United States 116th Congress Status: Passed House 1 D cosponsors

HR 397 — Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act of 2019

Last action — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.

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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

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The text has added several lines that indicate the bill was placed on the Senate calendar and has gone through the readings process on specific dates in December 2019. This change details the procedural steps the bill has undergone in the Senate, but it removes the line indicating when the bill was received in the Senate. The practical effect is that the updated text clarifies the progression of the bill within the Senate.

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397 Received in Senate (RDS)] <DOC> 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
397 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)] <DOC> Calendar No.
390 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H.
397 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 25, 2019 Received _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and for other purposes.
397 _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 25, 2019 Received December 18, 2019 Read the first time December 19, 2019 Read the second time and placed on the calendar _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and for other purposes.
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397 _______________________________________________________________________ AN ACT To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to create a Pension Rehabilitation Trust Fund, to establish a Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury to make loans to multiemployer defined benefit plans, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________ December 19, 2019 Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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Action History

  1. Introduced in House

  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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.

  4. Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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.

  5. Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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.

  6. Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

  7. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  8. Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 18.

  9. Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

  10. Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 17.

  11. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-159, Part I.

  12. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 116-159, Part I.

  13. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 116-159, Part II.

  14. Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Labor. H. Rept. 116-159, Part II.

  15. Committee on Appropriations discharged.

  16. Committee on Appropriations discharged.

  17. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 123.

  18. Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 509 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 397 and H.R. 3239. Resolution provides for consideration of both H.R. 397 and H.R. 3239 under structured rules. Resolution also provides that it shall be in order on the legislative day of July 25, 2019 or July 26, 2019 that the House suspend the rules. Resolution additionally provides for proceedings from the period from July 29, 2019 through September 6, 2019.

  19. Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 509. (consideration: CR H7318-7335)

  20. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 397 and H.R. 3239. Resolution provides for consideration of both H.R. 397 and H.R. 3239 under structured rules. Resolution also provides that it shall be in order on the legislative day of July 25, 2019 or July 26, 2019 that the House suspend the rules. Resolution additionally provides for proceedings from the period from July 29, 2019 through September 6, 2019.

  21. DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 397.

  22. DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 509, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the David P. Roe amendment No. 1.

  23. The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

  24. POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Roe amendment, the Chair put the question on the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Scotts (VA) demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on agreeing to the amendment until a time to be announced.

  25. Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7345, H7347-7348)

  26. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of the amendment offered by Mr. Roe (TN), which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.

  27. Mr. Mast moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Education and Labor. (text: CR H7346)

  28. Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Mast motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to insert a new clause in section 4(b)(1)(c) of the bill stating that pension plans will not knowingly engage in a commerce-related or investment-related boycott, divestment, or sanctions activity intended to undermine the existence of, penalize, inflict economic harm on, or otherwise limit commercial relations with Israel.

  29. The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.

  30. On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 200 - 232 (Roll no. 504).

  31. Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 264 - 169 (Roll no. 505).(text: CR H7318-7323)

  32. On passage Passed by recorded vote: 264 - 169 (Roll no. 505). (text: CR H7318-7323)

  33. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  34. Received in the Senate.

  35. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

  36. Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 390.

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Who sponsors HR 397?
HR 397 is sponsored by Neal, Richard E. (Democratic).
What is the current status of HR 397?
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