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H. Rept. 119-491 1 (2025-02-10)

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                     119TH CONGRESS                                         REPORT
                        2d Session  j  HOUSE   OF REPRESENTATIVES           119-491






                        EMPLOYEE BENEFIT SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
                                INVESTIGATIONS TRANSPARENCY ACT



                     FEBRUARY 10, 2025.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
                                       of the Union and ordered to be printed



                      Mr. WALBERG,   from the Committee   on Education  and Workforce,
                                          submitted  the  following


                                              REPORT

                                                together with

                                            MINORITY VIEWS

                                            [To accompany H.R. 2869]

                              [Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]

                      The  Committee   on  Education  and  Workforce,  to whom   was  re-
                    ferred the bill (H.R. 2869) to amend  the  Employee  Retirement  In-
                    come  Security Act of 1974 to require that the Employee  Benefit Se-
                    curity Administration  make  an annual  report to Congress on inves-
                    tigations, having  considered  the same,  reports favorably  thereon
                    with  an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do
                    pass.
                      The  amendment   is as follows:
                      Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
                    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
                      This Act may be cited as the Employee Benefit Security Administration Inves-
                    tigations Transparency Act or the EBSA Investigations Transparency Act.
                    SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT ON INVESTIGATIONS.
                      Section 504 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
                    1134) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                      (f) REPORT ON INVESTIGATIONS.-
                         (1) IN GENERAL.-Not later than December 31 of each year following the date
                         of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report on the
                         status of cases in enforcement status, including investigations that are active,
                         or in relation to which the Secretary asserted investigative authority or engaged
                         in targeted compliance monitoring, under subsection (a), during the preceding
                         fiscal year.
                         (2) CONTENTS.-


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