H.R. 6142 119th Congress House

Ask the Union Members Act

Official title: To require union contract votes to be carried out through a secret ballot election, to prohibit unions from authorizing strikes unless a majority of members of… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require union contract votes to be carried out through a secret ballot election, to prohibit unions from authorizing strikes unless a majority of members of the union vote to authorize a strike, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 19, 2025 Introduced by: Mark Harris Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment

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Nov 19, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Nov 19, 2025

Introduced in House

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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 9

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION
for NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION · District of Columbia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE
for NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE · Virginia · 3rd Quarter 2026 (July 1 - Sep 30)
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION
for NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION · District of Columbia · 2nd Quarter 2026 (Apr 1 - June 30)
NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION
for NATIONAL RETAIL FEDERATION · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
AFL-CIO
for AFL-CIO · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)
THE NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE
for NATIONAL RIGHT TO WORK COMMITTEE · Virginia · 1st Quarter 2026 (Jan 1 - Mar 31)

Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
9 filings
SENATE
9 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
5 filings
White House Office
5 filings
Agriculture, Dept of (USDA)
4 filings
Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
4 filings
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
4 filings
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
4 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Fine, Randy

Florida · Nov 19, 2025

Onder, Robert F.

Missouri · Nov 19, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6142: Ask the Union Members Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6142/

MLA

"H.R. 6142: Ask the Union Members Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6142/.

Bluebook (legal)

H.R. 6142, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6142/.

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[H.R. 6142: Ask the Union Members Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-6142/)