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H.R. 2031 102nd Congress House

Rural Telephone Cooperative Associations ERISA Amendments Act of 1991

Official title: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide for equal treatment of telephone and electric cooperative welfare plans for the purposes of preemption.

Introduced: April 23, 1991 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment Cooperative societiesEmployee benefit plansFederal preemptionRural electrification
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 Everywhere this bill has been 24 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 19, 1992
Favorable Executive Comment Received from Labor.
Aug 14, 1991
Became Public Law No: 102-89.
Aug 14, 1991
Signed by President.
Aug 2, 1991
Presented to President.
Jul 31, 1991
Measure Signed in Senate.
Jul 24, 1991
Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 24, 1991
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
Jul 17, 1991
Received in the Senate, read twice.
Jul 16, 1991
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jul 16, 1991
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jul 16, 1991
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jul 16, 1991
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Jul 16, 1991
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Jul 16, 1991
Mr. Williams moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jul 15, 1991
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 101.
Jul 15, 1991
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 102-150.
Jun 25, 1991
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 25, 1991
Ordered to be Reported.
Jun 20, 1991
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
Jun 20, 1991
Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jun 17, 1991
Executive Comment Requested from Labor.
May 10, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Apr 23, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Apr 23, 1991
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 19, 1992

Favorable Executive Comment Received from Labor.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Rural Telephone Cooperative Associations ERISA Amendments Act of 1991 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide that rural telephone cooperative association employee welfare benefit plans shall be treated the same as those of rural electric cooperatives, for purposes of ERISA preemption of State laws (by exempting such telephone organizations from the definition of multiple employer welfare arrangements, which are subject to certain State regulations).

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2031: Rural Telephone Cooperative Associations ERISA Amendments Act of 1991. 102nd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-2031/
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"H.R. 2031: Rural Telephone Cooperative Associations ERISA Amendments Act of 1991." 102nd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/102-HR-2031/.
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