[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2127 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2127

 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to 
    require employee consent before labor organization dues of such 
  employee are used for any purpose not directly related to the labor 
    organization's collective bargaining or contract administration 
                               functions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 25, 2017

   Mr. Budd introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to 
    require employee consent before labor organization dues of such 
  employee are used for any purpose not directly related to the labor 
    organization's collective bargaining or contract administration 
                               functions.

    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 ``National Paycheck Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. RIGHT NOT TO SUBSIDIZE UNION NONREPRESENTATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 
1959 (29 U.S.C. 411 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 106. RIGHT NOT TO SUBSIDIZE UNION NONREPRESENTATIONAL 
              ACTIVITIES.

    ``No employee's labor organization dues, fees, or assessments or 
other contributions shall be used or contributed to any person, 
organization, or entity for any purpose not directly related to the 
labor organization's collective bargaining or contract administration 
functions on behalf of the represented unit employee unless the 
employee whether a member of the labor organization or a nonmember 
required to make such payments as a condition of employment, authorizes 
such expenditure in writing, after a notice period of not less than 35 
days. An initial authorization provided by an employee under the 
preceding sentence shall expire not later than 1 year after the date on 
which such authorization is signed by the employee. There shall be no 
automatic renewal of an authorization under this section.''.
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