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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8573 Introduced in House (IH)]

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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.

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                    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

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                                 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.

    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.

    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) A summary of the rights of an individual to 
                seek, pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
                1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), a reasonable 
                accommodation, based on the religious beliefs or 
                practices of the individual, not to pay dues or fees to 
                the labor organization.
                    ``(C) A summary of the rights of employees under 
                the holding of the Supreme Court in Communications 
                Workers v. Beck, 487 U.S. 735 (1988).
            ``(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 section 2 of this Act.
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