 By 1959 the Eisenhower administration had crafted its own bill , which was co @-@ sponsored in the House of Representatives by Phillip M. Landrum ( Democrat from Georgia ) and Robert P. Griffin ( Republican from Michigan ) . The Landrum @-@ Griffin bill contained much stricter financial reporting and fiduciary restrictions than the Kennedy @-@ Ervin bill as well as several unrelated provisions restricting union organizing , picketing , and boycott activity . A conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate bills began meeting on August 18 , 1959 . On September 3 and 4 , the House and Senate passed the conference committee bill , which was far closer to the original Landrum @-@ Griffin bill than the Kennedy @-@ Ervin bill , and President Eisenhower signed the bill into law on September 14 , 1959 . 
