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S. 2276 116th Congress Senate

Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to protect employees in the building and construction industry who are participants in multiemployer plans, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 25, 2019 See on congress.gov
Taxation Building constructionEmployee benefits and pensionsIncome tax deferral
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Jul 25, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 25, 2019
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 Latest action July 25, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4043 Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Jul 25, 2019
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · Jul 25, 2019
 R
Hawley, Josh
Missouri · Jul 25, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2276: Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2276/
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"S. 2276: Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2276/.
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S. 2276, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2276/.
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