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Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73

§435 Reports and documents as public information

Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE PROCEDURE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - REPORTING BY LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF LABOR ORGANIZATIONS, AND EMPLOYERS › § 435

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The reports and documents filed with the Secretary under sections 431, 432, 433, and 441 must be open to the public. The Secretary may publish the information and use it for statistics and research, and may prepare and publish studies, analyses, reports, or surveys based on that data. The Secretary must make rules that let anyone ask to inspect those reports and must make rules to provide copies for a fee that covers the cost. If a Governor asks, the Department of Labor must give a State agency in the State where a person has its main office or headquarters copies free, or require the person to supply them. If a copy is given to the State agency, the person does not have to provide the same information again under any State law. Money paid for copies goes into the general fund of the Treasury.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §435

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(a)The contents of the reports and documents filed with the Secretary pursuant to section 431, 432, 433, and 441 of this title shall be public information, and the Secretary may publish any information and data which he obtains pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter. The Secretary may use the information and data for statistical and research purposes, and compile and publish such studies, analyses, reports, and surveys based thereon as he may deem appropriate.
(b)The Secretary shall by regulation make reasonable provision for the inspection and examination, on the request of any person, of the information and data contained in any report or other document filed with him pursuant to section 431, 432, 433, or 441 of this title.
(c)The Secretary shall by regulation provide for the furnishing by the Department of Labor of copies of reports or other documents filed with the Secretary pursuant to this subchapter, upon payment of a charge based upon the cost of the service. The Secretary shall make available without payment of a charge, or require any person to furnish, to such State agency as is designated by law or by the Governor of the State in which such person has his principal place of business or headquarters, upon request of the Governor of such State, copies of any reports and documents filed by such person with the Secretary pursuant to section 431, 432, 433, or 441 of this title, or of information and data contained therein. No person shall be required by reason of any law of any State to furnish to any officer or agency of such State any information included in a report filed by such person with the Secretary pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, if a copy of such report, or of the portion thereof containing such information, is furnished to such officer or agency. All moneys received in payment of such charges fixed by the Secretary pursuant to this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.

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Amendments

1965—Pub. L. 89–216 inserted references to section 441 of this title.

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 435

Title 29 — Labor

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73