H.R. 6139

[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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