HR 1322 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2001

Introduced Mar 29, 2001 Originated House Sponsor John F. Tierney D-MA

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Latest action · Jun 20, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 29, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2001 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide emergency protections for retiree health benefits.

Prohibits group health plans from making post-retirement reductions of retiree health benefits.

Requires group health plans to adopt provisions barring post-retirement reductions in retiree health benefits.

Requires group health plans to restore benefits reduced after retirement. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to waive or vary such requirements, if a plan sponsor applies for such exemption, upon finding that compliance would: (1) be adverse to the interests of plan participants in the aggregate; (2) not be administratively feasible; and (3) cause substantial business hardship to the sponsor.

Establishes the Emergency Retiree Health Loan Guarantee Program and its Board. Authorizes the Program, through its Board, to guarantee loans provided by private banking and investment institutions to eligible plan sponsors to assist them in meeting obligations under this Act to restore benefits reduced after retirement.

Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of this Act.

Cosponsors 96

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 29, 2001 to Nov 13, 2002; 58 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MABarney FrankOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalMar 29, 2001
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MABill DelahuntOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-CABob FilnerOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-CABrad ShermanOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-PAChaka FattahOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-TXCharles A. GonzalezOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-GACynthia A. McKinneyOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-ORDarlene HooleyOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MIDavid E. BoniorOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-VIDonna M. ChristensenOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-ALEarl F. HilliardOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-CAGrace F. NapolitanoOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MNJames L. OberstarOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-PAJohn P. MurthaOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MAJohn W. OlverOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-FLKaren L. ThurmanOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-ILLane EvansOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-CALoretta SanchezOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-HIPatsy T. MinkOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-PARobert A. BorskiOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-GURobert A. UnderwoodOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-PATim HoldenOriginalMar 29, 2001
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnAug 2, 2001
D-MIBart StupakAug 2, 2001
D-NJBill Pascrell, Jr.Aug 2, 2001
D-ILBobby L. RushAug 2, 2001
D-AZEd PastorAug 2, 2001
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.Aug 2, 2001
D-RIJames R. LangevinAug 2, 2001
D-NYJerrold NadlerAug 2, 2001
D-ILJerry F. CostelloAug 2, 2001
D-CALynn C. WoolseyAug 2, 2001
D-OHMarcy KapturAug 2, 2001
D-MNMartin Olav SaboAug 2, 2001
D-TXMax SandlinAug 2, 2001
D-CANancy PelosiAug 2, 2001
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezAug 2, 2001
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyAug 2, 2001
D-ILRod R. BlagojevichAug 2, 2001
D-CATom LantosAug 2, 2001
D-CAZoe LofgrenAug 2, 2001
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroSep 5, 2001
D-NYJohn J. LaFalceNov 27, 2001
D-TXNick LampsonDec 13, 2001
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelFeb 5, 2002
D-NYNita M. LoweyFeb 5, 2002
D-NJSteven R. RothmanFeb 5, 2002
D-CAHilda L. SolisFeb 13, 2002
D-INJulia CarsonFeb 13, 2002
D-ALRobert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.Feb 13, 2002
D-ILWilliam O. LipinskiFeb 13, 2002
D-CODiana DeGetteApr 18, 2002
D-NYMichael R. McNultyApr 24, 2002
D-MDElijah E. CummingsMay 2, 2002
D-CTJames H. MaloneyJun 5, 2002
D-PAMichael F. DoyleJul 25, 2002
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerSep 10, 2002
D-MAStephen F. LynchSep 10, 2002
D-VARick BoucherSep 19, 2002
D-MARichard E. NealNov 13, 2002

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Mar 29, 2001
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Jun 20, 2001
HouseBudget Committee
Referred Mar 29, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 20, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Mar 29, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Mar 29, 2001Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits.
Short Titles as Introduced
Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 29, 2001Introduced in House

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