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Pension Fairness and Full Disclosure Act of 2005

Introduced: May 10, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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May 10, 2005
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 10, 2005
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4876)
May 10, 2005
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Pension Fairness and Full Disclosure Act of 2005 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to establish a termination fairness standard that limits availability of benefits under an employer's nonqualified deferred compensation plans if such employer's defined benefit pension plan is subjected to: (1) a termination based on bankruptcy reorganization; or (2) a conversion to a cash balance plan.

Prohibits funding nonqualified deferred compensation plans while maintaining underfunded defined benefit plans.

Imposes penalties on funding nonqualified deferred compensation plans: (1) in the event of a pension plan termination based on bankruptcy reorganization or of a conversion to a cash balance plan; or (2) while maintaining underfunded defined benefit plans.

Requires disclosure with respect to nonqualified deferred compensation plans.

What's happening now May 10, 2005

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 3