ERISA Litigation Reform Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6084 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6084 To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to strengthen the pleading standards for certain claims, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES November 18, 2025 Mr. Fine introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to strengthen the pleading standards for certain claims, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``ERISA Litigation Reform Act''. SEC. 2. PLEADING STANDARD. Section 502 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(n) For the purpose of any civil action under this section alleging that a fiduciary caused a plan to engage in a transaction that violates subparagraph (C) or (D) of section 406(a)(1), a plaintiff has the burden of plausibly alleging and proving that the transaction is not exempt under section 408(b)(2). ``(o) For the purpose of any civil action under this section alleging that a fiduciary caused a plan to engage in a transaction that violates section 406 with respect to the purchase or sale of qualified employer securities, a plaintiff has the burden of plausibly alleging and proving that the transaction is not exempt under section 408(e). ``(p)(1) For the purp