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EMPOWERS Act

USA117th CongressS-1677| Senate 
| Updated: 5/18/2021
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (6)
Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Encouraging More Proxy voting by Organized Workers, Employees, and Retirement Savers Act or the EMPOWERS Act This bill modifies the requirements for single-employer retirement plans with respect to the fiduciaries and proxy voting procedures for such plans. Specifically, it requires the assets of such plans to be held in trust by a joint board of trustees that represents the interests of the employer and the interests of the plan participants and their beneficiaries on an equal basis. Additionally, the trustees of each plan must undergo training and establish proxy voting guidelines for the plan. In exercising a plan's proxy voting rights, a fiduciary may consider (1) the investment objectives of the plan participants and their beneficiaries, and (2) certain effects of negative externalities generated by portfolio companies.
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Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-2416
EMPOWERS Act of 2019
May 18, 2021
Introduced in Senate
May 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Aug 9, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-4671
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-2416
    EMPOWERS Act of 2019


  • May 18, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 18, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • August 9, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-4671
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3308: EMPOWERS Act
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCorporate finance and managementDepartment of LaborEmployee benefits and pensionsFinancial services and investmentsLabor-management relationsSecurities

EMPOWERS Act

USA117th CongressS-1677| Senate 
| Updated: 5/18/2021
Encouraging More Proxy voting by Organized Workers, Employees, and Retirement Savers Act or the EMPOWERS Act This bill modifies the requirements for single-employer retirement plans with respect to the fiduciaries and proxy voting procedures for such plans. Specifically, it requires the assets of such plans to be held in trust by a joint board of trustees that represents the interests of the employer and the interests of the plan participants and their beneficiaries on an equal basis. Additionally, the trustees of each plan must undergo training and establish proxy voting guidelines for the plan. In exercising a plan's proxy voting rights, a fiduciary may consider (1) the investment objectives of the plan participants and their beneficiaries, and (2) certain effects of negative externalities generated by portfolio companies.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-2416
EMPOWERS Act of 2019
May 18, 2021
Introduced in Senate
May 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Aug 9, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-4671
Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-2416
    EMPOWERS Act of 2019


  • May 18, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • May 18, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


  • August 9, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-4671
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife.
Tammy Baldwin

Tammy Baldwin

Democratic Senator

Wisconsin

Cosponsors (6)
Edward J. Markey (Democratic)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Bernard Sanders (Independent)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Jeff Merkley (Democratic)Richard Blumenthal (Democratic)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 117-3308: EMPOWERS Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresCorporate finance and managementDepartment of LaborEmployee benefits and pensionsFinancial services and investmentsLabor-management relationsSecurities