119-HR2952

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119th CONGRESS

1st Session

H. R. 2952

1. Short title
2. Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959
3. Regulations

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "Start Applying Labor Transparency Act" or "SALT Act" .

2. Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959

(a) Filing and contents of report of payments, loans, promises, agreements, or arrangements - Section 201 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 431) is amended—

(1) - by redesignating subsections (c) through (e) as subsections (d) through (f), respectively; and

(2) - by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

(c) - Every labor organization who in any fiscal year made—

(1) - any payment or loan, direct or indirect, of money or any other thing of value (including reimbursed expenses), or any promise or agreement therefor, to an employee, or a group or committee of employees, of an employer (other than the labor organization) for the purpose of causing such employee or group or committee to persuade other employees to exercise or not to exercise, or as the manner of exercising, the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing unless such payments were contemporaneously or previously disclosed to such other employees;

(2) - any agreement or arrangement with a labor relations consultant or other independent contractor or organization pursuant to which such consultant, independent contractor, or organization undertakes activities where an object thereof, directly or indirectly, is to persuade employees to exercise or not to exercise, or persuade employees as to the manner of exercising, the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing, or undertakes to supply such labor organization with information concerning the activities of employees or an employer in connection with a labor dispute involving such labor organization, except information for use solely in conjunction with an administrative or arbitral proceeding or a criminal or civil judicial proceeding; or

(3) - any payment (including reimbursed expenses) pursuant to an agreement or arrangement described in paragraph (2);

(b) Persuasive activities relating to the right To organize and bargain collectively; supplying information of activities in connection with labor disputes; filing and contents of report of agreement or arrangement -

(1) In general - Section 202 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 432) is amended—

(A) - by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

(B) - by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

(c) - Every person who receives payment or loan, direct or indirect, of money or any other thing of value (including reimbursed expenses), or any promise or agreement therefor from another to seek employment with a third party where an object thereof is in whole or in part, directly or indirectly—

(1) - persuade employees of the third party to exercise or not to exercise, or as to the manner of exercising, the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing; or

(2) - supply a labor organization with information concerning the activities of employees or agents of third party in connection with a labor dispute involving such third part, except information for use solely in conjunction with an administrative or arbitral proceeding or a criminal or civil judicial proceeding;

(2) Conforming amendment - Section 202 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 432) is amended in subsection (d), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking "under subsection (a)" and inserting "under subsection (a) or (c)".

3. Regulations

Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue such regulations as are necessary to carry out the amendments made by this Act.