US Congress House Bill 4235 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 23-0)
Status: Introduced on December 10 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-03-23 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Women's Pension Protection Act of 2015 This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to: (1) extend spousal consent requirements to defined contribution pension plans, and (2) allow certain long-term part-time workers to participate in pension plans that include either a qualified cash or deferred arrangement or a salary reduction agreement. Financial product or service providers who sell retirement financial products or services must provide purchasers of their products or services an easily accessible link to the website of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection to obtain information relating to retirement planning or later life economic security. The Women's Bureau of the Department of Labor shall award grants to certain community-based organizations to improve the financial literacy of women who are working age or in retirement.

Women's Pension Protection Act of 2015

Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]	Rep. Carolyn Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]
Rep. Rosa DeLauro [D-CT]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]
Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Marcia Fudge [D-OH]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]
Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Donna Edwards [D-MD]	Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-23	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
2015-12-10	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2015-12-10	House	Referred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-12-10	House	Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-12-10	House	Introduced in House

SB2110 (Same As) 2015-09-30 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S7049)

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4235/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4235/BILLS-114hr4235ih.pdf