Roundup of selected federal retirement legislation, 2025-2026 

With the 119th Congress well into its second year and November’s midterm elections looming large, retirement policy remains one of the few areas with genuine bipartisan support.

Both of the major retirement reform bills enacted in recent years (the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE 1.0) of 2019 (Div. O of Pub. L. No. 116-94) and SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (Div. T of Pub. L. No. 117-328)) passed Congress with overwhelming majorities, and much bipartisan work on retirement legislation continues with an eye to readying provisions for a possible future package — sometimes referred to as “SECURE 3.0.”

President Trump’s recent executive order aimed at connecting individuals without access to employer plans to low-cost individual retirement account (IRA) products, for example, could spur Congress to eventually enact substantial retirement legislation.

This 12-page PDF highlights noteworthy bipartisan and partisan retirement-related bills pending in Congress, listed in chronological order based on their date of introduction, describing their content and status, and indicating where a more in-depth GRIST on the legislation is available.