S. 2688 · 113th Congress
Union Transparency and Accountability Act
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Union Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to revise specified current reporting requirements to require every labor organization to file annually with the Secretary of Labor (currently, the Office of Labor Management Standards of the Department of Labor) its:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 30, 2014
Union Transparency and Accountability Act - Amends the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to revise specified current reporting requirements to require every labor organization to file annually with the Secretary of Labor (currently, the Office of Labor Management Standards of the Department of Labor) its:
- form LM-2, as published in the appendix to the final rule issued by the Secretary entitled "Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports" dated January 21, 2009, or a successor form including the same information; and
- form T-1, as published in the appendix to the final rule issued by the Secretary entitled "Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports for Trusts in Which a Labor Organization is Interested, Form T-1" dated October 2, 2008, or a successor form including the same information.
Requires similarly certain labor organization officers or employees (as under current law) to file annually with the Secretary form LM-30, as published in the appendix to the final rule issued by the Secretary entitled "Labor Organization Officer and Employee Report, Form LM-30" dated July 2, 2007, or a successor form including the same information.
Prescribes civil penalties for any labor organization that fails to disclose to its members specified information contained in a report, including a financial report, required to be filed with the Secretary.
Revises the authority of the Secretary to bring a civil action in a U.S. district Court or in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for the actual or imminent failure of any person to file required reports.
Requires the Secretary to establish certain standards and procedures for the imposition by the appropriate district court of civil fines for persons, labor organizations, or employers who violate specified reporting requirements.
Prescribes a civil fine of up to $250 a day from the date of a violation, with an aggregate maximum of $45,000, both amounts adjusted for inflation.
Prescribes certain whistleblower protections for labor organization employees who file complaints or institute, or cause to be instituted, proceedings under the Act, or testify or are about to tesify in any such proceedings.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Union Transparency and Accountability Act
Latest action (Jul 30, 2014): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Policy area: Labor and Employment · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 30, 2014
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.