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HR 3969 115th Congress House

Prioritizing Our Workers Act

Official title: To amend title 11, United States Code, to include certain pension as administrative expenses in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 5, 2017 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector BankruptcyEmployee benefits and pensions
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Oct 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Oct 5, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oct 5, 2017
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 16, 2017

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Prioritizing Our Workers Act

This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to include as allowable administrative expenses in bankruptcy the unfunded vested benefits in a defined pension plan and certain pension obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Claims for administrative expenses are entitled to priority in bankruptcy proceedings.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 7
BRADY, ROBERT
· Mar 20, 2018
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Nov 29, 2017
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Nov 9, 2017
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Nov 2, 2017
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Oct 23, 2017
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Oct 23, 2017
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Oct 11, 2017
 D
Norcross, Donald
New Jersey · Oct 5, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3969: Prioritizing Our Workers Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3969/
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"H.R. 3969: Prioritizing Our Workers Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3969/.
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H.R. 3969, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-3969/.
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