S 3270 116th Congress Senate Taxation Business records Employee benefits and pensions Financial services and investments Securities

2020 ESOP Fairness Act

Introduced: February 11, 2020 Introduced by: Tillis, Thomas Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 11, 2020

Introduced in Senate

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2020 ESOP Fairness Act

This bill allows certain over-the-counter securities to be treated as publicly traded employer securities for purposes of the diversification requirements for employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs).

What's happening now February 11, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Finance Committee
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Peters, Gary C.

Michigan · Feb 11, 2020

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3270: 2020 ESOP Fairness Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3270/

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"S. 3270: 2020 ESOP Fairness Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3270/.

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S. 3270, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3270/.

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