Fair Access to Justice for Union Members Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6141 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6141

 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to 
    remove the requirement that members of a union exhaust internal 
   reasonable hearing procedures prior to bringing certain legal or 
                      administrative proceedings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2025

  Mr. Harris of North Carolina (for himself, Mr. Onder, and Mr. Fine) 
 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 
    remove the requirement that members of a union exhaust internal 
   reasonable hearing procedures prior to bringing certain legal or 
                      administrative proceedings.

    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 ``Fair Access to Justice for Union 
Members Act''.

SEC. 2. REMOVAL OF EXHAUSTION REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 101(a)(4) of the Labor-Management 
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 411(a)(4)) is amended 
by striking ``That any such member may be required to exhaust 
reasonable hearing procedures (but not to exceed a four-month lapse of 
time) within such organization, before instituting legal or 
administrative proceedings against such organizations or any officer 
thereof:  And provided further,''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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