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HR 4061 110th Congress House Taxation Airline employees Airlines Bankruptcy Commerce Finance and Financial Sector Income tax Individual retirement accounts Labor and Employment Tax exclusion Tax penalties Transportation and Public Works

To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes.

Introduced: November 1, 2007 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Nov 7, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2341)
Nov 1, 2007
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 1, 2007
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Allows employees of commercial passenger airlines who receive payments from a bankruptcy case filed between September 11, 2001, and January 1, 2007, as compensation for lost pension plan benefits to rollover such payments into an individual retirement account (IRA), except for a Roth IRA, without tax or tax penalty.

What's happening now November 7, 2007

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2341)

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 13
All 13 Democratic 9 Republican 4
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Jun 4, 2008
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · May 13, 2008
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Apr 29, 2008
 D
Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Apr 29, 2008
 D
Johnson, Henry C. "Hank"
Georgia · Apr 2, 2008
 R
Buchanan, Vern
Florida · Mar 4, 2008
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Feb 26, 2008
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 7, 2008
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 7, 2008
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Jan 28, 2008
 D
Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Dec 18, 2007
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Dec 13, 2007
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Dec 5, 2007
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4061: To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4061/
MLA
"H.R. 4061: To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4061/.
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H.R. 4061, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-HR-4061/.
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