H.R. 6136

Summary

H.R. 6136, the PURE Act, was introduced in the House on Nov 19, 2025 by Rep. Randy Fine (R) with 1 co-sponsor. 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. 6136 has 1 co-sponsor.

119 HR 6136 IH: Protecting Union Representation and Elections Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-19
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6136  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   November 19, 2025   Mr. Fine  (for himself and  Mr. Harris of North Carolina ) 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 require secret ballot elections of members for certain union officers.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Protecting Union Representation and Elections Act   or the   PURE Act  .
2.
Secret ballot for certain elections
(a)
In general
Section 401 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ( 29 U.S.C. 481 ) is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
by striking  either ; and
(B)
by striking  or at a convention of delegates chosen by secret ballot ; and
(2)
in subsection (d), by striking  or by labor organization officers representative of such members who have been elected by secret ballot .
(b)
Effective date
The amendments 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 require secret ballot elections of members for certain union officers.

Sponsors

Rep. Randy Fine (R) sponsors H.R. 6136, and 1 member has co-sponsored it from the day it was introduced.

Randy Fine

Rep. · R–FL-6 · Sponsor

Introduced Nov 19, 2025

Mark Harris

Rep. · R–NC-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 19, 2025 · Original

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Committees

H.R. 6136 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Referred To · Nov 19, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6136 has taken 2 actions since Nov 19, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 6136 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 6136 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• PURE Act — Display Title
• PURE Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Protecting Union Representation and Elections Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require secret ballot elections of members for certain union officers. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 18 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6136 in 6 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 Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Agriculture, Retirement, Science/Technology, Trade (domestic/foreign).

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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. 6136 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6136’s is Labor and Employment.

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