House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Helping Young Americans Save for Retirement Act
Official title: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with respect to minimum participation standards for pension plans and qualified trusts.
Sponsor: Rep. Brittany Pettersen D-COWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2025 — Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 4718.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. PETTERSEN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 126, July 23, 2025, Page H3649):Article I Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 19 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 4718, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/4718
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 7, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 7, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 6 Republicans, 4 Democrats
6 of 10 cosponsors (60%) are from the other party.
Nicholas Begich (R-AK), Jack Bergman (R-MI), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), John Mannion (D-NY), Sarah McBride (D-DE), Blake Moore (R-UT), Tim Moore (R-NC), Scott Peters (D-CA), Michael Rulli (R-OH).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Brittany Pettersen.
- H.R. 528 (119th) Post-Disaster Reforestation and Restoration Act
- H.Res. 23 (119th) Proxy Voting for New Parents Resolution
- H.R. 3694 (119th) VALID Act of 2025
- H.R. 10216 (119th) Public Transit Mental Health Awareness Act
- H.R. 1734 (119th) Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act
- H.R. 10036 (119th) Constituent Services Impacts of Federal Workforce Firings Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 10, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.