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HR 1290 98th Congress Labor and Employment

A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to facilitate recovery, in civil actions brought by participants and beneficiaries under employee benefit plans, of benefits…

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A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to facilitate recovery, in civil actions brought by participants and beneficiaries under employee benefit plans, of benefits wrongfully denied them under such plans, and to provide for recovery by such participants and beneficiaries of a reasonable attorney's fee and costs of the action in all cases in which such denials are arbitrary or capricious.

Introduced: February 7, 1983 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1290: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to facilitate recovery, in civil actions brought by participants and beneficiaries under employee benefit plans, of benefits wrongfully denied them under such plans, and to provide for recovery by such participants and beneficiaries of a reasonable attorney's fee and costs of the action in all cases in which such denials are arbitrary or capricious.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1290/
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"H.R. 1290: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to facilitate recovery, in civil actions brought by participants and beneficiaries under employee benefit plans, of benefits wrongfully denied them under such plans, and to provide for recovery by such participants and beneficiaries of a reasonable attorney's fee and costs of the action in all cases in which such denials are arbitrary or capricious.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1290/.
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H.R. 1290, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1290/.
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[H.R. 1290: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to facilitate recovery, in civil actions brought by participants and beneficiaries under employee benefit plans, of benefits wrongfully denied them under such plans, and to provide for recovery by such participants and beneficiaries of a reasonable attorney's fee and costs of the action in all cases in which such denials are arbitrary or capricious.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-1290/)
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