Directs the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Authority) to determine whether state law provides specified rights and responsibilities for public safety officers, including: (1) granting public safety employees the right to form and join a labor organization which excludes management and supervisory employees, and which is, or seeks to be, recognized as the exclusive bargaining agent for such employees; and (2) requiring public safety employers to recognize and agree to bargain with the employees' labor organization.

Requires the Authority to issue regulations establishing rights and responsibilities for public safety employers and employees in states that do not substantially provide for such public safety employee rights and responsibilities. Directs the Authority , in such cases, to: (1) determine the appropriateness of units for labor organization representation; (2) supervise or conduct elections to determine whether a labor organization has been selected as an exclusive representative by a voting majority of the employees in an appropriate unit; (3) resolve issues relating to the duty to bargain in good faith; (4) conduct hearings and resolve complaints of unfair labor practices; and (5) resolve exceptions to arbitrator's awards. Grants a public safety employer, employee, or labor organization the right to seek enforcement of such Authority regulations and authority through appropriate state courts.

Sponsor	Dale Kildee
Number of Co-sponsors	280
Current Location of Legislation	Committee on Education and Labor
Legislative History	2/12/07 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor 6/20/07 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 42 - 1. 7/17/07 Passed the House

Ensures that services related to the operation of a correctional facility and the incarceration of inmates are not provided by private contractors or vendors if the state wishes to accept federal grant money for prison construction. The bill also requires that persons convicted of any offenses against the United States shall be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal employees.

Sponsor	Tim Holden
Number of Co-sponsors	19
Current Location of Legislation	Committee on the Judiciary
Legislative History	04/17/07 Introduced and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary 05/04/07: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security

Provides that each non-governmental entity contracting with the Federal Government to provide a prison or other correctional facility shall have the same duty to release information about its operation as a Government owned and run facility has under the Freedom of Information Act. Authorizes any party aggrieved by a violation of that duty to obtain relief in a civil action

Sponsor	Tim Holden
Number of Co-sponsors	22
Current Location of Legislation	Committee on the Judiciary
Legislative History	04/14/07 Introduced and referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary 05/04/07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security 11/8/2007: Subcommittee Hearings Held.

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