H.R. 6141

Summary

H.R. 6141, the Fair Access to Justice for Union Members Act, was introduced in the House on Nov 19, 2025 by Rep. Mark Harris (R) with 2 co-sponsors. It was referred to Education and Workforce, and last saw action on Nov 19, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Record

Text

H.R. 6141 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 6141 IH: Fair Access to Justice for Union Members Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-19
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 119th CONGRESS  1st Session
 H. R. 6141
 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 November 19, 2025
  Mr. Harris of North Carolina  (for himself,  Mr. Onder , and  Mr. Fine ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Education and Workforce
 A BILL
To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to remove the requirement that members of a union exhaust internal reasonable hearing procedures prior to bringing certain legal or administrative proceedings.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Fair Access to Justice for Union Members Act  .
2.
Removal of exhaustion requirements
(a)
In general
Section 101(a)(4) of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ( 29 U.S.C. 411(a)(4) ) is amended by striking  That any such member may be required to exhaust reasonable hearing procedures (but not to exceed a four-month lapse of time) within such organization, before instituting legal or administrative proceedings against such organizations or any officer thereof:  And provided further,  .
(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

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To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to remove the requirement that members of a union exhaust internal reasonable hearing procedures prior to bringing certain legal or administrative proceedings.

Sponsors

Rep. Mark Harris (R) sponsors H.R. 6141, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Mark Harris

Rep. · R–NC-8 · Sponsor

Introduced Nov 19, 2025

Randy Fine

Rep. · R–FL-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 19, 2025 · Original

Robert Onder

Rep. · R–MO-3 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 19, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 6141 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Referred To · Nov 19, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6141 has taken 2 actions since Nov 19, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 6141 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6141 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Fair Access to Justice for Union Members Act — Display Title
• Fair Access to Justice for Union Members Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to remove the requirement that members of a union exhaust internal reasonable hearing procedures prior to bringing certain legal or administrative proceedings. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 23 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6141 in 7 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Health Issues, Science/Technology, Trade (domestic/foreign), Agriculture, Budget/Appropriations, Education, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6141 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6141’s is Labor and Employment.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com