U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB9735: CLINIC Assistance Act
Status: In committee, July 16, 2026
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish a grant program to enable law students to assist participants and beneficiaries in certain civil enforcement actions, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish a grant program to enable law students to assist participants and beneficiaries in certain civil enforcement actions, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, July 16, 2026:
A BILL To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish a grant program to enable law students to assist participants and beneficiaries in certain civil enforcement actions, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Clinics for Law students Investigating and Navigating Claims Assistance Act or the CLINIC Assistance Act . SECTION 2. ERISA clinics Part 5 of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.1131 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: SECTION 525. ERISA clinics and pro bono programs (a) Establishment of grant program The Secretary shall provide grants to eligible institutions for the purpose of planning, developing, or operating an attorney-supervised clinical program, externship, or pro bono program for law students to improve access to benefits under employee welfare benefit plans. (b) Use of funds (1) In general An eligible institution that receives a grant under this section may use such grant to support programs through which participants and beneficiaries of employee welfare benefit plans can receive representation-- (A) in appeals of benefit denials, including through the internal claims procedure and external review process of the plan; (B) in actions brought under section 502; (C) in actions brought against a participant or beneficiary by a health care …
Sponsors
- Joe Courtney (D, HD-002) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Health
Common questions
- What is HB9735?
- HB9735 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): CLINIC Assistance Act.
- What does HB9735 do?
- In its own words: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to establish a grant program to enable law students to assist participants and beneficiaries in certain civil enforcement actions, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB9735?
- In committee as of July 16, 2026. Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. (July 16, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB9735?
- Joe Courtney (D, HD-002).
- Where is the official record for HB9735?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9735
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