3.0.0 1486 2022-02-08T23:21:49Z 2022-02-08T23:21:49Z Senate S 2019-05-15 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-15T20:10:00Z Prioritizing Our Workers Act 116 2619 HR 2019-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. Identical bill CRS 2019-05-15 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2889) IntroReferral 2019-05-15 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 2019-05-15 Introduced in Senate 2020-09-11T20:13:50Z Prioritizing Our Workers Act

This bill includes as allowable administrative expenses in bankruptcy the unfunded vested benefits in a defined pension plan and certain pension withdrawal liabilities. Claims for administrative expenses are entitled to priority in bankruptcy proceedings.

]]> Prioritizing Our Workers Act Display Title Prioritizing Our Workers Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Prioritizing Our Workers Act Introduced in Senate IS 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 IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1486is/xml/BILLS-116s1486is.xml 2019-05-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2889) 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.