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To expand retirement coverage, preserve retirement income, simplify rules related to retirement plans, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-4524| House 
| Updated: 12/1/2017
Richard E. Neal

Richard E. Neal

Democratic Representative

Massachusetts

Ways and Means Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to modify requirements and tax provisions regarding retirement plans. With respect to employer-provided retirement plans, the bill modifies requirements regarding: automatic enrollment; coverage rules for long-term, part-time workers; employer contributions; the timing for adopting a qualified retirement plan; correcting errors; financial incentives for contributing to a plan; the portability of lifetime income and managed account investment options; distribution options; notices and disclosures to participants; interest rates for defined benefit plans; and due dates for employer pension contributions. The bill also: repeals the maximum age for traditional Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions, modifies the rollover options that are available to nonspouse beneficiaries, increases the age at which participants are required to begin taking distributions, exempts participants with retirement plan balances that do not exceed $250,000 from the required minimum distribution rules, expands tax credits for small employers that adopt certain retirement plans, makes the saver's tax credit available on Form 1040-EZ, modifies the required minimum distribution requirements for life annuities, modifies the requirements for qualifying longevity annuity contracts, modifies the rules for fiduciaries who make economically targeted investments, and establishes an Office of the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate within the Internal Revenue Service.
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Timeline
Dec 1, 2017
Introduced in House
Dec 1, 2017
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.
  • December 1, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • December 1, 2017
    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.

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 115-3910: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make lifetime income and managed account options of defined contribution retirement savings plans portable.
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of LaborDepartment of the TreasuryEmployee benefits and pensionsExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsFinancial services and investmentsFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIncome tax creditsIncome tax deferralInterest, dividends, interest ratesInternal Revenue Service (IRS)Sales and excise taxesSecuritiesSmall businessTax administration and collection, taxpayersTemporary and part-time employment

To expand retirement coverage, preserve retirement income, simplify rules related to retirement plans, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-4524| House 
| Updated: 12/1/2017
Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2017 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to modify requirements and tax provisions regarding retirement plans. With respect to employer-provided retirement plans, the bill modifies requirements regarding: automatic enrollment; coverage rules for long-term, part-time workers; employer contributions; the timing for adopting a qualified retirement plan; correcting errors; financial incentives for contributing to a plan; the portability of lifetime income and managed account investment options; distribution options; notices and disclosures to participants; interest rates for defined benefit plans; and due dates for employer pension contributions. The bill also: repeals the maximum age for traditional Individual Retirement Account (IRA) contributions, modifies the rollover options that are available to nonspouse beneficiaries, increases the age at which participants are required to begin taking distributions, exempts participants with retirement plan balances that do not exceed $250,000 from the required minimum distribution rules, expands tax credits for small employers that adopt certain retirement plans, makes the saver's tax credit available on Form 1040-EZ, modifies the required minimum distribution requirements for life annuities, modifies the requirements for qualifying longevity annuity contracts, modifies the rules for fiduciaries who make economically targeted investments, and establishes an Office of the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate within the Internal Revenue Service.
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Timeline
Dec 1, 2017
Introduced in House
Dec 1, 2017
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.
  • December 1, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • December 1, 2017
    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.
Richard E. Neal

Richard E. Neal

Democratic Representative

Massachusetts

Ways and Means Committee, Education and Workforce Committee

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 115-3910: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make lifetime income and managed account options of defined contribution retirement savings plans portable.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresAdministrative remediesCongressional oversightDepartment of LaborDepartment of the TreasuryEmployee benefits and pensionsExecutive agency funding and structureFederal officialsFinancial services and investmentsFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment studies and investigationsIncome tax creditsIncome tax deferralInterest, dividends, interest ratesInternal Revenue Service (IRS)Sales and excise taxesSecuritiesSmall businessTax administration and collection, taxpayersTemporary and part-time employment