3.0.0 3436 2023-01-11T13:41:21Z 2023-01-11T13:41:21Z Senate S 2018-09-12 115 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2018-09-12T22:53:05Z Women's Pension Protection Act of 2018 115 7026 HR 2018-10-02 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. Identical bill CRS 2018-09-12 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2018-09-12 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2018-09-12 True S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2018-09-12 True B001230 Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2018-09-12 True H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2018-09-12 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2018-09-12 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2018-09-12 True C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2018-09-12 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2018-09-12 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2018-09-12 True C001113 Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] Catherine Cortez Masto D NV 2018-09-12 True D000622 Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] Tammy Duckworth D IL 2018-09-12 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2018-09-12 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2018-09-12 True F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2018-09-12 True H001075 Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] Kamala Harris D CA D. 2018-09-17 False G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2018-09-17 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2018-09-17 False K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2018-09-17 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2018-09-24 False Labor and Employment Civil actions and liability Consumer affairs Crime victims Crimes against women Domestic violence and child abuse Employee benefits and pensions Family relationships Financial literacy Financial services and investments Government information and archives Separation, divorce, custody, support Temporary and part-time employment Women's employment Labor and Employment 00 2018-09-12 Introduced in Senate 2018-10-26T18:16:08Z Women's Pension Protection Act of 2018

This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to: (1) extend spousal consent requirements that currently apply to defined benefit pension plans 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 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 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: (1) improve the financial literacy of women who are working age or in retirement, and (2) assist low-income women and victims of domestic violence in obtaining qualified domestic relations orders and the benefits they are entitled to through the orders.

]]> Women's Pension Protection Act of 2018 Display Title Women's Pension Protection Act of 2018 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Women's Pension Protection Act of 2018 Introduced in Senate 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s3436is/xml/BILLS-115s3436is.xml 2018-09-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.