HR 1210
Cleared committee
Requires federal agencies to charge unions quarterly fees for the paid time their officials spend on union business and for the government resources they use, and to end a union's recognition if it stays unpaid for 380 days.
Official title: Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act of 2025
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House
Introduced
11-FEB-2025
Referred
11-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
25-MAR-2025
- Sets each fee as the cost of union time for labor representatives plus the value of office space, equipment, parking, and other agency resources used for union business, with notice due 30 days after each quarter and payment due 60 days after notice.
- Adds interest at the average yield on 30-year Treasury obligations plus one percentage point to unpaid fees, and after 90 days stops union time and resource use while barring grievances and unfair labor practice complaints under this chapter.
- After 180 days, ends dues payroll deductions (allotments) for the union, and after 380 days the Federal Labor Relations Authority terminates the union's certification, which cannot be restored until all fees are paid.
- Deposits payments into the general fund of the Treasury, bars agencies from waiving fees, requires time tracking with unrecorded union time treated as absence without leave, and directs agency inspectors general to audit compliance every two years.
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