Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016
Latest action · Sep 19, 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.
- IntroducedJul 14, 2016
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016
This bill requires the Department of the Treasury and the Social Security Administration (SSA) to create an online Retirement Savings Lost and Found (RSLF) to assist individuals in locating certain employer-sponsored retirement accounts. The RSLF must provide plan participants or beneficiaries only with the ability to view contact information for the administrator of a plan that is sufficient to locate an individual's account.
The bill amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to set forth additional reporting and notification requirements for retirement plans.
Treasury and the SSA must take precautions to: (1) safeguard the privacy and security of participants' plan information, and (2) permit plan participants to opt out of inclusion in the RSLF.
The bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the IRC to revise provisions that permit mandatory distributions of the balances of small retirement accounts using a rollover into an Individual Retirement Account (IRA). The bill modifies the investment options available for the distributions and increases the maximum account balance that may be subject to such a distribution.
A plan must transfer unclaimed mandatory distributions that are $1,000 or less to the RSLF or to an IRA established by the Department of the Treasury. The RSLF must invest funds received in Treasury securities and distribute the balance upon receiving an application from a plan participant or beneficiary.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jul 14, 2016.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Richard E. Neal | Original | Jul 14, 2016 |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Original | Jul 14, 2016 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 19, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Jul 29, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Jul 14, 2016Introduced in House
- Jul 14, 2016Referred 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 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3078 | Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act of 2016 | Related bill | Jun 21, 2016 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Department of Labor
- Department of the Treasury
- Employee benefits and pensions
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Financial services and investments
- Government information and archives
- Income tax deferral
- Labor and Employment
- Social Security Administration
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 14, 2016Introduced in House
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