S 476 · 96th Congress · Labor and Employment
A bill to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to prohibit the reduction of disability payments under employer-maintained disability compensation plans whenever certain social security benefit payments are increased.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.(1979-02-22)
Plain Language Summary
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Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to prohibit the decrease of any employee welfare benefits (currently, only pension benefits) of a participant by reason of any increase in the levels of Social Security or railroad retirement benefits. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deny an employer any income tax deduction for amounts paid to or under a disability compensation plan if the benefits payable to an individual under such plan are reduced, or any scheduled increase in such benefits is omitted, on account of any increase in monthly insurance benefits to which such an individual is entitled under title II of the Social Security Act (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance).…
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