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Union Participation for All Act
To repeal section 504 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 in order to permit certain persons to hold offices in labor organizations.
Summary
This bill repeals section 504 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, which currently prohibits certain categories of persons from holding office in labor organizations. By repealing this section, the bill would remove the restrictions on who may serve in union leadership positions. The bill also makes a conforming amendment to remove references to this provision from other parts of the same act.
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Sponsor (1)
8 cosponsors
- Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7] (D-IN)
- Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4] (D-IL)
- Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2] (D-MA)
- Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ)
- Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY)
- Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13] (D-MI)
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI)
- Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24] (D-FL)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Summer L. Lee’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- NULL $73,753
- UPMC $30,910
- MPI $11,600
- UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH $10,554
- ADVOCATE AURORA HEALTH $10,000
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Summer L. Lee → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Sep 2, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. · house
- Sep 2, 2025 Introduced in House
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Text versions (1)
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 2, 2025
Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania (for herself, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Thanedar, Ms. Tlaib, and Ms. Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To repeal section 504 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 in order to permit certain persons to hold offices in labor organizations.
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 “Union Participation for All Act”.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION AGAINST CERTAIN PERSONS HOLDING OFFICES IN LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) In General.—Section 504 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 504) is repealed.
(b) Conforming Amendment.—Section 401(e) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 481(e)) is amended by striking “to section 504 and”. <all>
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