Number: RS22179
Title: H.R. 2830: The Pension Protection Act
Authors: Patrick Purcell, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: On December 15, 2005, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2830, the Pension Protection Act, by a vote of 294-132. On November 16, 2005, the Senate passed S. 1783, the Pension Security and Transparency Act. On March 3, 2006, the Senate again passed the Pension Security and Transparency Act by unanimous consent as an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 2830.1 Conference negotiations between the House and Senate commenced on March 8, 2006. On July 28, 2006, the House passed an amended version of the Pension Protection Act - renumbered as H.R. 4 - by a vote of 279-131. The bill was passed by the Senate on August 3 by a vote of 93-5 and was signed into law by the President as P.L. 109-280 on August 17, 2006.
Pages: 6
Date: September 27, 2006