HR 2134 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the phase-in limitation applicable to the guarantee under such title of benefit improvements made prior to plan termination.

Introduced Jun 12, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Bernard Sanders I-VT

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Latest action · Mar 11, 2002 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. IntroducedJun 12, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends plan termination insurance requirements under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to increase a phase-in limitation applicable to a guarantee of benefit improvements made prior to plan termination, with respect to plans terminated on or after January 1, 1997. Directs the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to pay the remainder, with interest, of such amended correct amounts owed to individuals, if the PBGC made lesser payments to such individuals before enactment of this Act, and if such individuals file written applications for such additional payments.

Cosponsors 36

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 12, 2001 to Nov 6, 2001; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-MIBart StupakOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-GACynthia A. McKinneyOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-ALEarl F. HilliardOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-ILJerry F. CostelloOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalJun 12, 2001
R-PAMelissa A. HartOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJun 12, 2001
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalJun 12, 2001
R-VAVirgil H. Goode Jr.OriginalJun 12, 2001
D-ILBobby L. RushJun 13, 2001
D-MIDavid E. BoniorJun 13, 2001
D-CAZoe LofgrenJun 18, 2001
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyJun 19, 2001
D-NYMajor R. OwensJun 19, 2001
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeJun 19, 2001
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesJun 19, 2001
D-CATom LantosJun 19, 2001
D-MABarney FrankJun 20, 2001
D-ILLane EvansJun 20, 2001
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayJun 20, 2001
D-OHTom SawyerJun 26, 2001
D-NJDonald M. PayneJul 10, 2001
D-MIDale E. KildeeJul 17, 2001
D-ILRod R. BlagojevichJul 31, 2001
D-CABob FilnerAug 2, 2001
D-PAMichael F. DoyleAug 2, 2001
R-PAPhil EnglishAug 2, 2001
D-NJRobert E. AndrewsNov 6, 2001

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Jun 12, 2001
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee
Referred Mar 11, 2002

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 11, 2002Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
  2. Jun 12, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Jun 12, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Titles 1

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

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the phase-in limitation applicable to the guarantee under such title of benefit improvements made prior to plan termination.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 12, 2001Introduced in House

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