[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3920 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3920

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a waiver of 
  minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans for 
                                 2010.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 23, 2009

 Mr. Burgess introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a waiver of 
  minimum required distribution rules applicable to pension plans for 
                                 2010.

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

SECTION 1. WAIVER OF PENSION PLAN MINIMUM REQUIRED DISTRIBUTION RULES 
              FOR 2010.

    (a) In General.--Clause (i) of section 401(a)(9)(H) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to general rule for temporary waiver of 
minimum required distribution) is amended by striking ``calendar year 
2009'' and inserting ``calendar years 2009 and 2010''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Clause (ii) of section 401(a)(9)(H) of such Code is 
        amended--
                    (A) in subclause (I) by striking ``2009'' and 
                inserting ``2010'', and
                    (B) in subclause (II) by striking ``calendar year 
                2009'' and inserting ``calendar years 2009 and 2010''.
            (2) Paragraph (4) of section 402(c) of such Code is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``2009'' the first place it appears 
                and inserting ``2009 or 2010'', and
                    (B) by striking ``2009,'' the second place it 
                appears and inserting ``2009 or 2010, as the case may 
                be,''.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by this section shall 
        apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2009.
            (2) Provisions relating to plan or contract amendments.--
                    (A) In general.--If this paragraph applies to any 
                pension plan or contract amendment, such pension plan 
                or contract shall not fail to be treated as being 
                operated in accordance with the terms of the plan 
                during the period described in subparagraph (B)(ii) 
                solely because the plan operates in accordance with 
                this section.
                    (B) Amendments to which paragraph applies.--
                            (i) In general.--This paragraph shall apply 
                        to any amendment to any pension plan or annuity 
                        contract which--
                                    (I) is made pursuant to the 
                                amendments made by this section, and
                                    (II) is made on or before the last 
                                day of the first plan year beginning on 
                                or after January 1, 2012.
                        In the case of a governmental plan, subclause 
                        (II) shall be applied by substituting ``2013'' 
                        for ``2012''.
                            (ii) Conditions.--This paragraph shall not 
                        apply to any amendment unless during the period 
                        beginning on the effective date of the 
                        amendment and ending on December 31, 2010, the 
                        plan or contract is operated as if such plan or 
                        contract amendment were in effect.
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