[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5373 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5373

  To enhance notification to union members of their rights under the 
         Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 12, 2002

Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas (for himself, Mr. Boehner, Mr. Ballenger, and 
 Mr. Norwood) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To enhance notification to union members of their rights under the 
         Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.

    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 ``Informed Union Member Enforcement 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ENFORCEMENT.

    Section 102 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 
1959 (29 U.S.C. 412) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Any person'' and inserting ``(a) Unless 
        the Secretary has brought a civil action under subsection (b), 
        any person''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Upon the written complaint of any member of a labor 
organization alleging that such organization has violated section 105, 
the Secretary shall investigate the complaint and if the Secretary 
determines that such violation has occurred and has not been remedied, 
the Secretary shall, without disclosing the identity of the 
complainant, bring a civil action in any district court of the United 
States having jurisdiction of the labor organization for such relief 
(including injunctions) as may be appropriate.''.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Labor shall review and revise all regulations 
promulgated before such date to implement the amendments made in this 
Act to the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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