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S 486 116th Congress Senate Taxation Appropriations District of Columbia Employee benefits and pensions Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Income tax exclusion Income tax rates Public contracts and procurement State and local government operations

A bill to waive the penalty for withdrawals from retirement plans for certain Federal employees and contractors affected by a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 14, 2019 Introduced by: Cassidy, Bill Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 14, 2019
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill allows certain employees who are not paid during a lapse in federal appropriations to make penalty-free withdrawals from retirement accounts. The bill applies to employees of the federal government, federal contractors, federal grantees, and the District of Columbia.

What's happening now February 14, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 545 Related bill Financial Relief for Feds Act of 2019
  • HR 766 Related bill To allow penalty-free distributions from retirement accounts in the case of Federal employees and certain Federal contr…
 Bill text 1 version

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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Feb 14, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 486: A bill to waive the penalty for withdrawals from retirement plans for certain Federal employees and contractors affected by a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-486/
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"S. 486: A bill to waive the penalty for withdrawals from retirement plans for certain Federal employees and contractors affected by a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-486/.
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S. 486, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-486/.
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[S. 486: A bill to waive the penalty for withdrawals from retirement plans for certain Federal employees and contractors affected by a lapse in appropriations, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-486/)
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