Miners Pension Protection Act
This bill transfers certain funds to provide pension benefits for retired coal miners who have been affected by issues such as coal company bankruptcies.
The Department of the Treasury must transfer additional funds to the 1974 United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) Pension Plan to pay pension benefits required under that plan if the annual limit on transfers under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 exceeds the amount required to be transferred for existing obligations of the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund. The bill also increases the annual limit on transfers from $490 million to $750 million.
The bill also allows in-service distributions under a pension plan or governmental section 457(b) plan at age 59-1/2 (currently age 62).
| Action Date | Type | Text | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-10-23 | Committee | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. | House committee actions |
| 2019-10-23 | Committee | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. | House committee actions |
| 2019-10-23 | Committee | Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources Discharged. | House committee actions |
| 2019-07-24 | Committee | Subcommittee Hearings Held. | House committee actions |
| 2019-02-15 | Committee | Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources. | House committee actions |
| 2019-01-31 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-01-31 | IntroReferral | Referred to the Committee on Natural Resources, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. | House floor actions |
| 2019-01-31 | IntroReferral | Introduced in House | Library of Congress |