29 U.S.C. § 1141
Coercive interference
United States · Title 29 — LABOR · Status: effective
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- 29 U.S.C. § 1141, Coercive interference, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/466178
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It shall be unlawful for any person through the use of fraud, force, violence, or threat of the use of force or violence, to restrain, coerce, intimidate, or attempt to restrain, coerce, or intimidate any participant or beneficiary for the purpose of interfering with or preventing the exercise of any right to which he is or may become entitled under the plan, this subchapter, section 1201 of this title, or the Welfare and Pension Plans Disclosure Act [29 U.S.C. 301 et seq.]. Any person who willfully violates this section shall be fined $100,000 or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
- Pension Protection Act of 2006