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Weekly Legislative Update
August 12, 2024

  • Release Date: August 12, 2024

TIA Calls for Committee Action on Right to Repair

A call to action: TIA urges Congress to support HR 906, the Right to Equitable and Professional Auto Industry Repair Act (REPAIR Act), sponsored by Dr. Neal Dunn (R-FL).

We seek its inclusion and passage at the next Energy and Commerce Committee markup.

This bipartisan legislation, with 56 cosponsors from both parties, ensures vehicle owners and their chosen repairers have equal access to repair tools, components, and data.

The REPAIR Act promotes open market competition, innovation, and affordable vehicle repair options.

The bill preserves consumer access to high quality and affordable vehicle repair by ensuring that vehicle owners and their repairers of choice have access to necessary repair and maintenance tools and data as vehicles continue to become more advanced.

If you are interested in getting involved in TIA’s advocacy efforts please reach out to Roy Littlefield IV, VP of Government Affairs for more information: rlittlefield2@tireindustry.org

Senate HELP Committee Advances NLRB Nominations

On August 1, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted along party lines to advance two nominees to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).

Democrat Lauren McFerran was nomination to serve another term as Chair of the Board and passed with a party line vote - 11-10.

The Republican nominee Josh Ditelberg passed with a bipartisan vote of 18-3.

?A full Senate vote on the two nominations is not yet scheduled but may happen in September. 

Representative Walberg introduces the Worker Enfranchisement Act

On August 2, Representative Tim Walberg (R-MI) introduced the Worker Enfranchisement Act, which would require two-thirds of a potential bargaining unit participate in a union representation election.

?The bill is intended to ensure election results represent the true wishes of the workers and union representation is not forced on a workplace if only a small minority of the workers support unionization.