IV 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. CON. RES. 116 
Expressing the sense of Congress for the immediate withdrawal of the Depart-
ment of Labor’s notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to rescind the 
Form LM–2. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2009 
Mr. CONAWAY (for himself, Mr. FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. 
MARCHANT, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. CASSIDY, Mr. CARTER, 
Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. POE
of Texas, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. 
CULBERSON, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. MCCAUL, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. 
BARTON of Texas, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. SCALISE, Mr. 
MORAN of Kansas, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. WILSON 
of South Carolina, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. 
FORBES, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. BISHOP of Utah, and Mr. KLINE of Minnesota) 
submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 
Expressing the sense of Congress for the immediate with-
drawal of the Department of Labor’s notice of proposed 
rulemaking seeking to rescind the Form LM–2. 
Whereas President Obama has pledged openness, trans-
parency, and a new area of responsibility in this Adminis-
tration; 
Whereas, on January 21, 2009, President Obama stated, 
‘‘Let me say it as clearly as I can: Transparency and the 
rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.’’; 
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Whereas the Department of Labor under previous Adminis-
trations has made tremendous strides to improve the lives 
of rank-and-file union members by giving them better in-
formation on the financial conditions and operations of 
their labor unions; 
Whereas since 2001, the Department of Labor’s Office of 
Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) investigations 
have yielded a total of 972 indictments with 904 convic-
tions and returned more than $91 million in restitution 
to rank-and-file union members; 
Whereas during fiscal year 2008, OLMS secured 131 indict-
ments and 103 convictions against union officials and re-
lated parties for crimes, such as fraud and embezzlement; 
Whereas the Form LM–2 is the annual financial disclosure 
report form filed with the OLMS by labor organizations 
with annual receipts of $250,000 or more; 
Whereas on average, over a third of all unions fail to comply 
with existing requirements to file annual financial disclo-
sure reports on time; 
Whereas without the Form LM–2, union organizations have 
no accountability and rank-and-file members are left with 
no information about how their dues are spent; 
Whereas revisions to the Form LM–2 are needed to ensure 
that relevant information on union finances is provided to 
rank-and-file union members to ensure transparency and 
accountability as required by the Labor Management Re-
porting and Disclosure Act of 1959; 
Whereas, on January 21, 2009, OLMS published in the Fed-
eral Register a final rule, making several revisions to 
Form LM–2; 
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Whereas the final rule expresses the Department of Labor’s 
commitment to transparency and accountability for cor-
porations, pension funds, and labor unions; 
Whereas the updates to the LM–2 form include additional 
disclosure of the compensation amounts received by labor 
organization officers and employees, further details about 
parties buying or selling union assets and additional in-
formation regarding different categories of receipts; 
Whereas, on January 29, 2009, eight days after the final rule 
was published, the Department of Labor notified the pub-
lic of the Obama Administration’s intention to rescind 
these same union transparency regulations; 
Whereas, on April 21, 2009, the Department of Labor subse-
quently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to 
rescind the changes to Form LM–2 regulation, depriving 
union members of necessary information about union 
management; 
Whereas if the Form LM–2 regulation is rescinded, union ex-
ecutives will not be required to share information, includ-
ing the value of the total compensation packages paid to 
union executives, and details regarding union expendi-
tures and member dues; and 
Whereas, on April 23, 2009, 30 United States Senators sent 
a letter to Secretary Hilda Solis expressing their same 
concerns with the Department of Labor’s decision to re-
scind the new Form LM–2 regulations: Now, therefore, 
be it 
Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate 
concurring), That it is the sense of Congress that— 
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