HR 12635 · 93th Congress ·

Employee Benefit Security Act

Introduced 1974-02-06· Sponsored by Rep. Dulski, Thaddeus J. [D-NY-37]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
3
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.(1974-02-06)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Employee Benefit Security Act - Declares it to be the policy of this Act to protect interstate commerce and the interests of participants in employee benefit plans and their beneficiaries, by requiring the disclosure and reporting to participants and beneficiaries of financial and other information with respect thereto, by establishing standards of fiduciary conduct, responsibility, and obligation upon all persons who exercise any powers of control, management, or disposition with respect to employee benefit funds or have authority or responsibility to do so, or have authority or responsibility in the administration of employee benefit plans, and by providing for appropriate remedies, sanctions, and ready access to the Federal courts. Title I: Fiduciary Responsibility and Disclosure - Provides that this title shall apply to any employee benefit plan if it is established or maintained by any employer engaged in commerce or in any industry or activity affecting commerce or by any employee organization in which employers engaged in commerce or in any activity affecting commerce participate, or by both. Specifies the circumstances under which this title shall not apply. Provides that t…

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