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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 6, 1993
Amends the Internal Revenue Code and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to modify the full-funding limitation of a multiemployer plan by eliminating the 150 percent test. (Currently, employer contributions to a pension plan, whether a single-employer or a multiemployer plan, are not deductible to the extent that they produce funding in excess of 150 percent of the plan's current liability.)
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Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] · D–CA
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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