EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT (ERISA)

Bills and resolutions

Amend (see H.R. 7278), H10169 [12DE]

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 2518), S1452 [7MR]

Insurance: require group and individual health insurance coverage for treatment of a congenital anomaly or birth defect (see S. 3369), S5931 [23AU] (see H.R. 6689), H7776 [28AU]

Investments: establish American Savings Accounts to facilitate retirement savings for all employees (see S. 3242), S5107 [19JY]

Pensions: authorize a new composite multiemployer pension plan design (see H.R. 4997), H1125 [13FE]

——— modify certain laws relative to multiemployer pensions (see S. 3219), S5003 [17JY]

——— provide alternative minimum funding rules for certain single-employer benefit plans maintained by community newspapers (see H.R. 6377), H6262 [16JY]

——— provide for the electronic delivery of pension plan information (see S. 3795), S7926 [19DE]

——— provide greater spousal protection under defined contribution plans, expand access to retirement savings, and increase financial literacy (see S. 3436), S6142 [12SE] (see H.R. 7026), H9414 [2OC]

Remarks in House

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (H.R. 138), H1645 [15MR]

Medicare: establish Universal Medicare Program to provide comprehensive health insurance coverage for all U.S. residents (S. 1804), H9808 [10DE]

Pensions: adjust single-employer benefit plan premiums, H10472 [20DE]

——— modify certain laws relative to multiemployer pensions (H.R. 2412), H80 [9JA], E1192 [4SE]

——— protect multiemployer pension plan benefits, H3890 [10MY], H6273 [17JY]

——— secure multiemployer pension benefits, H78 [9JA], H1616 [15MR], H8891 [26SE]

Small business: improve access to and choice of medical care for employees (H.R. 1101), H5289 [20JN], H9577 [27NO]

Remarks in Senate

Pensions: provide for salary reductions for certain employees of pension plans in critical or declining status that reduces participant benefits, S182 [16JA]

Reports filed

Protecting Advice for Small Savers (PASS) Act: Committee on Financial Services (House) (H.R. 3857) (H. Rept. 115–894), H7750 [10AU]

Save Community Newspaper Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6377) (H. Rept. 115–1011), H9467 [6NO]

Texts of

S. 2518, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act, S1456–S1460 [7MR]