3.0.0 5860 2023-01-11T13:21:53Z 2023-01-11T13:21:53Z House H HR 2010-07-26 111 hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee House Standing hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Referred to 2010-10-13T15:21:08Z Referred to 2010-07-26T16:31:50Z 2010-10-13 hsed02 Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. Committee 2010-07-26 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsed00 Education and the Workforce Committee 2010-07-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-26 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress H001036 Rep. Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] Jeb Hensarling R TX 5 N B000013 Rep. Bachus, Spencer [R-AL-6] SPENCER BACHUS R AL 6 2010-07-26 True M001165 Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-22] Kevin McCarthy R CA 22 2010-07-26 True J000290 Rep. Jenkins, Lynn [R-KS-2] Lynn Jenkins R KS 2 2010-07-26 True N000182 Rep. Neugebauer, Randy [R-TX-19] Randy Neugebauer R TX 19 2010-07-28 False Labor and Employment Business records Civil actions and liability Elections, voting, political campaign regulation Labor-management relations Labor and Employment 00 2010-07-26 Introduced in House 2010-11-10T20:56:21Z Union Member Protection Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (Landrum-Griffin Act) to require a labor organization's mandatory report to the Secretary of Labor on its constitution, officers, and basic organization to include, in a clear and simple format, both: (1) a description of the specific nature and total amount of political expenditures the labor organization proposes to make for the upcoming fiscal year; and (2) a disclosure of how each labor organization officer voted on each political expenditure made by the organization during the preceding fiscal year.

Prohibits a labor organization from making political expenditures unless: (1) they are of the nature of those proposed in such report; and (2) they have received a full, free, and written authorization by secret ballot by a majority of the labor organization members.

Makes officers jointly and severally liable for authorizing a political expenditure without first obtaining the authorization of labor organization members.

Requires labor organization bylaws to provide expressly for a vote of the organization's principal officers on individual political expenditures in excess of $50,000. Requires a labor organization to make public the individual votes of such officers within 48 hours, including in a clear and conspicuous location on its website.

]]> Union Member Protection Act Display Title Union Member Protection Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to require the authorization of members of a labor organization before such organization may make certain political expenditures, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Union Member Protection Act Introduced in House 2010-07-26T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5860ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5860ih.xml 2010-10-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.