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HR 5204 103th Congress House

Employee Partnership Reward Act of 1994

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for awards to an employee under a performance-based reward plan and to direct the Administrato… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for awards to an employee under a performance-based reward plan and to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to promote implementation of performance-based reward plans and employee decision making participation programs, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 6, 1994 Introduced by: Wyden, Ron Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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Became law
Nov 14, 1994
Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Oct 6, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 6, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Oct 6, 1994
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Oct 6, 1994
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2138)
Oct 6, 1994
Introduced in House
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 Latest action November 14, 1994

Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Title I: Refundable Income Tax Credit for Nondeferred

Distributions from Performance-Based Reward Plans

Title II: Establishment of Program to Promote

Performance-Based Reward Plans and Employee

Decisionmaking Participation Programs

Employee Partnership Reward Act of 1994 - Title I: Refundable Income Tax Credit for Nondeferred Distributions from Performance-Based Reward Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow eligible employees a refundable income tax credit for nondeferred distributions from performance-based reward plans.

Allows employers an additional deduction for performance-based rewards.

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to study and report to the Congress on the effect of such credit in stimulating productivity and full employment.

Directs the Secretary of Labor and the Director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service each to: (1) collect statistics on the extent of performance-based reward plans in the United States; and (2) prepare studies describing the nature and terms of these plans.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to publish annual estimates of annual tax expenditures for deferred profit-sharing plans and employee stock ownership plans.

Title II: Establishment of Program to Promote Performance-Based Reward Plans and Employee Decisionmaking Participation Programs - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish and carry out an Employee Partnership Pilot Program.

Directs the Administrator to make five-year program grants to up to five eligible entities to promote implementation of performance-based reward plans and employee decisionmaking participation programs. Requires a matching non-Federal share.

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