Improving CTU Act of 2026

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9636 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9636

 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to
  require labor organizations to include results of certain audits in
               financial reports, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2026

  Mr. Onder introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                  Committee on Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL

 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to
  require labor organizations to include results of certain audits in
               financial reports, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Improving Clarity and Transparency
for Unions Act of 2026'' or the ``Improving CTU Act of 2026''.

SEC. 2. REPORTS AND AUDIT RESULTS.

    (a) Audit Results.--Section 201(b) of the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 431(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking the ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by inserting ``and'' after the
        semicolon; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:
            ``(7) the results of any audit of the finances or the
        financial transactions of the labor organization to which the
        labor organization has access;''.
    (b) Provision of Reports.--Section 201(c) of the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 431(c)) is amended by
inserting after ``to all its members'' the following: ``by publishing
such information on the website of the labor organization, or, in the
absence of such a website, by providing, upon the request of a member
of the labor organization, a physical or electronic copy of such
information''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply
with respect to any report under title II of the Labor-Management
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) submitted
on or after the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of
this Act.
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