Key Votes
HR 4 - Pension Reform Bill - Key Vote
National Key Votes
Jim Langevin voted Nay (Passage) on this legislation.
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Stages
- Aug. 17, 2006 Executive Signed
- Aug. 3, 2006 Senate Bill Passed
- July 28, 2006 House Bill Passed
- July 28, 2006 Introduced
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Legislation - Signed (Executive) - Became Public Law No. 109-208 - Aug. 17, 2006
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (93-5) - Aug. 3, 2006
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (279-131) - July 28, 2006 (Key vote)
Title: Pension Reform Bill
Vote to pass bill that amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code to make requirements to fully establish how much employers and employees must contribute to their pension plans.
- Reforms and establishes minimum funding rules for single-employer and multi-employer defined benefit pension plans.
- Specifies temporary relief for certain Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) settlement plans (Sec. 105).
- Allots for special rules for plans of certain government contractors (Sec. 106).
- Requires that most single employer pension plans fund at 100 percent of their current liability (Secs. 302, 303).
- Offers special funding rules for certain plans maintained by commercial airlines (Sec. 402).
- Provides an extra $6.66 million for the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park (Sec. 1302).
- Permanently extends qualified tuition programs that allow individuals to make contributions to education saving accounts tax free (Sec. 1304).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - July 28, 2006
Sponsors
Co-sponsors
- David Lee 'Dave' Camp (MI - R)
- John P. Kline (MN - R)
- Howard P. 'Buck' McKeon (CA - R)
- William M. 'Bill' Thomas (CA - R) (Out Of Office)
