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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on September 10, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
(Sec. 2) Amends the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any Indian tribe or any enterprise or institution owned and operated by an Indian tribe and located on its lands is not considered an employer (thus excluding Indian tribes and such enterprises or institutions from coverage by the Act).
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 511 as passed House amended on Nov 17, 2015. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Nov 17, 2015
Tribal Labor Sovereignty Act of 2015
Passed
249 Yea 177 Nay 7 not voting
Party-line vote 42 of 426 voting members broke with their own party: 24 Democrats, 18 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 511 and vote against it. 14 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 511 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
248 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.