1HOUSE · JAN 15, 2026
Passed the House
213–205PASSED
R 210–0 D 3–205
On Passage · roll 31 · 13 not voting
House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Retirement Proxy Protection Act
Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements concerning the consideration of pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Rick Allen R-GAWhere it went
- IntroducedApr 24, 2025
- Committee actionJun 25, 2025
- Passed HouseJan 15, 2026 · 213–205
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 26, 2026 — Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2988.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2988, Protecting Prudent Investment of Retirement Savings Act” on September 29, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on June 25, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 29, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61770
- CBO publication date
- September 29, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2988, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2988
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26838f4604a15093b639e5ed087e310828bd81c86e824a1851e89b4ad490f054
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-421 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Education and Workforce Committee on December 30, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported December 30, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/421
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2988, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2988
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26838f4604a15093b639e5ed087e310828bd81c86e824a1851e89b4ad490f054
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. ALLEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 69, April 24, 2025, Page H1624):clause 18 of section 8 of article 1 of the constitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record April 24, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 55 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 2988, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/2988
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- June 11, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
26838f4604a15093b639e5ed087e310828bd81c86e824a1851e89b4ad490f054
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Vote results
3 recorded roll-call votes on H.R. 2988. The vote that moved the bill is first.
Procedural votes (2) — motions, rulings and amendments along the way (2 House). Tap to show.
Oldest first. Totals are yea–nay.
- Amendment 1 to H.R. 2988On agreeing to the amendmentHouse · Jan 15, 2026 · roll 29R 209–0 D 186–22395–22Agreed
- Send the bill back to committeeMotion to recommitHouse · Jan 15, 2026 · roll 30R 0–209 D 206–1206–210Failed
Yea–nay by party (R = Republicans, D = Democrats, I = independents). Counts for present and not-voting members are shown where there were any. Showing all 3 of 3 recorded votes. Sorted by date; within a chamber by roll-call number.
Cosponsors
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Rick Allen.
- H.R. 4626 (119th) Home Appliance Protection and Affordability Act
- H.R. 4122 (119th) Health Care for Energy Workers Act of 2025
- H.R. 4214 (119th) Clean Air and Building Infrastructure Improvement Act
- H.R. 5169 (119th) Retire through Ownership Act
- H.R. 7895 (119th) PBM Kickback Prohibition Act
- H.R. 5509 (119th) Safe Step Act
Related bills
- H.Res. 988 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2988) to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to specify requirements…Related bill
- H.R. 1996 (119th) Retirement Proxy Protection ActRelated bill
- S. 3083 (119th) Providing Complete Information to Retirement Investors ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.