3.0.0 671 2022-11-01T17:17:25Z 2022-11-01T17:17:25Z Senate S 2019-03-06 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-03-06T16:09:44Z Miners Pension Protection Act 116 935 HR 2019-10-23 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Related bill CRS American Miners Act of 2019 116 27 S 2019-01-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 116 1865 HR 2019-12-20 Became Public Law No: 116-94. Related bill CRS Bipartisan American Miners Act of 2019 116 2788 S 2019-11-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2019-03-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2019-03-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001047 Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] Shelley Capito R WV Moore N P000449 Sen. Portman, Rob [R-OH] Rob Portman R OH 2019-03-06 True Labor and Employment Coal Employee benefits and pensions Government information and archives Mining Labor and Employment 00 2019-03-06 Introduced in Senate 2019-06-28T18:33:22Z Miners Pension Protection Act

This bill transfers certain funds to provide pension benefits for retired coal miners who have been affected by issues such as coal company bankruptcies.

The Department of the Treasury must transfer additional funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to pay pension benefits required under that plan if the annual limit on transfers under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 exceeds the amount required to be transferred for existing obligations of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. The bill also increases the annual limit on transfers from $490 million to $750 million.

The bill also allows in-service distributions under a pension plan or governmental section 457(b) plan at age 59-1/2 (currently age 62).

]]> Miners Pension Protection Act Display Title Miners Pension Protection Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Miners Pension Protection Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer certain funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America Pension Plan, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-03-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s671is/xml/BILLS-116s671is.xml 2019-03-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.