EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT

Amendments

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4225, S4226, S4230, S4231, S4232, S4234, S4237, S4238, S4239 [9MY], S4262, S4285, S4286, S4294, S4295, S4343, S4344, S4345, S4347, S4356, S4357, S4358, S4361, S4365, S4368, S4369, S4370, S4371, S4372, S4373, S4374, S4375, S4377, S4378 [10MY], S4479, S4480, S4481, S4494, S4497, S4498, S4499, S4500, S4501, S4502 [11MY]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), S1682 [3MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2830, Pension Protection Act, H739 [8MR]

———H.R. 2830, Pension Security and Transparency Act, S1755 [3MR]

Articles and editorials

Compare and Contrast, S4312 [10MY]

U.S. Senator Grassley—Senator Reid Undermining Pension Talks, S1607 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (see S. 2551), S2901 [5AP]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: establish position of Director and make position subject to Senate approval (see S. 2919), S4891 [22MY]

Cloture motions

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4326 [10MY], S4459 [11MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4095 [5MY], S4165 [9MY]

Letters

Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act: Christine Gregoire, Governor of Washington, S4200 [9MY]

———Christopher F. Koller, S4452 [11MY]

———Cleve L. Killingsworth, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, S4458 [11MY]

———Janet Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, S4313 [10MY]

———Mila Kofman, Georgetown University, S4326 [10MY]

———Peter J. Dunbar, Washington State Medical Association, S4200 [9MY]

Small Employers Health Benefits Program Act: National Association of Insurance Commissioners, S4312 [10MY]

Lists

Organizations oppposed to S. 1955, Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act, S4197 [9MY]

Motions

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4095 [5MY], S4286 [10MY]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H722 [8MR], H1530 [5AP], H1615 [6AP], H1952 [2MY], H2071 [3MY]

Outlines

Democratic Caucus principles in support of S. 1783, Pension Security and Transparency Act, S3372 [7AP]

Remarks in House

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace, H1384 [30MR]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), H2308 [9MY]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (H.R. 4540), E309 [8MR]

Pensions: ensure that restrictions on funding of benefits for workers and retirees apply to chief executive officers and corporate officers, H2072-H2076 [3MY], E735 [5MY]

———protect accrued benefits of participants during conversions of pension plans to cash balance plans, H1615-H1621 [6AP]

———reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), H722 [8MR], H1888, H1889 [27AP], H1952 [2MY], E15 [31JA]

———reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), motion to instruct conferees, H723-H727 [8MR], H1530 [5AP], H1615-H1621 [6AP], H2071-H2076 [3MY], E465 [30MR], E735 [5MY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 525), H1065 [16MR], H2084 [3MY], H2185, H2308 [9MY]

Remarks in Senate

Health: expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), S4241, S4242, S4247-S4327, S4382 [10MY], S4415, S4425-S4430, S4434, S4446-S4462 [11MY], S4518 [12MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), motion to proceed, S4095, S4096 [5MY], S4127, S4137, S4140, S4147-S4149 [8MY], S4163-S4185, S4187-S4204 [9MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), unanimous-consent agreement, S4390 [11MY]

———expand access and reduce costs through creation of small business health plans and modernization of the health insurance marketplace (S. 1955), unanimous-consent request, S4426, S4427 [11MY]

———require small business health plans to comply with the benefits adopted by a majority of States, S4449 [11MY]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to provide prompt payment for health benefits claims (S. 2551), S2911 [5AP]

Mental health: extend provisions requiring parity in the application of certain limits to mental health benefits, S2275 [16MR]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: establish position of Director and make position subject to Senate approval (S. 2919), S4893 [22MY]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), S1755 [3MR], S6592 [28JN]

———reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), unanimous-consent request, S1380, S1381 [16FE]

———reform funding rules (S. 1783), S1079, S1080 [13FE], S1403, S1405 [16FE], S1493 [27FE], S1511 [28FE], S1555-S1557 [1MR], S1600, S1607 [2MR], S1666, S1671 [3MR], S3372 [7AP]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care, S4415 [11MY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (S. 406), S4173 [9MY]

Reports filed

Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1955), S3703 [27AP]

Texts of

S. 1955, Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and Affordability Act, S4277-S4285 [10MY]

S. 2551, Prompt Payment of Health Benefits Claims Act, S2912-S2914 [5AP]

S. 2919, PBGC Confirmation Act, S4893 [22MY]