Small Employer Defined Benefit Expansion Act
Latest action · Nov 7, 2005 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.
- IntroducedSep 27, 2005
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Employer Defined Benefit Expansion Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code to set forth special rules for treating the combination in a single pension plan of: (1) a defined benefit plan (a traditional benefit plan, or else a cash-balance plan for which additional special rules are required); and (2) a defined contribution plan (an individual account plan which includes a cash or deferred arrangement).
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Sep 27, 2005.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IA | Jim Nussle | Original | Sep 27, 2005 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Sep 27, 2005 |
| Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee | Referred Nov 7, 2005 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Sep 27, 2005 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
- Sep 27, 2005Introduced in House
- Sep 27, 2005Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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 the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the combination of defined benefit plans and deferred compensation arrangements in a single plan, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Small Employer Defined Benefit Expansion Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative procedure
- Bonds
- Commerce
- Cost control
- Defined benefit pension plans
- Defined contribution plans
- Department of the Treasury
- Employee rights
- Executive compensation
- Families
- Fees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Income tax
- Insurance premiums
- Investments
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Local laws
- Married people
- Payroll deductions
- Pension funds
- Pension trust guaranty insurance
- Small business
- Standards
- State laws
- Stocks
- Tax deductions
- Tax-deferred compensation plans
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 27, 2005Introduced in House
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