Endorsement Transparency Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6156 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6156

 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to 
require unions to poll their members prior to endorsing a presidential 
                               candidate.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 19, 2025

Mr. Onder (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 unions to poll their members prior to endorsing a presidential 
                               candidate.

    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 ``Endorsement Transparency Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO POLL MEMBERS PRIOR TO PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and 
Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 411 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
the end the following:

``SEC. 106. REQUIREMENT TO ENDORSE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

    ``No labor organization may endorse a candidate in an election for 
the office of President of the United States unless the labor 
organization--
            ``(1) polls the members of the labor organization with 
        respect to such an endorsement; and
            ``(2) discloses the result of the poll described in 
        paragraph (1) to the members of the labor organization.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date that is 12 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act.
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