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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8573 

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

to require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 28, 2024 

Ms. FOXX 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 require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Union Members Right 

5 to Know Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT RE7 PORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1959. 

8 Section 105 of the Labor-Management Reporting and 

9 Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 415) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘Every’’ and inserting the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Every’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(b) REQUIRED DISCLOSURES.— 

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Every labor organization 

7 shall provide to members of the labor organization, 

8 in accordance with paragraph (2), the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) A copy of this Act, and a summary 

10 of each title of this Act. 

11 ‘‘(B) A summary of the rights of an indi12 vidual to seek, pursuant to title VII of the Civil 

13 Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), 

14 a reasonable accommodation, based on the reli15 gious beliefs or practices of the individual, not 

16 to pay dues or fees to the labor organization. 

17 ‘‘(C) A summary of the rights of employees 

18 under the holding of the Supreme Court in 

19 Communications Workers v. Beck, 487 U.S. 

20 735 (1988). 

21 ‘‘(2) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.—Every 

22 labor organization shall provide the information 

23 under paragraph (1) by— 

24 ‘‘(A) mail or electronic mail— 


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1 ‘‘(i) to any member who joins the 

2 labor organization on or after the date that 

3 is 90 days after the date of enactment of 

4 the Union Members Right to Know Act, 

5 not later than 30 days after the member 

6 joins the labor organization; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) to each member of the labor or8 ganization, not later than 1 year after such 

9 date of enactment, and on an annual basis 

10 thereafter; and 

11 ‘‘(B) if the labor organization has a 

12 website, maintaining on the home-page of the 

13 website of the labor organization a hyperlink, ti14 tled ‘Union Member Rights and Officer Respon15 sibilities Under the LMRDA’, to the informa16 tion described under paragraph (1). 

17 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE.— 

18 ‘‘(A) INITIAL COMPLIANCE.—Not later 

19 than 180 days after such date of enactment, 

20 every labor organization that is required to 

21 comply with paragraph (2)(B) shall submit to 

22 the Secretary a form signed by its president 

23 and treasurer or corresponding principal offi24 cers certifying that the labor organization has 


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1 complied with the requirements of such para2 graph. 

3 ‘‘(B) ONGOING COMPLIANCE.—Not later 

4 than 18 months after such date of enactment, 

5 and on an annual basis thereafter, each labor 

6 organization shall submit to the Secretary a 

7 form signed by its president and treasurer or 

8 corresponding principal officers certifying that 

9 the labor organization has complied with the re10 quirements of paragraph (2).’’. 

11 SEC. 3. REGULATIONS. 

12 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue such regula14 tions as are necessary to implement the amendments made 

15 by section 2 of this Act. 

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