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S 468 113th Congress Senate Energy Coal Employee benefits and pensions Employment taxes Health care costs and insurance Land use and conservation Mining Tax administration and collection, taxpayers Unemployment User charges and fees Wages and earnings

CARE Act

Introduced: March 6, 2013 See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 113th Congress ended
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 6, 2013
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1230)
Mar 6, 2013
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2013 or CARE Act - Amends the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to transfer specified excess funds derived from coal mine operator-paid reclamation fees to the trustees of the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan for use solely to pay pension benefits required under such Plan.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to revise 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan eligibility requirements.

Makes eligible for health benefits from the 1992 UMWA Benefit Plan an individual who would be eligible to receive benefits from the 1974 UMWA Benefit Plan (with a specified exception) following a bankruptcy or other insolvency proceeding of a coal mine operator, but who does not receive from that operator or any related person health benefits at least equal to those received under the Multiemployer Health Benefit Plan of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977.

Prescribes a special rule to state that employer contributions to an employees' trust or annuity benefit plan providing supplemental benefits solely to participants in a pension plan are neither deductible nor nondeductible as such from the employer's gross income. Subjects such contributions, on the other hand, to the requirements for deduction as an allowable trade or business expense.

Treats a trust holding the assets of such a pension benefit plan as a tax-exempt organization.

Excludes from wages any payments made to, or on behalf of, an employee or his or her beneficiary under such a plan.

What's happening now March 6, 2013

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 468: CARE Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-S-468/
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