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Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996

Introduced: May 22, 1996 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 17, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jun 3, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads.
May 30, 1996
Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service.
May 22, 1996
Introduced in House
May 22, 1996
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Government Reform and Oversight, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Economic and Educational Opportunities, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Women's Pension Equity Act of 1996 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide for the development of a model: (1) spousal consent form when an election is made to waive a qualified joint and survivor annuity or a qualified preretirement survivor annuity; and (2) qualified domestic relations order.

Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to extend the payment of any portion of Tier II Railroad Retirement benefits to surviving former spouses pursuant to divorce agreements.

Amends Federal law to provide for a survivor annuity to widows, widowers, and certain former spouses of Federal employees who die after having separated from the service with title to a deferred annuity, but before attaining age for such annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System on the same basis as is currently provided to certain survivors of former Members of Congress.

Revises provisions concerning Federal retirement benefits subject to a court order.

What's happening now June 17, 1996

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2