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HR 4043 116th Congress House Taxation Building construction Employee benefits and pensions Income tax deferral

Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act

Introduced: August 13, 2019 See on congress.gov
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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.
Jul 25, 2019
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Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employees in the building and construction industry who have attained age 55 and are not separated from employment to make distributions from certain tax-exempt multiemployer pension plans if they were participants in such plan on or before April 30, 2013. Such payments shall be suspended during any period in which the multiemployer pension plan is in endangered or critical status.

What's happening now July 25, 2019

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2276 Related bill Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 1
Hartzler, Vicky
· Aug 13, 2019
Long, Billy
· Aug 13, 2019
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Bost, Mike
Illinois · Jul 25, 2019
CLAY, WM.
· Jul 25, 2019
SHIMKUS, JOHN
· Jul 25, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4043: Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4043/
MLA
"H.R. 4043: Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4043/.
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H.R. 4043, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4043/.
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