Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2008

To make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006.

3/12/2008--Passed House amended. Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2008 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code, as amended by the Pension Protection Act of 2006, to make changes to rules governing defined benefit and defined contribution pension plans.
(Sec. 2) Modifies rules relating to increases in pension plan benefits while a waiver or amortization extension is in effect or with respect to retroactive amendments to such plans. Revises the definition of "target normal cost" with respect to increases and decreases in such costs. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to prescribe rules for quarterly contributions to pension plans with a shortfall in 2008.
(Sec. 3) Revises the criteria for use of the shortfall funding method for multiemployer defined benefit plans. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, to establish criteria for required notices relating to multiemployer plans in endangered or critical status. Revises:
(1) criteria for implementation and enforcement of a multiemployer plan default schedule;
(2) the definition of plan sponsor for purposes of multiemployer plan funding rules; and
(3) the method for calculating the excise tax on trustees of multiemployer plans for failure to adopt a timely rehabilitation plan.
(Sec. 4) Extends until 2009 the temporary interest rate for pension plan funding.
(Sec. 5) Limits the coverage of the missing participant rules to qualified plans that did not provide for employer contributions.
(Sec. 6) Revises requirements relating to:
(1) annual funding notices for single and multiemployer defined benefit plans;
(2) termination information for pension plan participants;
(3) periodic pension benefit statements; and
(4) notices to pension plan participants or beneficiaries of blackout periods (i.e, restrictions on plan operations, including investment changes).

(Sec. 7) Modifies pension plan requirements relating to investment advice, prohibited transactions, and fiduciary rules.
(Sec. 8) Provides that failure to meet pension plan preservation of capital requirements constitutes a violation of ERISA age discrimination rules.

(Sec. 9) Modifies rules relating to:
(1) the deduction limit for single-employer pension plans;
(2) deductions for employer contributions to one or more defined contribution plans;
(3) rollovers from retirement plans to Roth individual retirement accounts (IRAs);
(4) rollovers by nonspouse beneficiaries of retirement plans;
(5) distributions from public pension plans for health and long-term care insurance for public safety officers; and
(6) survivor annuity plans of special trial judges of the U.S. Tax Court. Exempts assets transfers from health accounts to maintain a pension plan's funded status from the excise tax on reversions.

(Sec. 10) Revises the definition of "one-participant retirement plan" for purposes of ERISA diversification and participation requirements.
Expands rules allowing automatic contributions to employer pension plans. Requires the administrator of a combined pension plan (consisting of a defined benefit plan and a qualified cash or deferred arrangement) to treat such plans separately upon termination.

(Sec. 11) Provides that former spouses shall be entitled to survivor benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act if:
(1) the employee completed 10 years of service in the railroad industry (or five years of service after December 31, 1995);
(2) the spouse or former spouse has attained age 62; and
(3) the employee attains age 62 (or if deceased, would have attained age 62). Makes such provision effective for payments due after August 2007.

(Sec. 12) Prohibits states from reducing unemployment compensation by the amount of pension rollovers.

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Sponsor

• Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15]
• and 3 Co-Sponsors
  • Rep. James McCrery [R, LA-4]
  • Rep. Howard McKeon [R, CA-25]
  • Rep. George Miller [D, CA-7]
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Committees

• House Ways and Means
• 2 more
  • House Education and Labor
  • House Education and Labor
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Amendments

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Amendments to H.R.3361

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Introduced		Voted on by House		Voted on by Senate		Considered By President		Bill Becomes Law
August 03, 2007		March 12, 2008

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• Added to calendar on Mar 31, 2008: Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 621..
• Mar 13, 2008: Mr. Stark asked unanimous consent that H.R. 3361 be engrossed in the form submitted to the desk. Agreed to without objection.
• Passed by voice vote in the House on Mar 12, 2008. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
• Mar 12, 2008: DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3361.
• Mar 12, 2008: Considered under suspension of the rules.
• Mar 12, 2008: Mr. Pomeroy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
• Sep 19, 2007: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Education and Labor
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to House Ways and Means
• Aug 03, 2007: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, 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.
• Introduced on Aug 03, 2007.

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• Pensions
• Administrative procedure
• Defined benefit pension plans
• Defined contribution plans
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• Department of the Treasury
• Executive departments
• Income tax
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• Taxation
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March 24, 2008 House passes PPA Technical Corrections Bill

The House late on March 12, 2008 approved by voice vote the Pension Protection Technical Corrections Bill (HR 3361). The bill would make a number of ...

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October 18, 2007 Rangel seeks public comments on PPA technical corrections bill

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July 16, 2008 PPA Technical Corrections Bill Passes House with Smoothing Provisions

Excerpt: "The Pension Protection Technical Correction Act of 2008 (HR 3361) – introduced June 26, 2008 by Charles Rangel (D-NY) and George Miller (D-CA) – passed the House of Representatives on July 9. The Act contains the 24-month ...

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July 15, 2008 Congress Overrides Bush's Veto of HR 3361!

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July 11, 2008 Another Corrections Act to the Pension Protection Act Passes the House

This act, HR 6382, now heads to the Senate, where the last Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2008, HR 3361, has been languishing since March 31, 2008. The Senate, which has already passed its version of the Pension ...

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