S 511 · in committee · significant
Protecting Taxpayers’ Wallets Act of 2025
- labor
What this bill does
- Federal agencies must charge labor unions fees for using agency resources and employee time spent on union activities.
- Labor unions representing federal employees are affected, along with federal agencies that employ union members.
- Agencies track union time use and can withhold resources if unions don't pay fees within 90 days; unions lose certification after 365 days of unpaid fees.
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Community Threads
Started by Cosponsor
- 01
How would requiring federal agencies to charge unions for employee time spent on union activities affect the ability of federal workers to organize and negotiate collectively?
- 02
What evidence supports the premise that current union use of federal resources costs taxpayers, and how would agencies determine fair fee amounts?
- 03
If unions lose certification after unpaid fees, what recourse would federal employees have to restore union representation and bargaining power?
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Sponsor · R-IA
Joni Ernst
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Introduced 2025-02-11
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Legislative timeline
2025-02-11 · senate · IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
2025-02-11 · IntroReferral
Introduced in Senate
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