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ERISA Child Abuse Accountability Act of 1997

Introduced: March 20, 1997 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Apr 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.
Apr 14, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Apr 9, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E611-612)
Mar 20, 1997
Referred to House Ways and Means
Mar 20, 1997
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Mar 20, 1997
Referred to House Education and the Workforce
Mar 20, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

ERISA Child Abuse Accountability Act of 1997 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code to allow the creation or assignment of rights to employee pension benefits, under a qualified child abuse order, if this is necessary to satisfy a judgment against an employee benefit plan participant or beneficiary for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child.

What's happening now April 14, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 20, 1997
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 20, 1997
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1142: ERISA Child Abuse Accountability Act of 1997. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1142/
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"H.R. 1142: ERISA Child Abuse Accountability Act of 1997." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1142/.
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H.R. 1142, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-1142/.
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