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H.R. 4778 (107th)

Pension Protection Act of 2002

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Introduced

20 May 2002

Last action

25 September 2002 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

Sponsors

Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22], Rep. Gutknecht, Gil [R-MN-1], Rep. McKinney, Cynthia A. [D-GA-4], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11], Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Borski, Robert A. [D-PA-3], Rep. Kennedy, Patrick J. [D-RI-1], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Tierney, John F. [D-MA-6], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. Luther, Bill [D-MN-6], Rep. Miller, George [D-CA-11], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Roybal-Allard, Lucille [D-CA-40], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Bonior, David E. [D-MI-10], Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-15], Rep. Bentsen, Ken [D-TX-25], Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1], Rep. Davis, Danny K. [D-IL-7], Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4], Del. Christensen, Donna M. [D-VI-At Large], Rep. Hilliard, Earl F. [D-AL-7], Rep. Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14], Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4], Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18], Sen. Udall, Mark [D-CO], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Waxman, Henry A. [D-CA-33], Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3], Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-43], Rep. Strickland, Ted [D-OH-6], Rep. Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1]

Subjects

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Summary

Pension Protection Act of 2002 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to direct the Secretary of Labor to undertake enforcement actions with respect to requirements for pension plan participation, vesting, benefit accrual, and funding, including an appropriate enforcement response in connection with a report on oversight of certain cash balance plan lump sum distributions. Directs the Secretary, with the Secretary of the Treasury, to develop improved guidance for defined benefit plan administrators, with respect to requirements for such plans which express accrued benefits in the form of an account balance, including further assistance relating to all factors involved in determining lump sum distributions of accrued benefits.

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Timeline

  1. 20 May 2002

    Introduced

    Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 20 May 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 20 May 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 25 September 2002

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

    Source: Committee

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