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HR 251 111th Congress House

Life Insurance Employee Notification Act

Official title: To prevent the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees as an unfair trade practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 7, 2009 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Employment discrimination and employee rightsInsurance industry and regulationLife, casualty, property insurance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Jan 14, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
Jan 7, 2009
Referred to House Education and Labor
Jan 7, 2009
Introduced in House
Jan 7, 2009
Referred to House Energy and Commerce
Jan 7, 2009
Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
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 Latest action March 16, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Life Insurance Employee Notification Act - Requires an employer to notify an employee in writing upon the purchase of an employer-owned insurance policy on the life of such employee for a beneficiary other than the individual who is the subject of the policy.

Declares that violation of this Act constitutes an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Federal Trade Commission Act.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 251: Life Insurance Employee Notification Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-251/
MLA
"H.R. 251: Life Insurance Employee Notification Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-251/.
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H.R. 251, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-251/.
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