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Improving Clarity and Transparency for Unions Act of 2026

H.R. 9636 · 119th Congress · Jul 9, 2026 · Lineage

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.

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.