H.R. 1996 119th Congress House

Retirement Proxy Protection Act

Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the application of prudence and exclusive purpose duties to the exercise of shareholder rights.

Introduced: March 10, 2025 Introduced by: Erin Houchin Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov

Labor and Employment Employee benefits and pensionsFinancial services and investmentsSecurities

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Mar 10, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Mar 10, 2025

Introduced in House

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What's happening now March 10, 2025

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

Related & companion bills 2

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Committees of jurisdiction 1

Education and Workforce Committee
House of Representatives

Lobbying activity 6

Registered lobbyists who named this bill in their disclosure filings. Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filings.

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Bodies those filers lobbied

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
6 filings
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
6 filings
Labor, Dept of (DOL)
6 filings
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
6 filings
SENATE
6 filings
Treasury, Dept of
6 filings

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Cosponsors 2

Grothman, Glenn

Wisconsin · Mar 10, 2025

Owens, Burgess

Utah · Mar 10, 2025

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1996: Retirement Proxy Protection Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1996/

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"H.R. 1996: Retirement Proxy Protection Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1996/.

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H.R. 1996, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-1996/.

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