United States · Bill · S
S. 1612 (111th)
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2009
Introduced
6 August 2009
Last action
6 August 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA], Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA], Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA], Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
10 December 2025
Summary
Employee Stock Ownership Plan Promotion and Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt certain distributions, including dividends, by S corporations to an employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) from the penalty tax for premature employee benefit plan withdrawals; (2) exempt deductions for ESOP dividends from corporate alternative minimum tax adjustments based on adjusted earnings and profits; (3) allow deferral of the recognition of gain for certain sales to ESOPs sponsored by any domestic corporation, including S corporations; (4) allow reinvestment of ESOP stock proceeds eligible for nonrecognition of gain in certain mutual funds; and (5) modify certain ESOP stock ownership rules. Amends the Small Business Act to allow a majority-owned ESOP business concern to continue to qualify for loans, preferences, and other programs under such Act.
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Timeline
6 August 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
6 August 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
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Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 6 August 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Cosponsor
- Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1612
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/1612
- us · 111-s-1612 · source updated 10 December 2025