1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Union Member Protection Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) Labor unions make significant political contributions and expenditures that directly or indirectly influence the election of candidates and support or oppose political causes. Decisions to use union dues for political contributions and expenditures are usually made by union leadership and management, rather than union membership. (2) Unions, acting through their management, should be obligated to conduct business in the best interests of their membership. (3) Historically, union members have not had a way to know, or to influence, the political activities of unions that are supposed to represent them. Union members and the public have a right to know how unions are spending members’ dues to make political contributions or expenditures benefitting candidates, political parties, and political causes. (4) Unions should be accountable to their membership in making political contributions or expenditures affecting Federal governance and public policy. Requiring the express approval of a union’s membership for political contributions or expenditures will establish necessary accountability. 3. Disclosure and approval of certain political expenditures (a) In general Title II of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 ( 29 U.S.C. 431 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 201 the following: 201A. Disclosure and approval of certain political expenditures by labor organizations (a) Disclosure The report required under section 201 shall contain, in a clear and simple format— (1) a description of the specific nature of any expenditures for political activities proposed to be made by the labor organization for the forthcoming fiscal year, to the extent the specific nature is known to the labor organization and including the total amount of such proposed expenditures