[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8791]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




           DEFENDING PUBLIC SAFETY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT ACT

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be discharged from further consideration of H.R. 
2146 and the Senate proceed to its immediate consideration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (H.R. 2146) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
     1986 to allow Federal law enforcement officers, firefighters, 
     and air traffic controllers to make penalty-free withdrawals 
     from governmental plans after age 50, and for other purposes.

  There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill.
  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Toomey 
amendment at the desk be agreed to, the bill, as amended, be read a 
third time and passed, and the motion to reconsider be laid upon the 
table.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  The amendment (No. 1782) was agreed to, as follows:

                (Purpose: To change the effective date)

       On page 3, strike lines 9 through 11 and insert the 
     following:
       (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall apply to distributions after December 31, 2015.

  The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be read a 
third time.
  The bill was read the third time.
  The bill (H.R. 2146), as amended, was passed.

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