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Title 29 — LaborRelease 119-73not60

§435 Reports and Documents as Public Information

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Reports and documents filed with the Secretary under sections 431, 432, 433, and 441 must be available to the public. The Secretary may publish the information and use it for statistics, research, and reports. The Secretary must write rules so anyone can inspect the filed information on request. The Department of Labor must provide copies for a charge that only covers the cost. If a State agency is named by law or by the Governor where the filer is based, the Secretary must give that agency copies free (or require the filer to do so) when the Governor asks. Fees collected go to the Treasury’s general fund.

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

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29 U.S.C. § 435

Title 29 — Labor

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60