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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>401(k) Automatic Enrollment Act of 2005 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) to permit 401(k) pension plans to include an automatic enrollment arrangement.</p> <p>Preempts State laws that would preclude automatic enrollments or automatic rollovers in tax-exempt pension plans.</p> <p>Limits the duties and liabilities of fiduciaries with respect to automatic rollovers of 401(k) pension plan assets.</p> <p>Requires notice applicable to alternative methods of meeting nondiscrimination requirements for matching contributions to 401(k) plans semiannually (currently, annually).</p> <p>Directs the Secretaries of the Treasury and of Labor to report jointly to Congress on low-cost individual retirement plans.</p>]]></text>
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