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HR 3612 111th Congress House

Retirement Savings Access Act of 2009

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to waive the 10 percent penalty with respect to early retirement distributions for certain unemployed individuals.

Introduced: November 6, 2009 See on congress.gov
Taxation Employee benefits and pensionsSales and excise taxesUnemployment
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Sep 22, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sep 22, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Latest action September 22, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Retirement Savings Access Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow certain individuals who have received federal or state unemployment compensation for 26 consecutive weeks to take penalty-free distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Republican 4
R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 6, 2009
 R
Simpson, Michael K.
Idaho · Nov 6, 2009
 R
McClintock, Tom
California · Oct 14, 2009
 R
Latta, Robert E.
Ohio · Oct 7, 2009
Markey, Betsy
· Oct 1, 2009
Chaffetz, Jason
· Sep 30, 2009
Fallin, Mary
· Sep 30, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3612: Retirement Savings Access Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3612/
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"H.R. 3612: Retirement Savings Access Act of 2009." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3612/.
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H.R. 3612, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-3612/.
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