HR 1000 · 108th Congress · Labor and Employment
Pension Security Act of 2003
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EnactedLatest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2003-05-15)
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Pension Security Act of 2003 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require individual account plans (IAPs), including those with cash or deferred arrangements under Internal Revenue Code (IRC) section 401(k), to furnish quarterly pension benefit statements to plan participants and beneficiaries with rights to direct investments. Provides that employers are not exempt from liability for failing in fiduciary duty with respect to IAP investments during blackout periods if such a period's imposition suspends, limits, or restricts participants' and beneficiaries' ability to direct or diversify their assets. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish a program to provide informational and educational support for pension plan fiduciaries. Amends ERISA and IRC to set forth diversification requirements for IAPs that hold employer securities readily tradable on an established market. Allows ERISA and IRC prohibited transaction exemptions under specified conditions. Directs the Secretary of Labor to study, and report to specified congressional committees on, the costs and benefits to participants and beneficiaries of requiring independent fiduciary consultan…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeH.R. 1000, Pension Security Act f 2003
Mar 13, 2003<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 6, 2003</p>
Full CBO report ↗H.R. 1000, Pension Security Act f 2003
Mar 13, 2003Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on March 6, 2003
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office
Cosponsors (20)
1 Democrat19 Republicans