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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using a credit card or other intermediary and to limit the number of loans that…

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A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using a credit card or other intermediary and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary.

Introduced: July 17, 2008 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) prohibit tax-exempt employer pension or benefit plans from making a loan to any plan beneficiary through the use of a credit card or other intermediary; and (2) limit to three the number of loans a plan can make to a plan participant or beneficiary without tax consequences.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3278: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using a credit card or other intermediary and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary.. 110th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3278/
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"S. 3278: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using a credit card or other intermediary and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary.." 110th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3278/.
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S. 3278, 110th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3278/.
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[S. 3278: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using a credit card or other intermediary and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary.](https://openamerica.io/bill/110-S-3278/)
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