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H.R. 557

Referred to Committee

Retirement Security Act of 2015

Introduced 1/27/2015•114th Congress•House

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

4/29/2015 • House

Summary

Retirement Security Act of 2015

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) prescribe final regulations to permit employers to participate in multiple employer pension benefit plans, (2) promulgate regulations or other guidance to simplify and clarify rules relating to the timing of participant notices required under tax-preferred pension plans and the automatic escalation rules, and (3) modify the 1040EZ tax return form to allow taxpayers to claim the tax credit for retirement savings (saver's credit) on such form.

Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to employer pension benefit plans, to: (1) allow employers to maintain a tax-exempt multiple employer pension benefit plan even if the employers sponsoring the plan share no common interest, (2) modify requirements for secure deferral arrangements with respect to nondiscrimination and employer matching contributions, and (3) allow employers with not more than 100 employees a business-related tax credit to cover increased matching contributions required by this Act.

Introduced in House • 1/27/2015

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Topics & Subjects

Policy Area: Taxation
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresDepartment of the TreasuryEmployee benefits and pensionsFinancial services and investmentsIncome tax creditsSmall businessTax administration and collection, taxpayers

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Sponsor & Cosponsors (3)

Party Breakdown

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2
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Sponsor

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Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]

Republican • FL-16

Sponsored 1/27/2015

Cosponsors (2)

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Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3]

D-WI-3

Joined 1/27/2015

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Rep. Smith, Jason [R-MO-8]

R-MO-8

Joined 4/21/2016

Bill Journey

Originated in the House

Introduced

January 27, 2015

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

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Introduced in House1/27/2015

Details

Bill TypeHR
Current StatusReferred to Committee
Cosponsors2