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<dc:title>119 HR 6136 IH: Protecting Union Representation and Elections Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2025-11-19</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">1st Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 6136</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20251119">November 19, 2025</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="F000484">Mr. Fine</sponsor> (for himself and <cosponsor name-id="H001102">Mr. Harris of North Carolina</cosponsor>) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HED00">Committee on Education and Workforce</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require secret ballot elections of members for certain union officers.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H96BA01E4D51E4FC8B049F8F65913679E" style="OLC"> 
<section id="H7EE9E58D349545A9B2BB185CADD08DD5" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Protecting Union Representation and Elections Act</short-title></quote> or the <quote><short-title>PURE Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H343927877BE243ECB1658755139A7CDA"><enum>2.</enum><header>Secret ballot for certain elections</header> <subsection id="H7F2234A941F8440591D8883B9A0EEF27"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 401 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/481">29 U.S.C. 481</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H899FA0A38DAE4897BB06BDB6C69AFF86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H6374381E20FC4BFAB06466132D1F99BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>either</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5DD043C4A8DE4372AB9BD5225DE45EE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>or at a convention of delegates chosen by secret ballot</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H7BCEC25E6C8F4423961DC5A16C87ACE6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>or by labor organization officers representative of such members who have been elected by secret ballot</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H58AB59BA87394CABA0CA95B557CBBF72"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> </legis-body></bill>

