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S 2705 101th Congress Senate

A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that a plan sponsor is required to initiate arbitration proceedings before instituting an action to collect an…

Official title: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that a plan sponsor is required to initiate arbitration proceedings before insti… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that a plan sponsor is required to initiate arbitration proceedings before instituting an action to collect an employer's withdrawal liability.

Introduced: June 5, 1990 Introduced by: Grassley, Chuck Republican · Iowa See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Industrial arbitrationPension funds
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It never became law before the 101st Congress (1989–1990) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 7, 1990
Referred to Subcommittee on Labor.
Jun 5, 1990
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jun 5, 1990
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action August 7, 1990

Referred to Subcommittee on Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the multiemployer pension plan sponsor to initiate arbitration, if neither party has done so during a prescribed period, in certain employer withdrawal liability cases.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2705: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that a plan sponsor is required to initiate arbitration proceedings before instituting an action to collect an employer's withdrawal liability.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-2705/
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"S. 2705: A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide that a plan sponsor is required to initiate arbitration proceedings before instituting an action to collect an employer's withdrawal liability.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-2705/.
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S. 2705, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-2705/.
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