S. 1959 117th Congress Senate

Keeping Your Retirement Act of 2021

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the age for required mandatory distributions from retirement accounts, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 7, 2021 Introduced by: John Kennedy Republican · Louisiana See on congress.gov

Taxation Employee benefits and pensionsIncome tax deferral

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Jun 7, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jun 7, 2021

Introduced in Senate

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Latest action June 7, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Keeping Your Retirement Act of 2021

This bill increases from 72 to 75 the age for mandatory distributions from tax-exempt retirement plans.

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