[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1580 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1580

  To provide that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
      does not preempt certain State laws, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             October 21 (legislative day, October 13), 1993

  Mr. Specter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
         referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To provide that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
      does not preempt certain State laws, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ERISA PREEMPTION RULES NOT TO APPLY TO CERTAIN ADDITIONAL 
              STATE LAWS.

    Section 514(b) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1144(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph:
    ``(9) Subsection (a) shall not apply to--
            ``(A) any provision of State law to the extent that such 
        provision requires the payment of prevailing wages, including 
        employee benefits, on public projects and permits any 
        prevailing employee benefit plan contribution or cost 
        requirement of such law to be met by crediting--
                    ``(i) the payment of employee benefit plan 
                contributions or costs,
                    ``(ii) the payment of wages in lieu of such 
                contributions or costs, or
                    ``(iii) the payment of a combination of wages and 
                such contributions or costs;
        except that this subparagraph shall not be construed to exempt 
        from subsection (a) any such provision to the extent it 
        otherwise mandates the maintenance of, or otherwise regulates 
        the benefits or operations of, any employee benefit plan;
            ``(B) any provision of State law to the extent that such 
        provision--
                    ``(i) establishes minimum standards for the 
                certification or registration of apprenticeship or 
                other training programs,
                    ``(ii) concerns the establishment, maintenance, or 
                operation of a certified or registered apprenticeship 
                or other training program, or
                    ``(iii) makes certified or registered 
                apprenticeship or other training an occupational 
                qualification,
        and does not conflict with any right, requirement, or duty 
        established under this title; or
            ``(C) any provision of State law to the extent that such 
        provision provides for a mechanics' lien or other lien, 
        bonding, or other security for the collection of delinquent 
        contributions to a multiemployer plan.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act and shall apply to matters with respect to 
which actions are pending on or after such date.

                                 <all>