[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6139 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 6139
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to
require unions to make certain disclosures to its members, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
November 19, 2025
Ms. Foxx 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
require unions to make certain disclosures to its members, and for
other purposes.
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 ``Union Members Right to Know Act''.
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT
OF 1959.
(a) Collective Bargaining Agreement and Constitution and Bylaws
Requirement.--Section 104 of the Labor-Management Reporting and
Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 414) is amended--
(1) by striking ``It shall be'' and inserting the
following:
``(a) In General.--It shall be''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Certain Copies Required To Be Provided to Members.--Not later
than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Union Members Right
to Know Act, and annually thereafter, the secretary or corresponding
principal officer of each labor organization that has made a collective
bargaining agreement with any employer shall, with respect to any such
collective bargaining agreement in effect--
``(1) provide to each employee whose rights as such
employee are directly affected by such collective bargaining
agreement, a copy of such collective bargaining agreement; or
``(2) post and maintain all such collective bargaining
agreements on the website of the labor organization.''.
(b) Required Disclosures.--Section 105 of the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 415) is amended--
(1) by striking ``Every'' and inserting the following:
``(a) In General.--Every''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Required Disclosures.--
``(1) In general.--Every labor organization shall provide
to members of the labor organization, in accordance with
paragraph (2), the following:
``(A) A copy of this Act, and a summary of each
title of this Act.
``(B) The constitution and bylaws of the labor
organization.
``(2) Disclosure requirements.--Every labor organization
shall provide the information under paragraph (1) by--
``(A) mail or electronic mail--
``(i) to any member who joins the labor
organization on or after the date that is 90
days after the date of enactment of the Union
Members Right to Know Act, not later than 30
days after the member joins the labor
organization; and
``(ii) to each member of the labor
organization, not later than 1 year after such
date of enactment, and on an annual basis
thereafter; and
``(B) if the labor organization has a website,
maintaining on the home-page of the website of the
labor organization a hyperlink, titled `Union Member
Rights and Officer Responsibilities Under the LMRDA',
to the information described under paragraph (1).
``(3) Compliance.--
``(A) Initial compliance.--Not later than 180 days
after such date of enactment, every labor organization
that is required to comply with paragraph (2)(B) shall
submit to the Secretary a form signed by its president
and treasurer or corresponding principal officers
certifying that the labor organization has complied
with the requirements of such paragraph.
``(B) Ongoing compliance.--Not later than 18 months
after such date of enactment, and on an annual basis
thereafter, each labor organization shall submit to the
Secretary a form signed by its president and treasurer
or corresponding principal officers certifying that the
labor organization has complied with the requirements
of paragraph (2).''.
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
the Secretary of Labor shall issue such regulations as are necessary to
implement the amendments made by this Act.
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