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Redesignates existing subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively, and inserts a new subsection (c) after subsection (b) that enumerates types of payments, loans, promises, agreements, or arrangements involving labor organizations, employees or groups of employees, and labor relations consultants/independent contractors that are subject to reporting under section 201.
Redesignates subsection (c) as subsection (d), inserts a new subsection (c) after subsection (b) requiring persons who receive payments, loans, or promises to seek employment with a third party (where an object is to persuade employees regarding organizing/bargaining or to supply a labor organization with information about activities in connection with a labor dispute) to be covered for reporting, and amends the redesignated subsection (d) by striking 'under subsection (a)' and inserting 'under subsection (a) or (c)'.
Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to add and clarify categories of payments and agreements that labor organizations must account for, including payments involving employees, consultants, and people paid to solicit employees to join a third party or to provide information in labor disputes. Directs the Secretary of Labor to issue any regulations needed to implement these changes within 6 months of enactment, limited to rules necessary to carry out the amendments.
Redesignates subsections (c) through (e) of Section 201 as subsections (d) through (f).
Inserts a new subsection (c) into Section 201 that begins: 'Every labor organization who in any fiscal year made—' and then lists three categories (payments to employees, agreements with consultants, and payments pursuant to such agreements).
Subsection (c)(1) — Any payment or loan, direct or indirect, of money or any other thing of value (including reimbursed expenses), or any promise or agreement therefor, by a labor organization to an employee, or a group or committee of employees of an employer (other than the labor organization) for the purpose of causing that employee or group to persuade other employees about exercising (or not) the right to organize and bargain collectively through their own chosen representatives, unless those payments were contemporaneously or previously disclosed to the other employees.
Subsection (c)(2) — Any agreement or arrangement with a labor relations consultant or other independent contractor or organization under which the consultant, contractor, or organization undertakes activities whose object, directly or indirectly, is to persuade employees about exercising (or not) the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, or undertakes to supply the labor organization with information concerning the activities of employees or an employer in connection with a labor dispute involving that labor organization, except information used solely in an administrative or arbitral proceeding or a criminal or civil judicial proceeding.
Subsection (c)(3) — Any payment (including reimbursed expenses) made pursuant to an agreement or arrangement described in paragraph (2).
Who is affected and how:
Labor organizations: The amendments expand the kinds of payments and agreements that fall within the Act’s coverage. Unions and similar organizations may need to update their reporting practices and internal controls to capture and disclose the newly enumerated categories.
Employees and consultants: Payments involving employees or consultants tied to labor organizations are explicitly listed, so individuals who receive such payments may be subject to new disclosure rules or become part of union reporting obligations.
Persons paid to solicit employees or provide information in labor disputes: Individuals or firms paid to recruit employees to work for another employer (for the purpose of influencing employee choices) or to provide information in labor disputes are newly covered by the statute’s language and may be subject to reporting or other compliance obligations.
Employers and third parties: Employers who engage or pay individuals to influence employee decisions or to supply dispute-related information may see increased scrutiny of those arrangements and may need to provide information for compliance.
Department of Labor: DOL must draft and issue implementing regulations within a six-month window. That creates an administrative task and potential guidance that will define the practical compliance steps, timelines, and enforcement expectations.
Overall effects: The bill narrows ambiguity by naming specific payment/solicitation activities and persons covered. That clarity is likely to increase compliance obligations and recordkeeping for unions, consultants, and affected third parties, while giving DOL a short, targeted rulemaking mandate to define implementation details.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced April 17, 2025 by Burgess Owens · Last progress April 17, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House