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5/3/2007--Introduced.<br/>Women's Retirement Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain small employers who do not provide retirement plans for their employees to allow eligible employees to participate in a payroll deposit individual retirement account arrangement (automatic IRA); (2) expand eligibility for the tax credit for retirement savings contributions (saver's credit) and make such credit refundable; (3) allow certain part-time employees to participate in qualified cash or deferred arrangements; (4) allow the transfer of up to $500 of unused health plan benefits to qualified retirement plans; (5) treat wage replacement income (e.g., disability pay or unemployment compensation) as earned income for purposes of IRA contribution limits; (6) allow a limited tax exclusion for certain lifetime annuity payments and for qualified retirement planning services; (7) allow certain small employers a tax credit for contributions to employee pension plans; and (8) allow self-employed individuals to deduct pension plan contributions from their self-employment income.<br/>Sets forth special rules for: (1) preservation of retirement plan assets distributed under a qualified domestic relations order; (2) eligibility of surviving and divorced spouses for benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act; and (3) military retired pay subject to court orders in domestic relations proceedings. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to qualified low-income taxpayer clinics to provide retirement savings counseling to low-income taxpayers.<br/>Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to prepare a financial reference handbook and a retirement readiness checklist for distribution to social security recipients.<br/>

1178164800 2007-05-03 Fri Nov 07 14:59:07 -0600 2008 introduced 43474 'act':5 '2007':7 'retir':3 'secur':4 'women':1 50218 short introduced 43474 'act':17 '1974':19 '1986':10 'bill':2 'busi':29 'code':8 'amend':4 'incom':15 'owner':30 'retir':14,23 'secur':16,24 'small':28 'women':26 'intern':6 'purpos':34 'revenu':7 'employe':13 'increas':21 46299 official action 43474 1178164800 Thu May 03 00:00:00 -0500 2007 111016 Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5580) S001142 1952-05-25 Gordon 'smith':2,4,6 'gordon':1,3,5 M 300090 Smith Gordon_Smith Harold Gordon Smith N00007815 7143 Republican Latter Day Saints Gordon Smith 3.71428571428571 B000468 1943-10-03 703 Hart Senate Office Building http://bingaman.senate.gov/contact/ 202-224-2852 Jeff 'd':4 'nm':5 'sen':1 'jeff':2,6,8 'bingaman':3,7,9 M 300009 Bingaman Jeff_Bingaman Sen. Jeff Bingaman [D, NM] N00006518 10092 Democrat 202-224-5521 Methodist NM Jeff Bingaman 4.4 http://bingaman.senate.gov C000705 1948-03-12 530 Hart Senate Office Building http://conrad.senate.gov/contact/webform.cfm 202-224-7776 Kent 'd':4 'nd':5 'sen':1 'kent':2,6,8 'conrad':3,7,9 M 300026 Conrad Kent_Conrad Kent Sen. Kent Conrad [D, ND] N00004613 8323 Democrat 202-224-2043 Unitarian ND Kent Conrad 5.27777777777778 http://conrad.senate.gov K000148 1943-12-11 218 Russell Senate Office Building http://kerry.senate.gov/contact/email.cfm 202-224-8525 John 'd':4 'ma':5 'sen':1 'john':2,6,8 'kerri':3,7,9 M 300060 Kerry John_Kerry Forbes Sen. John Kerry [D, MA] N00000245 13994 Democrat 202-224-2742 Roman Catholic MA John Kerry 2.64 http://kerry.senate.gov/ S000663 1947-02-21 154 Russell Senate Office Building http://snowe.senate.gov/webform.htm 202-224-1946 Olympia 'r':4 'sen':1 'snow':3,7,9 'olympia':2,6,8 F 300091 Snowe Olympia_Snowe J. Sen. Olympia Snowe [R, ME] N00000480 15373 Republican 202-224-5344 Greek Orthodox ME Olympia Snowe 2.72477064220183 http://snowe.senate.gov/ action 43474 1178164800 Thu May 03 00:00:00 -0500 2007 111016 Introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5580) introduced 43474 1178164800 Thu May 03 00:00:00 -0500 2007 111015 action 43474 1178164800 Thu May 03 00:00:00 -0500 2007 116431 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5580) action 43474 1178164800 Thu May 03 00:00:00 -0500 2007 111017 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.