A bill to make available funds from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for funding a voluntary employees' beneficiary association with respect to former employees of Delphi Corporation.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

S.1663 through Congress

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SenateSep 11, 2009IntroducedOfficial record

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Related House bill: H.R.3455 To make available funds from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for funding a voluntary employees' beneficiary association with respect to former employees of Delphi Corporation.

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Sep 11, 2009

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to enter into an agreement with a volunteer employees' beneficiary association (VEBA) established after enactment of this Act for the benefit of eligible separated employees of Delphi Corporation (and their dependents) in order to transfer amounts to the VEBA for purposes of establishing, or obtaining coverage under, a health care plan for the benefit of such employees (and dependents).

Limits the application of this Act to employees with respect to whom the obligation of Delphi Corporation or General Motors Corporation to provide health care coverage has been discharged in a bankruptcy proceeding.

Directs the Secretary to make available up to $3 billion in Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) funds, under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (EESA), to provide health care coverage that is substantially the same as the coverage the obligation for which was so discharged.

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Who introduced it

Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D–OH

Committees

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

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Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY]

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Sep 11, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sep 11, 2009
Introduced in Senate

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HR 3455 · To make available funds from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for funding a voluntary employees' beneficiary association with respect to former employees of Delphi Corporation.

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Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1663

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2009-09-11.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1663/BILLS-111s1663is.htm

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Discuss S.1663, 111th Congress: A bill to make available funds from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for funding a voluntary employees' beneficiary association with respect to former employees of Delphi Corporation.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1663

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2009-09-11.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1663/BILLS-111s1663is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-04-07T15:08:31Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss S.1663, 111th Congress: A bill to make available funds from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for funding a voluntary employees' beneficiary association with respect to former employees of Delphi Corporation.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1663

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2009-09-11.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1663/BILLS-111s1663is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-04-07T15:08:31Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss S.1663, 111th Congress: A bill to make available funds from the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for funding a voluntary employees' beneficiary association with respect to former employees of Delphi Corporation.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/1663

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2009-09-11.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/s1663/BILLS-111s1663is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-04-07T15:08:31Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.1663 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.