shelby, Richard C. [D-AL] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R · Sponsor
- Roger Wicker · R · Sponsor
- Steve Daines · R · Sponsor
- Bill Cassidy · R · Sponsor
- Thomas Tillis · R · Sponsor
- Mike Lee · R · Sponsor
- Rand Paul · R · Sponsor
- Tim Scott · R · Sponsor
- John Thune · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] · R · Cosponsor
- Shelley Capito · R · Cosponsor
- John Hoeven · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] · R · Cosponsor
- Joni Ernst · R · Cosponsor
- Deb Fischer · R · Cosponsor
- James Risch · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/2015
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/2015
- us · 114-s-2015 · source updated 5 December 2025