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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Nov 15, 2022
Stop Looting American Pensions Act of 2022 or the SLAP Act
This bill revises certain bankruptcy requirements, including by providing additional protections for employee pay and pensions in the event of a bankruptcy.
Specifically, the bill
revises the bankruptcy priority requirements of claims for wages and contributions to employee benefit plans, including by increasing the cap of these payments and by eliminating the time period limitation for which unpaid wages and contributions may be claimed;
increases the bankruptcy priority of minimum funding contributions towards employee pension benefit plans and withdrawal liability and requires companies to continue making these payments during bankruptcy;
expands restrictions on executive pay;
places restrictions on the sale of property in bankruptcy proceedings, including by requiring reasonable payment; and
extends look back periods regarding fraudulent transfers from two years to six years.
People & committees
Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV] · D–WV
Legislative record
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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