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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7784 

To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 

to clarify reporting requirements. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 21, 2024 

Mr. OWENS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure 

Act of 1959 to clarify reporting requirements. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Start Applying Labor 

5 Transparency Act’’ or ‘‘SALT Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLO7 SURE ACT OF 1959. 

8 (a) FILING AND CONTENTS OF REPORT OF PAY9 MENTS, LOANS, PROMISES, AGREEMENTS, OR ARRANGE10 MENTS.—Section 201 of the Labor-Management ReportVerDate Sep 11 2014 04:27 Apr 09, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7784.IH H7784

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1 ing and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 431) is amend2 ed— 

3 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) 

4 as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and 

5 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(c) Every labor organization who in any fiscal year 

8 made— 

9 ‘‘(1) any payment or loan, direct or indirect, of 

10 money or any other thing of value (including reim11 bursed expenses), or any promise or agreement 

12 therefor, to an employee, or a group or committee of 

13 employees, of an employer (other than the labor or14 ganization) for the purpose of causing such employee 

15 or group or committee to persuade other employees 

16 to exercise or not to exercise, or as the manner of 

17 exercising, the right to organize and bargain collec18 tively through representatives of their own choosing 

19 unless such payments were contemporaneously or 

20 previously disclosed to such other employees; 

21 ‘‘(2) any agreement or arrangement with a 

22 labor relations consultant or other independent con23 tractor or organization pursuant to which such con24 sultant, independent contractor, or organization un25 dertakes activities where an object thereof, directly 


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1 or indirectly, is to persuade employees to exercise or 

2 not to exercise, or persuade employees as to the 

3 manner of exercising, the right to organize and bar4 gain collectively through representatives of their own 

5 choosing, or undertakes to supply such labor organi6 zation with information concerning the activities of 

7 employees or an employer in connection with a labor 

8 dispute involving such labor organization, except in9 formation for use solely in conjunction with an ad10 ministrative or arbitral proceeding or a criminal or 

11 civil judicial proceeding; or 

12 ‘‘(3) any payment (including reimbursed ex13 penses) pursuant to an agreement or arrangement 

14 described in paragraph (2); 

15 shall file with the Secretary a report, in a form prescribed 

16 by the Secretary, signed by its treasurer or corresponding 

17 principal officers showing in detail the date and amount 

18 of each such payment, loan, promise, agreement, or ar19 rangement and the name, address, and position, if any, 

20 of any firm or person to whom it was made and a full 

21 explanation of the circumstances of all such payments, in22 cluding the terms of any agreement or understanding pur23 suant to which they were made. This shall include the 

24 name of any employer targeted by such individual and the 

25 location of the employer’s targeted facility.’’. 


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1 (b) PERSUASIVE ACTIVITIES RELATING TO THE

2 RIGHT TO ORGANIZE AND BARGAIN COLLECTIVELY; SUP3 PLYING INFORMATION OF ACTIVITIES IN CONNECTION

4 WITH LABOR DISPUTES; FILING AND CONTENTS OF RE5 PORT OF AGREEMENT OR ARRANGEMENT.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Labor7 Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 

8 (29 U.S.C. 432) is amended— 

9 (A) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub10 section (d); and 

11 (B) by inserting after subsection (b) the 

12 following: 

13 ‘‘(c) Every person who receives payment or loan, di14 rect or indirect, of money or any other thing of value (in15 cluding reimbursed expenses), or any promise or agree16 ment therefor from another to seek employment with a 

17 third party where an object thereof is in whole or in part, 

18 directly or indirectly— 

19 ‘‘(1) persuade employees of the third party to 

20 exercise or not to exercise, or as to the manner of 

21 exercising, the right to organize and bargain collec22 tively through representatives of their own choosing; 

23 or 

24 ‘‘(2) supply a labor organization with informa25 tion concerning the activities of employees or agents 


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1 of third party in connection with a labor dispute in2 volving such third part, except information for use 

3 solely in conjunction with an administrative or arbi4 tral proceeding or a criminal or civil judicial pro5 ceeding; 

6 shall file within thirty days after entering into such agree7 ment or arrangement a report with the Secretary, signed 

8 by its treasurer or corresponding principal officers, con9 taining the name under which such person is engaged in 

10 doing business and the address of its principal office, and 

11 a detailed statement of the terms and conditions of such 

12 agreement or arrangement. Every such person shall file 

13 annually, with respect to each fiscal year during which 

14 payments were made as a result of such an agreement or 

15 arrangement, a report with the Secretary, signed by its 

16 president and treasurer or corresponding principal offi17 cers, containing a statement (A) of its receipts of any kind 

18 from labor organizations on account of labor relations ad19 vice or services, designating the sources thereof, and (B) 

20 of its disbursements of any kind, in connection with such 

21 services and the purposes thereof. In each such case such 

22 information shall be set forth in such categories as the 

23 Secretary may prescribe.’’. 

24 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 202 

25 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure 


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1 Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 432) is amended in sub2 section (d), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by 

3 striking ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘under 

4 subsection (a) or (c)’’. 

5 SEC. 3. REGULATIONS. 

6 Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment 

7 of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue such regula8 tions as are necessary to carry out the amendments made 

9 by this Act. 

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