I 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5775 
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to provide 
for specified civil penalties for violations of that Act, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 10, 2008 
Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. BROUN of Georgia, Mr. BARTLETT of Mary-
land, Mr. KING of Iowa, Ms. FALLIN, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. CAMPBELL 
of California, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. KLINE of Minnesota, Mr. ISSA, Mr. 
LAMBORN, Mr. MCKEON, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. SOUDER, and Mr. FLAKE) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure 
Act to provide for specified civil penalties for violations 
of that Act, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Labor Management 
Reporting and Disclosure Enforcement Act of 2008’’. 
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SEC. 2. CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO PRO-
VIDE INFORMATION TO MEMBERS. 
Section 201 of the Labor-Management Reporting and 
Disclosure Act (29 U.S.C. 431), is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (c)(1); and 
(2) by inserting thereafter the following: 
‘‘(2) Any labor organization that fails to meet the re-
quirements of paragraph (1) with respect to a member, 
by refusing to make available the information required to 
be contained in a report required to be submitted under 
this subchapter, and any books, records, and accounts nec-
essary to verify such report (unless such failure or refusal 
results from matters reasonably beyond the control of the 
labor organization) may in the court’s discretion, and in 
addition to any other relief provided by law, be liable to 
such member in the amount of up to $250 a day from 
the date of such failure or refusal, and the court may in 
its discretion order such other relief as it deems proper. 
For purposes of this paragraph, each violation with re-
spect to any single member shall be treated as a separate 
violation.’’. 
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mination is shown to be arbitrary and capricious. 
The court shall not consider any objection or argu-
ment that was not raised before the Secretary. 
‘‘(i) SETTLEMENT BY SECRETARY.—The Secretary 
may compromise, modify, or remit any civil money penalty 
that may be, or has been, imposed under this section.’’. 
SEC. 5. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure 
Act is further amended— 
(1) in section 205 (29 U.S.C. 435), by striking 
‘‘211’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘212’’; 
(2) in section 207(b) (29 U.S.C. 437(b)), by 
striking ‘‘211’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘212’’; and 
(3) in section 301(b) (29 U.S.C. 461(b)), by 
striking ‘‘and 210’’ and inserting ‘‘210 and 211’’. 
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