SAVE Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 23, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
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.
- IntroducedNov 18, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Small Businesses Add Value for Employees Act of 2015 or the SAVE Act of 2015
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to employer-established simple individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and pension plans, to:
- repeal restrictions on rollovers from simple IRAs to qualified retirement plans;
- allow employers to elect to terminate simple IRAs at any time during the year;
- repeal the increased 25% penalty on premature distributions from simple IRAs within the first two plan years;
- allow additional nonelective employer contributions to simple IRAs not exceeding 10% of compensation;
- establish automatic deferral IRAs to permit the automatic enrollment of employees earning at least $5,000 in a preceding year;
- establish secure deferral arrangements for automatically enrolling employees at 6% of pay with annual increases;
- allow small employers a new tax credit for the cost of adopting safe harbor requirements for secure deferral arrangements;
- allow a transfer of unused benefits in a flexible spending arrangement to a qualified retirement or eligible deferred compensation plan;
- increase the tax credit for small employer pension plan startup costs; and
- establish multiple small employer retirement plans that provide for automatic employee contributions.
The bill requires: (1) the Department of the Treasury to promulgate regulations regarding the timing of notices to participants in automatic contribution pension plans; (2) the Office of Financial Education of Treasury to develop and implement an outreach plan to educate small businesses on the types and benefits of available retirement plans; (3) Treasury and the Department of Labor to develop recommendations for small businesses to improve retirement outcomes; and (4) Treasury, in consultation with the Department of Education, to develop age-appropriate financial literacy curricula for elementary and secondary schools.
The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to: (1) exempt IRAs that permit payroll deductions from additional pension plan requirements, (2) require disclosures relating to lifetime income from pension plans and annuities, and (3) set forth safe harbor criteria for the selection of an annuity contract and an insurer.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Nov 18, 2015.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WA | David G. Reichert | Original | Nov 18, 2015 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Nov 18, 2015Introduced in House
- Nov 18, 2015Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Related bills 4
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 266 | Retirement Security Act of 2015 | Related bill | Jan 27, 2015 |
| HR 557 | Retirement Security Act of 2015 | Related bill | Apr 29, 2015 |
| S 1317 | Lifetime Income Disclosure Act | Related bill | May 13, 2015 |
| HR 2317 | Lifetime Income Disclosure Act | Related bill | Nov 16, 2015 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Taxation.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Civil actions and liability
- Consumer affairs
- Department of Labor
- Department of the Treasury
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Financial literacy
- Income tax credits
- Income tax deductions
- Income tax deferral
- Insurance industry and regulation
- Sales and excise taxes
- Small business
- Taxation
- Teaching, teachers, curricula
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2015Introduced in House
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