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119-hr-2952119th CongressWALLET

SALT Act

Sponsored By: Representative Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]

Introduced

Summary

Would expand transparency for payments, loans, promises, and other arrangements used to influence union organizing or labor disputes. It would amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act to create new reporting duties for labor organizations and related third parties and to let the Secretary of Labor set forms and rules.

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  • Labor organizations would have to file detailed reports when they make payments, loans, promises, or arrangements intended to persuade employees about organizing or bargaining. Reports must list date, amount, recipient name and address, the treasurer’s signature, a full explanation and the targeted employer and facility.
  • Employees and employers would see more disclosure because payments or arrangements must be made known contemporaneously or earlier to other employees and reports must identify targeted facilities. This raises public visibility of inducements tied to organizing.
  • Labor relations consultants and other independent contractors would be covered when their work aims to influence organizing or supply dispute-related information. There is an exception for information used only in administrative, arbitral, or judicial proceedings.
  • The Secretary of Labor would be authorized to prescribe reporting forms, categories, and cadence and to enforce the new rules. The bill would require implementing regulations within 6 months of enactment.

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Analyzed Economic Effects

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Unions and consultants face new reporting

This bill would require unions and paid consultants to report payments, loans, promises, or deals meant to sway workers about unionizing or bargaining. Unions would have to list dates, amounts, recipients, and the targeted employer and facility, and have reports signed by officers. Consultants and other paid third parties would need an initial report within 30 days of the agreement and yearly reports for any year they get payments. There is an exception for information used only in court, arbitration, or agency cases, and some payments already disclosed to workers would be handled differently. The Labor Department would publish forms and rules within 6 months to carry this out, and existing reporting rules would extend to these new activities.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]

UT • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Hunt, Wesley [R-TX-38]

    TX • R

    Sponsored 4/29/2025

  • Rep. Smucker, Lloyd [R-PA-11]

    PA • R

    Sponsored 5/21/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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