Union Members Right to Know Act

[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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