H.R. 6156

Summary

H.R. 6156, the Endorsement Transparency Act, was introduced in the House on Nov 19, 2025 by Rep. Robert Onder (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. 6156 has 2 co-sponsors.

119 HR 6156 IH: Endorsement Transparency Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-11-19
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 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 6156  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   November 19, 2025   Mr. Onder  (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 unions to poll their members prior to endorsing a presidential candidate.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Endorsement Transparency Act  .
2.
Requirement to poll members prior to presidential endorsement
(a)
In general
Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ( 29 U.S.C. 411 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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Requirement to endorse a presidential candidate
No labor organization may endorse a candidate in an election for the office of President of the United States unless the labor organization—
(1)
polls the members of the labor organization with respect to such an endorsement; and
(2)
discloses the result of the poll described in paragraph (1) to the members of the labor organization.
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(b)
Effective date
The amendment made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 12 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 unions to poll their members prior to endorsing a presidential candidate.

Sponsors

Rep. Robert Onder (R) sponsors H.R. 6156, and 2 members have co-sponsored it, 1 of them from the day it was introduced.

Robert Onder

Rep. · R–MO-3 · Sponsor

Introduced Nov 19, 2025

Mark Harris

Rep. · R–NC-8 · Co-sponsor

Joined Nov 19, 2025 · Original

Randy Fine

Rep. · R–FL-6 · Co-sponsor

Joined May 15, 2026

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Committees

H.R. 6156 went before 1 committee: Education and Workforce.

Education and Workforce

Education and Workforce

Referred To · Nov 19, 2025 · 824 Bills

Actions

H.R. 6156 has taken 2 actions since Nov 19, 2025.

Votes

H.R. 6156 has not gone to a roll call.

Related bills

1 bill is related to H.R. 6156, as Cross-Congress related bill.

HR 6156Child Care Small Business Insight and Improvement Act of 2023Feb 13, 2024 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 312. · Cross-Congress related bill

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Titles

H.R. 6156 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Endorsement Transparency Act — Display Title
• Endorsement Transparency Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to require unions to poll their members prior to endorsing a presidential candidate. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

3 clients hired 3 firms and 28 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 6156 in 8 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 Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Science/Technology, Trade (domestic/foreign), Agriculture, Education.

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Firms

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Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 28.

Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 6156 under Labor and Employment, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 6156’s is Labor and Employment.

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 6156, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 195 (Wednesday, November 19, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. ONDER:H.R. 6156.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H4818]

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