{"format":1,"id":"119-hr-5408","congress":119,"number":"H.R. 5408","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Faster Labor Contracts Act","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Faster Labor Contracts Act"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Faster Labor Contracts Act"},{"type":"Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text","title":"To accelerate workplace time-to-contract under the National Labor Relations Act."},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Faster Labor Contracts Act"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2025-09-16","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2026-06-09","vote":{"id":"119-2026-h216","question":"On Passage","title":"Faster Labor Contracts Act","result":"Passed","yea":230,"nay":193,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll216.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"pending","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"not_yet","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate.","date":"2026-06-10"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2026-06-09","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Faster Labor Contracts Act"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill establishes mandatory deadlines for parties negotiating an initial collective bargaining agreement (CBA) and provides for mediation and arbitration to finalize CBAs."},{"k":"p","t":"Under the bill, CBA negotiations must begin within 10 days after an employer receives a written request from a newly recognized or certified bargaining representative. The bill provides that parties must make every reasonable effort to conclude and sign a CBA. Further, the bill provides that, if the parties have not reached an agreement after 90 days, either party may request mediation by the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS). The bill directs FMCS to use its best efforts to secure an agreement."},{"k":"p","t":"If mediation does not result in an agreement within 30 days (or an additional period agreed to by both parties), FMSC must refer the parties to an arbitration panel to render a decision settling the dispute. The panel must consider specified factors, including the employer's financial prospects and employees' cost of living. The resulting CBA is binding on the parties for two years. (Parties may agree to amend the terms during the two-year period.)"},{"k":"p","t":"The bill specifies that (1) an employer must maintain current wages, hours, terms, and conditions of employment during negotiations; and (2) an employer's duty to collectively bargain continues even if a representative has been decertified."},{"k":"p","t":"The Government Accountability Office must report to Congress regarding the average number of days between the certification or recognition of a bargaining representative and the date the initial CBA was executed."}],"words":250},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Amends the National Labor Relations Act to set deadlines, mediation and binding arbitration for negotiating a first collective bargaining agreement after a labor organization is certified or recognized, and requires a Government Accountability Office report on how long those negotiations take.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text/eh#HEDEFCE7BF6DD47D0AEC64B61FF47F8FF"},{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text/eh#HF1A5274BD1D247FE9B8166CB448EDA50"}]},"core_areas":["Initial collective bargaining agreement negotiation deadlines","Federal mediation and binding arbitration of first contracts","Employer duties during bargaining under the National Labor Relations Act","Comptroller General report on time to first contract"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the parties to meet and begin bargaining not later than 10 days after the employer receives a written request from a newly recognized or certified representative, or within a further period the parties agree upon, and to make every reasonable effort to conclude and sign an agreement.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text/eh#HEDEFCE7BF6DD47D0AEC64B61FF47F8FF"}},{"text":"Allows either party to notify the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service and request mediation if no agreement is reached after 90 days from the start of bargaining, or an additional period the parties agree upon.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text/eh#HEDEFCE7BF6DD47D0AEC64B61FF47F8FF"}},{"text":"Requires the Service to refer the dispute to a 3-person arbitration panel if mediation does not produce an agreement within 30 days of the mediation request, or an additional period the parties agree upon.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text/eh#HEDEFCE7BF6DD47D0AEC64B61FF47F8FF"}},{"text":"Provides that a majority of the arbitration panel decides the dispute, and that the decision binds the parties for 2 years unless they amend it by written consent.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text/eh#HEDEFCE7BF6DD47D0AEC64B61FF47F8FF"}},{"text":"Requires the panel's decision to be based on the employer's financial status and prospects, the size and type of its operations, employees' cost of living, employees' ability to sustain themselves and their families on their wages and benefits, and the wages and benefits other employers in the same business provide.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 3","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text/eh#HEDEFCE7BF6DD47D0AEC64B61FF47F8FF"}},{"text":"Requires the Comptroller General to submit a report to Congress, not later than 1 year after enactment, on the average number of days between certification or recognition of a representative and the parties entering into an initial collective bargaining agreement.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 4","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text/eh#HF1A5274BD1D247FE9B8166CB448EDA50"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2026-06-09","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-02","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/5408/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/119-hr-5408.png","v":"861904a5d1d8","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 5408, 119th Congress: Faster Labor Contracts Act. House: 230 Yea, 193 Nay. Senate: not yet considered. Outcome: Passed House, 9 Jun 2026."}}