3.0.0 1963 2023-01-11T13:38:16Z 2023-01-11T13:38:16Z Senate S 2017-10-16 115 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-16T21:11:41Z Prioritizing Our Workers Act 115 3969 HR 2017-10-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. Identical bill CRS 2017-10-16 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2017-10-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001183 Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] Joseph Manchin D WV N Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Employee benefits and pensions Finance and Financial Sector 00 2017-10-16 Introduced in Senate 2018-08-06T18:37:08Z Prioritizing Our Workers Act

This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to include as allowable administrative expenses in bankruptcy the unfunded vested benefits in a defined pension plan and certain pension obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Claims for administrative expenses are entitled to priority in bankruptcy proceedings.

]]> Prioritizing Our Workers Act Display Title Prioritizing Our Workers Act Short Titles as Introduced Prioritizing Our Workers Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 11, United States Code, to include certain pension as administrative expenses in bankruptcy, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1963is/xml/BILLS-115s1963is.xml 2017-10-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.