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Automatic IRA Act of 2010

Introduced: August 10, 2010 Introduced by: Neal, Richard E. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 18, 2010
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Aug 10, 2010
Referred to House Education and Labor
Aug 10, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Aug 10, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Aug 10, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1567-1568)
Aug 10, 2010
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Automatic IRA Act of 2010 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain employers who do not maintain qualifying retirement plans or arrangements to make available to their eligible employees a payroll deposit individual retirement account (IRA) arrangement (automatic IRA arrangement) which grants such employees the right to opt-out of participation; (2) require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide employers with a model notice for notifying employees of their opportunity to participate in such an arrangement and to provide participants with an annual statement setting forth arrangement payments, earnings, value, and other specified information; (3) impose a penalty on employers who fail to provide eligible employees access to such an arrangement; (4) establish an Automatic IRA Advisory Group to make recommendations regarding investment options; (5) allow employers who do not have more than 100 employees a tax credit for costs associated with establishing an automatic IRA arrangement; and (6) increase the tax credit for small employer pension plan startup costs.

Requires the Secretary and the Secretary of Labor to jointly conduct feasibility studies on extending spousal consent requirements to automatic IRAs, promoting the use of low-cost lifetime income arrangements, and using investment data to notify individuals with multiple small balance retirement accounts of consolidation options.

What's happening now November 18, 2010

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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