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Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2003

Introduced: March 18, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Apr 7, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Mar 18, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Mar 18, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2104)
Mar 18, 2003
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2003 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to provide emergency protections for retiree health benefits.

Prohibits group health plans from making post-retirement reductions of retiree health benefits.

Requires group health plans to adopt provisions barring post-retirement reductions in retiree health benefits.

Requires group health plans to restore benefits reduced after retirement. Authorizes the Secretary of Labor to waive or vary such requirements, if a plan sponsor applies for such exemption, upon finding that compliance would: (1) be adverse to the interests of plan participants in the aggregate; (2) not be administratively feasible; and (3) cause substantial business hardship to the sponsor.

Establishes the Emergency Retiree Health Loan Guarantee Program and its Board. Authorizes the Program, through its Board, to guarantee loans provided by private banking and investment institutions to eligible plan sponsors to assist them in meeting obligations under this Act to restore benefits reduced after retirement.

Authorizes the Secretary to assess civil penalties for violations of this Act.

What's happening now April 7, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 16 Independent 1
D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · May 4, 2004
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Feb 10, 2004
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Nov 5, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 28, 2003
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Oct 21, 2003
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 23, 2003
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Sep 5, 2003
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Sep 5, 2003
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 5, 2003
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 5, 2003
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Jul 17, 2003
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Apr 3, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 25, 2003
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Mar 18, 2003
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Mar 18, 2003
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 18, 2003
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Mar 18, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1322: Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1322/
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"H.R. 1322: Emergency Retiree Health Benefits Protection Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-1322/.
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