[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1845 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 1845

 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require written 
 consent before using union dues and other mandatory employee fees for 
                         political activities.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              June 6, 1996

   Mr. Gregg (for himself, Mr. Helms, and Mr. Shelby) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                        Rules and Administration

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to require written 
 consent before using union dues and other mandatory employee fees for 
                         political activities.

    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 Member Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. WRITTEN CONSENT REQUIRED TO USE UNION DUES AND OTHER MANDATORY 
              EMPLOYEE FEES FOR POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.

    (a) In General.--Section 316(b) of the Federal Election Campaign 
Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441b(b)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(8)(A) No dues, fees, or other moneys required as a 
        condition of membership in a labor organization or as a 
        condition of employment shall be collected from an individual 
        for use in activities described in subparagraph (A), (B), or 
        (C) of paragraph (2) unless the individual has given prior 
        written consent for such use.
            ``(B) Any consent granted by an individual under 
        subparagraph (A) shall remain in effect until revoked and may 
        be revoked in writing at any time.
            ``(C) This paragraph shall apply to activities described in 
        paragraph (2)(A) only if the communications involved expressly 
        advocate the election or defeat of any clearly identified 
        candidate for elective public office.''
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall apply 
to amounts collected more than 30 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
                                 <all>