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S. 975: Women's Retirement Protection Act

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S. 975: Women's Retirement Protection Act

116th Congress · introduced 2019-04-01 · Labor and Employment · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Follow this bill, step by step

  1. Where it came from: introduced 2019-04-01 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Women's Retirement Protection Act

Plain summary

Women's Retirement Protection Act This bill modifies the requirements for pension plans under 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 survivors of domestic violence in obtaining qualified domestic relations orders and the benefits they are entitled to through the orders.

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Official text

Women's Retirement Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] · 22 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Ron Wyden (D-OR)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] reported raising $3.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities
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Sources

Record fed-us-cong116-s975 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116