[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2952 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2952
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to
clarify reporting requirements.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 17, 2025
Mr. Owens introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to
clarify reporting requirements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Start Applying Labor Transparency
Act'' or ``SALT Act''.
SEC. 2. LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959.
(a) Filing and Contents of Report of Payments, Loans, Promises,
Agreements, or Arrangements.--Section 201 of the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 431) is amended--
(1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as
subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:
``(c) Every labor organization who in any fiscal year made--
``(1) any payment or loan, direct or indirect, of money or
any other thing of value (including reimbursed expenses), or
any promise or agreement therefor, to an employee, or a group
or committee of employees, of an employer (other than the labor
organization) for the purpose of causing such employee or group
or committee to persuade other employees to exercise or not to
exercise, or as the manner of exercising, the right to organize
and bargain collectively through representatives of their own
choosing unless such payments were contemporaneously or
previously disclosed to such other employees;
``(2) any agreement or arrangement with a labor relations
consultant or other independent contractor or organization
pursuant to which such consultant, independent contractor, or
organization undertakes activities where an object thereof,
directly or indirectly, is to persuade employees to exercise or
not to exercise, or persuade employees as to the manner of
exercising, the right to organize and bargain collectively
through representatives of their own choosing, or undertakes to
supply such labor organization with information concerning the
activities of employees or an employer in connection with a
labor dispute involving such labor organization, except
information for use solely in conjunction with an
administrative or arbitral proceeding or a criminal or civil
judicial proceeding; or
``(3) any payment (including reimbursed expenses) pursuant
to an agreement or arrangement described in paragraph (2);
shall file with the Secretary a report, in a form prescribed by the
Secretary, signed by its treasurer or corresponding principal officers
showing in detail the date and amount of each such payment, loan,
promise, agreement, or arrangement and the name, address, and position,
if any, of any firm or person to whom it was made and a full
explanation of the circumstances of all such payments, including the
terms of any agreement or understanding pursuant to which they were
made. This shall include the name of any employer targeted by such
individual and the location of the employer's targeted facility.''.
(b) Persuasive Activities Relating to the Right To Organize and
Bargain Collectively; Supplying Information of Activities in Connection
With Labor Disputes; Filing and Contents of Report of Agreement or
Arrangement.--
(1) In general.--Section 202 of the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 432) is
amended--
(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection
(d); and
(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the
following:
``(c) Every person who receives payment or loan, direct or
indirect, of money or any other thing of value (including reimbursed
expenses), or any promise or agreement therefor from another to seek
employment with a third party where an object thereof is in whole or in
part, directly or indirectly--
``(1) persuade employees of the third party to exercise or
not to exercise, or as to the manner of exercising, the right
to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of
their own choosing; or
``(2) supply a labor organization with information
concerning the activities of employees or agents of third party
in connection with a labor dispute involving such third part,
except information for use solely in conjunction with an
administrative or arbitral proceeding or a criminal or civil
judicial proceeding;
shall file within thirty days after entering into such agreement or
arrangement a report with the Secretary, signed by its treasurer or
corresponding principal officers, containing the name under which such
person is engaged in doing business and the address of its principal
office, and a detailed statement of the terms and conditions of such
agreement or arrangement. Every such person shall file annually, with
respect to each fiscal year during which payments were made as a result
of such an agreement or arrangement, a report with the Secretary,
signed by its president and treasurer or corresponding principal
officers, containing a statement (A) of its receipts of any kind from
labor organizations on account of labor relations advice or services,
designating the sources thereof, and (B) of its disbursements of any
kind, in connection with such services and the purposes thereof. In
each such case such information shall be set forth in such categories
as the Secretary may prescribe.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 202 of the Labor-
Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 432)
is amended in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (1),
by striking ``under subsection (a)'' and inserting ``under
subsection (a) or (c)''.
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.
Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Labor shall issue such regulations as are necessary to
carry out the amendments made by this Act.
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