Union Member Protection Act
Latest action · Feb 25, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 25, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Union Member Protection Act
This bill requires labor unions to obtain approval of a majority of union members for specified political expenditures. Further, it requires unions to report proposed political expenditures and to disclose the vote of each union officer with respect to such expenditures during the preceding fiscal year.
Additionally, labor union bylaws must require principal officers to vote on individual political expenditures in excess of $50,000 and such individual votes must be made publicly available on the union's website.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 25, 2020Introduced in House
- Feb 25, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
Text 1
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- Feb 25, 2020Introduced in House
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