text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``National Labor Relations 
  Reorganization Act of 2011''.
  
  SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
  
      Whenever in this Act an amendment is expressed as an amendment to a 
  section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be 
  made to a section or other provision of the National Labor Relations 
  Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.).
  
  SEC. 3. ABOLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD.
  
      (a) Abolishment of Board.--Effective on the date provided in 
  subsection (c), the National Labor Relations Board is abolished.
      (b) Repeal of Authority.--Sections 3, 4, and 5 of the Act are 
  repealed.
      (c) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect on the date 
  that is 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
  
  SEC. 4. TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY FOR REPRESENTATIVE ELECTIONS TO OFFICE OF 
                LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS.
  
      (a) Transfer of Authority.--The functions and responsibilities of 
  the National Labor Relations Board for overseeing elections under 
  section 9 of the National Labor Relations Act, and any related 
  authorities and functions under that Act, are hereby transferred to the 
  Secretary of Labor, to be carried out through the Office of Labor-
  Management Standards.
      (b) Amendments to the NLRA.--
              (1) Definition.--Paragraph (10) of section 2 (29 U.S.C. 
          152) is amended to read as follows:
              ``(10) The term `Secretary' means the Secretary of Labor, 
          acting through the office of Labor-Management Standards of the 
          Department of Labor.''.
              (2) Authority for supervising elections.--Section 9 (29 
          U.S.C. 159) is amended by striking ``Board'' each place it 
          appears and inserting ``Secretary''.
              (3) Rules and regulations.--
                      (A) Authority.--Section 6 (29 U.S.C. 156) is 
                  amended by striking ``Board'' and inserting 
                  ``Secretary''.
                      (B) Preservation of existing regulations.--Rules 
                  and regulations issued under the National Labor 
                  Relations Act prior to and in effect on the day before 
                  the date of enactment of this Act shall continue in 
                  effect and shall be considered to be rules and 
                  regulations issued by the Secretary of Labor, acting 
                  through the office of Labor-Management Standards of the 
                  Department of Labor, under section 6 of such Act, as 
                  amended by paragraph (1).
              (4) Conforming amendments.--Section 8 (29 U.S.C. 158) is 
          amended by striking ``Board'' each place it appears and 
          inserting ``Secretary''.
  
  SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
  
      (a) Transfer of Authority.--The functions and responsibilities of 
  the National Labor Relations Board for the prevention of unfair labor 
  practices under section 10 of the National Labor Relations Act, and any 
  related authorities and functions under that Act, are hereby 
  transferred to the Bureau of Labor Relations Enforcement of the 
  Department of Justice, established under subsection (b).
      (b) Establishment of Enforcement Bureau.--
              (1) Establishment and purpose.--There is established within 
          the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the 
          Attorney General, a Bureau of Labor Relations Enforcement, to 
          carry out the enforcement duties and functions that were, prior 
          to the date of enactment of this Act, carried out by the 
          National Labor Relations Board under section 10 of the National 
          Labor Relations Act.
              (2) Director.--The Bureau shall be headed by a Director 
          appointed by the Attorney General. The Director shall have had 
          experience in labor-management relations and shall not engage 
          in any other employment than that of serving as Director; nor 
          shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity 
          for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the 
          Bureau makes any contract or other arrangement.
      (c) Amendments to the NLRA.--
              (1) Definition.--Section 2 (29 U.S.C. 152) is further 
          amended by adding at the end the following:
              ``(15) The term `Bureau' means the Bureau of Labor 
          Management Enforcement of the Department of Justice.''.
              (2) Authority for the prevention of unfair labor 
          practices.--Section 10 (29 U.S.C. 160) is amended--
                      (A) in subsections (a), (d), (f), (g), (h), (j), 
                  (k) and (l), by striking ``Board'' each place it 
                  appears and inserting ``Bureau'';
                      (B) in subsection (b)--
                              (i) in the first sentence--
                                      (I) by striking ``Board'' each 
                                  place it appears and inserting 
                                  ``Bureau''; and
                                      (II) by striking ``or a member 
                                  thereof'';
                              (ii) in the second sentence--
                                      (I) by striking ``member, agent, or 
                                  agency'' and inserting ``agent or 
                                  agency''; and
                                      (II) by striking ``Board'' and 
                                  inserting ``Bureau'';
                              (iii) in the fourth sentence--
                                      (I) by striking ``member, agent, or 
                                  agency'' and inserting ``agent or 
                                  agency''; and
                                      (II) by striking ``Board'' and 
                                  inserting ``Bureau''; and
                              (iv) in the last sentence, by striking 
                          ``the Act of June 19, 1934'' and all that 
                          follows and inserting ``section 2072 of title 
                          29, United States Code.'';
                      (C) in subsection (c)--
                              (i) by striking ``member, agent, or 
                          agency'' and inserting ``agent or agency'';
                              (ii) by striking ``Board'' each place it 
                          appears and inserting ``Bureau''; and
                              (iii) by striking the last sentence; and
                      (D) in subsection (e)--
                              (i) by striking ``Board'' each place it 
                          appears and inserting ``Bureau''; and
                              (ii) by striking ``member, agent, or 
                          agency'' each place it appears and inserting 
                          ``agent or agency''.
  
  SEC. 6. APPLICATION OF TITLE 5 PROVISION WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYEES.
  
      Section 3503 of title 5, United States Code, shall apply with 
  respect to employees affected by the transfers of functions under 
  sections 4 and 5.
  
  SEC. 7. INVESTIGATORY POWERS UNDER THE NLRA.
  
      Section 11 (29 U.S.C. 161) is amended--
              (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                      (A) by striking ``Board'' and inserting ``Secretary 
                  or the Bureau, as the case may be,''; and
                      (B) by striking ``it'' and inserting ``the 
                  Secretary or the Bureau, respectively,'';
              (2) in paragraph (1)--
                      (A) in the first sentence, by striking ``The Board, 
                  or its'' and inserting ``The Secretary and the Bureau, 
                  or their'';
                      (B) in the second sentence, by striking ``Board, or 
                  any member thereof'' and inserting ``Secretary or the 
                  Bureau, as the case may be'';
                      (C) in the third sentence--
                              (i) by striking ``Board'' the first place 
                          it appears and inserting ``Secretary or the 
                          Bureau''; and
                              (ii) by striking ``Board'' the second place 
                          it appears and inserting ``Secretary or the 
                          Bureau, as the case may be,''; and
                      (D) in the fourth sentence--
                              (i) by striking ``Any member of the Board'' 
                          and inserting ``The Secretary and the Bureau''; 
                          and
                              (ii) by striking ``Board'' and inserting 
                          ``Secretary or the Bureau'';
              (3) in paragraph (2)--
                      (A) by striking ``Board'' each place it appears and 
                  inserting ``Secretary or the Bureau''; and
                      (B) by striking ``member, agent, or agency'' both 
                  places it appears and inserting ``agent or agency'';
              (4) in paragraph (4), by striking ``Board, its member, 
          agent, or agency'' both place it appears and inserting 
          ``Secretary or the Bureau, its agent or agency''; and
              (5) in paragraph (6)--
                      (A) by striking ``Board, upon its'' both places it 
                  appears and inserting ``Secretary or the Bureau''; and
                      (B) by striking ``its''.
  
  SEC. 8. ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
  
      The Act is further amended--
              (1) in section 12, by striking ``Board or any of its'' and 
          inserting ``Secretary or the Bureau or any of their'';
              (2) in section in section 14(c)--
                      (A) by striking ``Board, in its discretion'' and 
                  inserting ``Secretary or the Bureau, as the case may 
                  be, in their discretion''; and
                      (B) by striking ``Board'' the second, third, and 
                  fourth places it appears and inserting ``Secretary or 
                  the Bureau''; and
              (3) in section 18, by striking ``National Labor Relations 
          Board'' and inserting ``Secretary''.
target: National Labor Relations Reorganization Act of 2011 - Amends the National Labor Relations Act to abolish the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
  
  Transfers all functions of the NLRB for overseeing elections of collective bargaining representatives to the Secretary of Labor, to be carried out through the Office of Labor-Management Standards.
  
  Establishes within the Department of Justice (DOJ) a Bureau of Labor Relations Enforcement, to which are transferred all functions of the NLRB for the prevention of unfair labor practices.
feat_title: To abolish the National Labor Relations Board and to transfer its enforcement authority to the Department of Justice and its oversight of elections to the Office of Labor-Management Standards of the Department of Labor.