PURE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6136 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6136

 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to 
 require secret ballot elections of members for certain union officers.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2025

Mr. Fine (for himself and Mr. Harris of North Carolina) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to 
 require secret ballot elections of members for certain union officers.

    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 ``Protecting Union Representation and 
Elections Act'' or the ``PURE Act''.

SEC. 2. SECRET BALLOT FOR CERTAIN ELECTIONS.

    (a) In General.--Section 401 of the Labor-Management Reporting and 
Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 481) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by striking ``either''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or at a convention of delegates 
                chosen by secret ballot''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking ``or by labor 
        organization officers representative of such members who have 
        been elected by secret ballot''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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