Labor-Management Accountability Act
Latest action · Mar 24, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 3, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Labor-Management Accountability Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to authorize the Secretary of Labor, upon finding a violation of specified reporting and disclosure requirements (regarding constitution and bylaws, financial reports, securities, reports of the employer, and trusteeships), to require the person, labor organization, or employer responsible to pay a civil money penalty in an amount determined under a schedule that takes into account the nature of the violation involved, the existence of previous violations, and the responsible entity's revenues.
Prohibits the Secretary from making any determination adverse to a person, labor organization, or employer until such person or entity has been given written notice and an opportunity to be heard. Specifies review procedures.
Cosponsors 23
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 3, 2005 to Dec 13, 2005; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-GA | Charles W. Norwood | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-OK | Ernest J. Istook Jr. | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-KS | Jim Ryun | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-MN | John Kline | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-TX | Kenny Marchant | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-GA | Lynn A. Westmoreland | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-CO | Marilyn N. Musgrave | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Original | Mar 3, 2005 |
| R-CA | Howard P. "Buck" McKeon | Mar 10, 2005 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Mar 10, 2005 | |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Mar 10, 2005 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Mar 16, 2005 | |
| R-SC | J. Gresham Barrett | Apr 6, 2005 | |
| R-GA | Tom Price | Apr 6, 2005 | |
| R-PR | Luis G. Fortuno | Apr 13, 2005 | |
| R-IA | Steve King | Dec 13, 2005 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 3, 2005 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Mar 24, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 24, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Mar 3, 2005Introduced in House
- Mar 3, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for civil monetary penalties in certain cases.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Labor-Management Accountability Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative remedies
- Business records
- Commerce
- Conflict of interests
- Department of Labor
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial statements
- Fines (Penalties)
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Industrial relations
- Labor and Employment
- Labor unions
- Law
- Trusts and trustees
- Unfair labor practices
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 3, 2005Introduced in House
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