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2008 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
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H.R.69: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions. H.R.82: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. H.R.93: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social Security beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits. H.R.149: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under such title, and for other purposes. H.R.191: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. H.R.192: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.279: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for Congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements. H.R.288: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula for workers affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who attain age 65 during the 10-year period after 1981 and before 1992 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly. H.R.340: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least 10 years. H.R.341: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of lump-sum death payments upon the death of a spouse. H.R.368: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes. H.R.581: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund. H.R.709: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict totalization agreements between the United States and other countries to providing for appropriate exchange of Social Security taxes or contributions between the parties to such agreements, and to prohibit crediting of individuals under such title with earnings from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States and are not authorized by law to be employed in the United States. H.R.726: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds a minimum COLA-adjusted amount of $2,500 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such minimum amount. H.R.732: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 10 to 5 the number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced spouse to be eligible for benefits under such title. H.R.1090: To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements, and for other purposes. H.R.1158: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce. H.R.1160: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement. H.R.1161: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service. H.R.1322: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits. H.R.1349: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.1380: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month, and for other purposes. H.R.2032: To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act. H.R.2103: To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. H.R.2167: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. H.R.2355: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the authority for penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by military reservists or national guardsmen called to active duty for extended periods. H.R. 2461: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit distributions from individual retirement plans to be contributed to 529 plans without including the distribution in gross income. H.R.2591:To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty. H.R. 2657: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension plans and welfare plans based on the misclassification or reclassification of their status. H.R.2683: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds. H.R.2831: To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. H.R. 3088: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. HR. 3185: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to establish in the Department of Labor an Advisory Council on Improving Employer-Employee Retirement Practices. H.R. 3361: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R. 3765: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transparency with respect to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans. H.R. 3868: to provide an orderly transition to new requirements, and for other purposes. H.R. 4061: To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. H.R. 4150: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R. 4807: To amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) H.R.5160: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements with respect to employer-established IRAs, and for other purposes. H.R.6382 To make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and for other purposes. HR 6708: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using revolving credit arrangements and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary. H.R. 7327, the Pension Relief and Pension Technicals Act S.43: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers and to help ensure greater congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect. S.137: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional beneficiary protections. S.190: A bill to provide a technical correction to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S.191: A bill to provide relief for all air carriers with pension plans that are not frozen pension plans. S.355: A bill to establish a National Commission on Entitlement Solvency. S.1010: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. S.1141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. S.1254: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. S.1270: A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. S.1288: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners, and for other purposes. S.1533: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain coins to be acquired by individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, and for other purposes. S.1636: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 1725: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, U.S. Code, to improve the protection of pension benefits, and for other purposes. S. 1809: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. S.1843: A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. S.1947: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. S. 1974: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S. 2184: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 2201: to provide for the penalty-free use of retirement funds for mortgage delinquency relief. S. 2473: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and for other purposes. S.2501: A bill to amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). S. 2505: to allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. S.2570: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social Security of the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in cases in which the Commissioner determines that such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries. S. 2765: To strengthen and permanently preserve Social Security. S.2794: A bill to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security. S.3219: A bill to enhance penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting seniors. S.3278: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using a credit card or other intermediary and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary. S.Res.601: To designate Oct. 19-25, 2008, as ''National Save for Retirement Week.''
Client expense: $515,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2008 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
See Addendum S. 1010, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007. S. 1141, Automatic IRA Act of 2007. S. 1288, Womens Retirement Security Act of 2007. S. 1725, "Restoring Pension Promises to Workers Act". S. 1974, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007". S. 2473, "Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007". S. 3278, "No Participant Loans from a Debit Card". H.R. 2167, Automatic IRA Act of 2007 (H.R. 2167, S. 1141). H.R. 2205, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007. H.R. 2683, "Pension Security Act of 2007". H.R. 3185, "401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007". Rep Andrews Amendement to H.R. 3185, "The Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act" (4/15/08). H.R. 3361, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007". H.R. 3765, "The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act of 2007". H.R. 3868, Bill to delay the PPA defined benefit funding rules for one year. H.R. 5160, "Small Business Add Vaue for Employees Act of 2008". H.R. 6143, "The Pension Protection Act ERISA Amendments of 2008". H.R. 6382, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2008". H.R. 6708, "No Participant Loans from a Debit Card". H.R. 7327, "The worker, Retiree and Employer Recovery Act of 2008". DOL Final Regulations and Revisions to the 2007 Form 5500 Annual Return/Report, 72 F.R. 64710-64730 (11/16/07). DOL Final Rule and Regulation (Section 2550.404-4) on Safest Available Annuity 73 F.R. 58447-58540 (10/7/08). DOL Proposed Rule, Reasonable Contracts or Arrangements under Section 408(b)(2) - Fee Disclosure, 72 F.R. 70988-71005 (12/13/07). DOL Proposed Regulation on Provision of Investment Advice and DOL Proposed Class Exemption for Provision of Investment Advice, Prop. DOL Reg. Sec. 2550.404a-5 and 2550.404c-1, 73 F.R. 43039 and 43043 (7/23/08). Proposed Amendment to H.R. 3361, proposed Pension Protection Act Defined Benefit Funding Relief provisions (S.Baucus 11/20/08). Request to the Treasury Department and IRS on the application of the backloading accrual rules to hybrid pension plan conversions. IRS Revenue Ruling 2008-07, "Guidance on Backloading Rules". IRS Revenue Ruling 2008-45, "Transfer of Pension Plan Sponsorship".
Client expense: $1,030,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2008 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
Proposals making technical corrections to The Pension Protection Act of 2006, including H.R. 3361, H.R. 6382, S. 1974, The Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act, H.R. 6143, Pension Protection Act ERISA Amendments, and H.R. 7327, The Worker, Retirement, and Employer Recovery Act. Proposals related to older workers' incentives. Proposals related to hybrid pension plan guidance, including application of the backloading rules. Proposals related to reform of the minimum required distribution rules. Proposals related to mandatory savings accounts. Proposals related to defined contribution plan fees and fee disclosure practices, including H.R. 3765, The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act, H.R. 3185, 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act, and S. 2473, Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act. S. 1288, Women's Retirement Security Act. H.R. 2831/S. 1843, The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Proposals related to asset averaging/smoothing rules of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R. 3868, a bill to delay The Pension Protection Act defined benefit funding rules. Proposals relating to defined benefit plan funding, including H.R. 7327, The Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act. Proposal to expand Code Section 401(h) to apply to all types of defined contribution plans. S. 1141/H.R. 2167, Automatic IRA Act of 2007. H.R. 5160, Small Business Add Value for Employees Act. Proposals related to expansion of Internal Revenue Code Section 420. Proposals related to retirement plan leakage. H.R. 3997, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. Proposals for comprehensive pension and retirement savings legislation. Proposals related to qualfied supplemental executive retirement plans. Retirement plan reform proposals stemming from economic downturn and market decline. Proposed regulations under ERISA section 408(b)(2) addressing retirement plan service provider fee disclosure.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $80,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Office of Management & Budget (OMB), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
2008 · fourth_quarter · Retirement
S. 1288, Women's Retirement Security Act. H.R. 2167/S.1141, Automatic IRA Act of 2007. Proposals related to defined contribution plan fees and fee disclosure practices, including H.R. 3185, 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act, H.R. 3765, The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act, and S. 2473, Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act. Proposals making technical corrections to The Pension Protection Act of 2006, including H.R. 3361, H.R. 6382, S. 1974, Pension Protection Protection Technical Corrections Act, H.R. 6143, Pension Protection Act ERISA Amendments, and H.R. 7327, Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act. H.R. 3868, a bill to delay the Pension Protection Act defined benefit funding rules for one year. Proposals related to retirement plan leakage, including S. 3278/H.R. 6708, legislation restricting qualified plan loans. Proposals for comprehensive pension and retirement savings legislation. Proposals related to defined benefit plan funding, including H.R. 7327, Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act. Proposals related to reform of the required minimum distribution rules, including H.R. 7327, Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $30,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2008 · third_quarter · Retirement
H.R.69: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions. H.R.82: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. H.R.93: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social Security beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits. H.R.149: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under such title, and for other purposes. H.R.191: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. H.R.192: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.279: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for Congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements. H.R.288: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula for workers affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who attain age 65 during the 10-year period after 1981 and before 1992 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly. H.R.340: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least 10 years. H.R.341: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of lump-sum death payments upon the death of a spouse. H.R.368: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes. H.R.581: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund. H.R.709: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict totalization agreements between the United States and other countries to providing for appropriate exchange of Social Security taxes or contributions between the parties to such agreements, and to prohibit crediting of individuals under such title with earnings from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States and are not authorized by law to be employed in the United States. H.R.726: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds a minimum COLA-adjusted amount of $2,500 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such minimum amount. H.R.732: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 10 to 5 the number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced spouse to be eligible for benefits under such title. H.R.1090: To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements, and for other purposes. H.R.1158: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce. H.R.1160: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement. H.R.1161: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service. H.R.1322: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits. H.R.1349: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.1380: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month, and for other purposes. H.R.2032: To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act. H.R.2103: To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. H.R.2167: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. H.R.2355: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the authority for penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by military reservists or national guardsmen called to active duty for extended periods. H.R. 2461: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit distributions from individual retirement plans to be contributed to 529 plans without including the distribution in gross income. H.R.2591:To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty. H.R. 2657: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension plans and welfare plans based on the misclassification or reclassification of their status. H.R.2683: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds. H.R.2831: To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. H.R. 3088: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. HR. 3185: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to establish in the Department of Labor an Advisory Council on Improving Employer-Employee Retirement Practices. H.R. 3361: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R. 3765: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transparency with respect to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans. H.R. 3868: to provide an orderly transition to new requirements, and for other purposes. H.R. 4061: To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. H.R. 4150: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R. 4807: To amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) H.R.5160: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements with respect to employer-established IRAs, and for other purposes. H.R.6382 To make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and for other purposes. HR 6708: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using revolving credit arrangements and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary. S.43: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers and to help ensure greater congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect. S.137: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional beneficiary protections. S.190: A bill to provide a technical correction to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S.191: A bill to provide relief for all air carriers with pension plans that are not frozen pension plans. S.355: A bill to establish a National Commission on Entitlement Solvency. S.1010: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. S.1141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. S.1254: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. S.1270: A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. S.1288: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners, and for other purposes. S.1533: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain coins to be acquired by individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, and for other purposes. S.1636: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 1725: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, U.S. Code, to improve the protection of pension benefits, and for other purposes. S. 1809: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. S.1843: A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. S.1947: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. S. 1974: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S. 2184: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 2201: to provide for the penalty-free use of retirement funds for mortgage delinquency relief. S. 2473: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and for other purposes. S.2501: A bill to amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). S. 2505: to allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. S.2570: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social Security of the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in cases in which the Commissioner determines that such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries. S. 2765: To strengthen and permanently preserve Social Security. S.2794: A bill to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security. S.3219: A bill to enhance penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting seniors. S.3278: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that no loan may be made from a qualified employer plan using a credit card or other intermediary and to limit the number of loans that may be made from a qualified employer plan to a participant or beneficiary. S.Res.601: To designate Oct. 19-25, 2008, as ''National Save for Retirement Week.''
Client expense: $470,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2008 · third_quarter · Retirement
Proposals making technical corrections to The Pension Protection Act of 2006, including H.R. 3361, H.R. 6382, and S. 1974, The Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act and H.R. 6143, Pension Protection Act ERISA Amendments. Proposals related to older workers' incentives. Proposals related to hybrid pension plan guidance, including application of the backloading rules. Proposals related to reform of the minimum required distribution rules. Proposals related to mandatory savings accounts. Proposals related to defined contribution plan fees and fee disclosure practices, including H.R. 3765, The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act, H.R. 3185, 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act, and S. 2473, Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act. S. 1288, Women's Retirement Security Act. H.R. 2831/S. 1843, The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Proposals related to asset averaging/smoothing rules of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R. 3868, a bill to delay The Pension Protection Act defined benefit funding rules. Proposal to expand Code Section 401(h) to apply to all types of defined contribution plans. S. 1141/H.R. 2167, Automatic IRA Act of 2007. H.R. 5160, Small Business Add Value for Employees Act. Proposals related to expansion of Internal Revenue Code Section 420. Proposals related to retirement plan leakage. H.R. 3997, Emergency Economic Stabilization Act. Proposals related to commodities speculation as they affect retirement plans, including H.R. 6604, Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act, S. 3248, Commodity Speculation Reform Act, and S. 3268, Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act. Proposals for comprehensive pension and retirement savings legislation. Proposals related to qualfied supplemental executive retirement plans.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
2008 · third_quarter · Retirement
See Addendum S. 1010, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007. S. 1141, Automatic IRA Act of 2007. S. 1288, Womens Retirement Security Act of 2007. S. 1725, "Restoring Pension Promises to Workers Act". S. 1974, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007". S. 2473, "Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007". S. 3278, "No Participant Loans from a Debit Card". H.R. 2167, Automatic IRA Act of 2007 (H.R. 2167, S. 1141). H.R. 2205, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007. H.R. 2683, "Pension Security Act of 2007". H.R. 3185, "401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007". Rep Andrews Amendement to H.R. 3185, "The Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act" (4/15/08). H.R. 3361, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007". H.R. 3765, "The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act of 2007". H.R. 3868, Bill to delay the PPA defined benefit funding rules for one year. H.R. 5160, "Small Business Add Vaue for Employees Act of 2008". H.R. 6143, "The Pension Protection Act ERISA Amendments of 2008". H.R. 6382, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2008". H.R. 6708, "No Participant Loans from a Debit Card". DOL Final Regulations and Revisions to the 2007 Form 5500 Annual Return/Report, 72 F.R. 64710-64730 (11/16/07). DOL Final Rule and Regulation (Section 2550.404-4) on Safest Available Annuity 73 F.R. 58447-58540 (10/7/08). DOL Proposed Rule, Reasonable Contracts or Arrangements under Section 408(b)(2) - Fee Disclosure, 72 F.R. 70988-71005 (12/13/07). DOL Proposed Regulation on Provision of Investment Advice and DOL Proposed Class Exemption for Provision of Investment Advice, Prop. DOL Reg. Sec. 2550.404a-5 and 2550.404c-1, 73 F.R. 43039 and 43043 (7/23/08). Request to the Treasury Department and IRS on the application of the backloading accrual rules to hybrid pension plan conversions. IRS Revenue Ruling 2008-07, "Guidance on Backloading Rules". IRS Revenue Ruling 2008-45, "Transfer of Pension Plan Sponsorship".
2008 · second_quarter · Retirement
H.R.69: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions. H.R.82: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. H.R.93: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social Security beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits. H.R.149: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under such title, and for other purposes. H.R.191: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. H.R.192: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.279: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for Congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements. H.R.288: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula for workers affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who attain age 65 during the 10-year period after 1981 and before 1992 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly. H.R.340: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least 10 years. H.R.341: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of lump-sum death payments upon the death of a spouse. H.R.368: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes. H.R.581: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund. H.R.709: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict totalization agreements between the United States and other countries to providing for appropriate exchange of Social Security taxes or contributions between the parties to such agreements, and to prohibit crediting of individuals under such title with earnings from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States and are not authorized by law to be employed in the United States. H.R.726: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds a minimum COLA-adjusted amount of $2,500 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such minimum amount. H.R.732: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 10 to 5 the number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced spouse to be eligible for benefits under such title. H.R.1090: To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements, and for other purposes. H.R.1158: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce. H.R.1160: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement. H.R.1161: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service. H.R.1322: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits. H.R.1349: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.1380: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month, and for other purposes. H.R.2032: To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act. H.R.2103: To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. H.R.2167: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. H.R.2355: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the authority for penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by military reservists or national guardsmen called to active duty for extended periods. H.R. 2461: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit distributions from individual retirement plans to be contributed to 529 plans without including the distribution in gross income. H.R.2591:To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty. H.R. 2657: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension plans and welfare plans based on the misclassification or reclassification of their status. H.R.2683: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds. H.R.2831: To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. H.R. 3088: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. HR. 3185: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to establish in the Department of Labor an Advisory Council on Improving Employer-Employee Retirement Practices. H.R. 3361: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R. 3765: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transparency with respect to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans. H.R. 3868: to provide an orderly transition to new requirements, and for other purposes. H.R. 4061: To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. H.R. 4150: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R. 4807: To amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) H.R.5160: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements with respect to employer-established IRAs, and for other purposes. H.R.6382 To make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and for other purposes. S.43: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers and to help ensure greater congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect. S.137: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional beneficiary protections. S.190: A bill to provide a technical correction to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S.191: A bill to provide relief for all air carriers with pension plans that are not frozen pension plans. S.355: A bill to establish a National Commission on Entitlement Solvency. S.1010: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. S.1141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. S.1254: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. S.1270: A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. S.1288: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners, and for other purposes. S.1533: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain coins to be acquired by individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, and for other purposes. S.1636: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 1725: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, U.S. Code, to improve the protection of pension benefits, and for other purposes. S. 1809: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. S.1843: A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. S.1947: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. S. 1974: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S. 2184: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 2201: to provide for the penalty-free use of retirement funds for mortgage delinquency relief. S. 2473: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and for other purposes. S.2501: A bill to amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). S. 2505: to allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. S.2570: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social Security of the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in cases in which the Commissioner determines that such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries. S. 2765: To strengthen and permanently preserve Social Security. S.2794: A bill to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security. S.3219: A bill to enhance penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting seniors. S.Res.601: To designate Oct. 19-25, 2008, as ''National Save for Retirement Week.''
2008 · second_quarter · Retirement
HR 3185 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007 HR 4 Pension Protection Act of 2006 HR3868 and S 1974 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007 HR 3765 Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act of 2007
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2008 · second_quarter · Retirement
See Addendum S. 1010, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007. S. 1141, Automatic IRA Act of 2007. S. 1288, Womens Retirement Security Act of 2007. S. 1725, "Restoring Pension Promises to Workers Act". S. 1974, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007". S. 2473, "Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007". H.R. 2167, Automatic IRA Act of 2007 (H.R. 2167, S. 1141). H.R. 2205, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007. H.R. 2683, "Pension Security Act of 2007". H.R. 3185, "401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007". Rep Andrews Amendement to H.R. 3185, "The Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act" (4/15/08). H.R. 3361, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007". H.R. 3765, "The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act of 2007". H.R. 3868, Bill to delay the PPA defined benefit funding rules for one year. H.R. 5160, "Small Business Add Vaue for Employees Act of 2008". H.R. 6143, "The Pension Protection Act ERISA Amendments of 2008". H.R. 6382, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2008". DOL Final Regulations and Revisions to the 2007 Form 5500 Annual Return/Report, 72 F.R. 64710-64730 (11/16/07). DOL Proposed Rule, Reasonable Contracts or Arrangements under Section 408(b)(2) - Fee Disclosure, 72 F.R. 70988-71005 (12/13/07). DOL Interim Rule and Proposed Regulation (Section 2550.404-4) on Safest Available Annuity F.R. Doc E7-17743, E7-17744 (9/11/07). Request to the Treasury Department and IRS on the application of the backloading accrual rules to hybrid pension plan conversions. IRS Revenue Ruling 2008-07, "Guidance on Backloading Rules".
Client expense: $620,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2008 · second_quarter · Retirement
Proposals making technical corrections to The Pension Protection Act of 2006, including H.R. 3361, H.R. 6382, and S. 1974, The Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act and H.R. 6143, Pension Protection Act ERISA Amendments. Proposals related to older workers' incentives. Proposals related to hybrid pension plan guidance, including application of the backloading rules. Proposals related to reform of the minimum required distribution rules. Proposals related to mandatory savings accounts. Proposals related to defined contribution plan fees and fee disclosure practices, including H.R. 3765, The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act, H.R. 3185, 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act, and S. 2473, Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act. S. 1288, Women's Retirement Security Act. H.R. 2831/S. 1843, The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Proposals related to asset averaging/smoothing rules of the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R. 3868, a bill to delay The Pension Protection Act defined benefit funding rules. Proposal to expand Code Section 401(h) to apply to all types of defined contribution plans. S. 1141/H.R. 2167, Automatic IRA Act of 2007. H.R. 5160, Small Business Add Value for Employees Act. Proposals related to expansion of Internal Revenue Code Section 420. Proposals related to retirement plan leakage.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $70,000
2008 · second_quarter · Retirement
H.R.69: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions. H.R.82: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. H.R.93: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social Security beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits. H.R.149: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under such title, and for other purposes. H.R.191: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. H.R.192: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.279: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for Congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements. H.R.288: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula for workers affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who attain age 65 during the 10-year period after 1981 and before 1992 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly. H.R.340: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least 10 years. H.R.341: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of lump-sum death payments upon the death of a spouse. H.R.368: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes. H.R.581: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund. H.R.709: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict totalization agreements between the United States and other countries to providing for appropriate exchange of Social Security taxes or contributions between the parties to such agreements, and to prohibit crediting of individuals under such title with earnings from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States and are not authorized by law to be employed in the United States. H.R.726: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds a minimum COLA-adjusted amount of $2,500 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such minimum amount. H.R.732: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 10 to 5 the number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced spouse to be eligible for benefits under such title. H.R.1090: To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements, and for other purposes. H.R.1158: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce. H.R.1160: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement. H.R.1161: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service. H.R.1322: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits. H.R.1349: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.1380: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month, and for other purposes. H.R.2032: To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act. H.R.2103: To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. H.R.2167: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. H.R.2355: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the authority for penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by military reservists or national guardsmen called to active duty for extended periods. H.R. 2461: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit distributions from individual retirement plans to be contributed to 529 plans without including the distribution in gross income. H.R.2591:To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty. H.R. 2657: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension plans and welfare plans based on the misclassification or reclassification of their status. H.R.2683: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds. H.R.2831: To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. H.R. 3088: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. HR. 3185: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to establish in the Department of Labor an Advisory Council on Improving Employer-Employee Retirement Practices. H.R. 3361: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R. 3765: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transparency with respect to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans. H.R. 3868: to provide an orderly transition to new requirements, and for other purposes. H.R. 4061: To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. H.R. 4150: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R. 4807: To amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) H.R.5160: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements with respect to employer-established IRAs, and for other purposes. H.R.6382 To make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006, and for other purposes. S.43: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers and to help ensure greater congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect. S.137: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional beneficiary protections. S.190: A bill to provide a technical correction to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S.191: A bill to provide relief for all air carriers with pension plans that are not frozen pension plans. S.355: A bill to establish a National Commission on Entitlement Solvency. S.1010: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. S.1141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. S.1254: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. S.1270: A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. S.1288: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners, and for other purposes. S.1533: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain coins to be acquired by individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, and for other purposes. S.1636: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 1725: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, U.S. Code, to improve the protection of pension benefits, and for other purposes. S. 1809: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. S.1843: A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. S.1947: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. S. 1974: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S. 2184: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 2201: to provide for the penalty-free use of retirement funds for mortgage delinquency relief. S. 2473: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and for other purposes. S.2501: A bill to amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). S. 2505: to allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. S.2570: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social Security of the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in cases in which the Commissioner determines that such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries. S. 2765: To strengthen and permanently preserve Social Security. S.2794: A bill to protect older Americans from misleading and fraudulent marketing practices, with the goal of increasing retirement security. S.3219: A bill to enhance penalties for violations of securities protections that involve targeting seniors. S.Res.601: To designate Oct. 19-25, 2008, as ''National Save for Retirement Week.''
2008 · first_quarter · Retirement
H.R.69: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions. H.R.82: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. H.R.93: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social Security beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits. H.R.149: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under such title, and for other purposes. H.R.191: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. H.R.192: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.279: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for Congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements. H.R.288: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula for workers affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who attain age 65 during the 10-year period after 1981 and before 1992 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly. H.R.340: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least 10 years. H.R.341: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of lump-sum death payments upon the death of a spouse. H.R.368: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes. H.R.581: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund. H.R.709: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict totalization agreements between the United States and other countries to providing for appropriate exchange of Social Security taxes or contributions between the parties to such agreements, and to prohibit crediting of individuals under such title with earnings from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States and are not authorized by law to be employed in the United States. H.R.726: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds a minimum COLA-adjusted amount of $2,500 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such minimum amount. H.R.732: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 10 to 5 the number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced spouse to be eligible for benefits under such title. H.R.1090: To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements, and for other purposes. H.R.1158: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce. H.R.1160: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement. H.R.1161: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service. H.R.1322: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits. H.R.1349: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.1380: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month, and for other purposes. H.R.2032: To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act. H.R.2103: To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. H.R.2167: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. H.R.2355: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the authority for penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by military reservists or national guardsmen called to active duty for extended periods. H.R. 2461: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit distributions from individual retirement plans to be contributed to 529 plans without including the distribution in gross income. H.R.2591:To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty. H.R. 2657: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension plans and welfare plans based on the misclassification or reclassification of their status. H.R.2683: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds. H.R.2831: To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. H.R. 3088: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. HR. 3185: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to establish in the Department of Labor an Advisory Council on Improving Employer-Employee Retirement Practices. H.R. 3361: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R. 3765: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transparency with respect to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans. H.R. 3868: to provide an orderly transition to new requirements, and for other purposes. H.R. 4061: To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. H.R. 4150: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R. 4807: To amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) H.R.5160: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements with respect to employer-established IRAs, and for other purposes. S.43: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers and to help ensure greater congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect. S.137: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional beneficiary protections. S.190: A bill to provide a technical correction to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S.191: A bill to provide relief for all air carriers with pension plans that are not frozen pension plans. S.355: A bill to establish a National Commission on Entitlement Solvency. S.1010: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. S.1141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. S.1254: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. S.1270: A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. S.1288: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners, and for other purposes. S.1533: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain coins to be acquired by individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, and for other purposes. S.1636: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 1725: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, U.S. Code, to improve the protection of pension benefits, and for other purposes. S. 1809: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. S.1947: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. S. 1974: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S. 2184: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 2201: to provide for the penalty-free use of retirement funds for mortgage delinquency relief. S. 2473: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and for other purposes. S.2501: A bill to amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). S. 2505: to allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. S.2570: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social Security of the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in cases in which the Commissioner determines that such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries. S. 2765: to strengthen and permanently preserve Social Security.
2008 · first_quarter · Retirement
HR 3185 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007 HR 4 Pension Protection Act of 2006 HR 3868 and S 1974 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007 HR 3765 Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act of 2007
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
2008 · first_quarter · Retirement
See Addendum S. 1010, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. S. 1141, Automatic IRA Act of 2007 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. S. 1288, Womens Retirement Security Act of 2007 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners, and for other purposes. S. 1725, "Restoring Pension Promises to Workers Act". S. 1974, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007". S. 2473, "Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007". H.R. 2167, Automatic IRA Act of 2007 (H.R. 2167, S. 1141) - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. H.R. 2205, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R. 2683, "Pension Security Act of 2007". H.R. 3185, "401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007". H.R. 3361, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007". H.R. 3765, "The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act of 2007". H.R. 3868, Bill to delay the PPA defined benefit funding rules for one year. H.R. 5160, "Small Business Add Vaue for Employees Act of 2008". DOL Request for Information, Fee and Expense Disclosures to Participants in Individual Account Plans, 72 F.R. 20457-20460 (4/25/07). DOL Final Regulations Default Investment Alternatives, 72 F.R. 60452-60480 (10/24/07). DOL Final Regulations and Revisions to the 2007 Form 5500 Annual Return/Report, 72 F.R. 64710-64730 (11/16/07). DOL Proposed Rule, Reasonable Contracts or Arrangements under Section 408(b)(2) - Fee Disclosure, 72 F.R. 70988-71005 (12/13/07). DOL Interim Rule and Proposed Regulation (Section 2550.404-4) on Safest Available Annuity F.R. Doc E7-17743, E7-17744 (9/11/07). Request to the Treasury Department and IRS on the application of the backloading accrual rules to hybrid pension plan conversions.
2008 · first_quarter · Retirement
Shareholder Votes on Executive Compensation Act (H.R. 1257) Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2007 (H.R. 1820) Pension Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 2683) Alternative Investments, Amending Internal Revenue Code provisions taxing partnerships involving alternative investments (H.R. 2785) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 (H.R. 2831) Alternative Investments, Treating income received by partners for performing investment management as ordinary income (H.R. 2843) Tax Collection Responsibility Act of 2007 (H.R. 3056) 401 (k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act (H.R. 3185) ADA Restoration Act of 2007 (H.R. 3195) Mutual Fund Fee Reform Act (H.R. 3225) Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007 (H.R. 3361) Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 3363) Commission on the Tax Treatment of Hedge Funds and Private Equity Act of 2007 (H.R. 3417) Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007 (H.R. 3652) Defined Contribution Plan Fee Transparency Act of 2007 (H.R. 3765) Bill to Delay the Effective Date of the PPA Funding Rules (H.R. 3868) Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 (H. R. 3970) Offshore Deferred Compensation Reform Act of 2007 (H.R. 3923) The Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007/Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 (H.R. 3996) Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007/Heroes Earnings Assistance and Tax Relief Act of 2007 title as passed (H.R. 3997) AMT Relief Act of 2007 (H.R. 4351) Senate Tax Equity for Domestic Partner and Health Plan Beneficiaries Act (S. 1556) Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007 (S. 1593) Alternative Investments, Amending Internal Revenue Code provisions taxing partnerships involving alternative investments (S. 1624) Restoring Pension Promises to Workers Act (S. 1725) Fair Pay Restoration Act (S. 1843) Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act of 2007 (S. 1881) Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007 (S. 1974) Independent Contractor Proper Classification Act of 2007 (S. 2044) Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007 (S. 2092) Offshore Deferred Compensation Reform Act of 2007 (S. 2199) Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 (S. 2337) Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007 (S. 2473) Regulatory communication with covered federal officials on legislative issues. Legislation The Pension Protection Act (PPA) - H.R. 3361/S. 1974 & H.R. 3185/S. 2473 Treasury/IRS guidance on hybrid plans including backloading Treasury/IRS guidance on combined plan limit Treasury/IRS proposed regulations on single employer plan funding, benefit restrictions, interest rate modifications and mortality tables Treasury/IRS guidance on 409A and deferred compensation Treasury/IRS guidance on employer stock diversification DOL proposed 408(b)(2) regulations for fee disclosure requirements DOL final regulations and other guidance on Form 5500 PBGC guidance related to PPA implementation (hybrid/cash balance plans including backloading)
2008 · first_quarter · Retirement
H.R.69: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions. H.R.82: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions. H.R.93: To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to protect Social Security beneficiaries against any reduction in benefits. H.R.149: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits under such title, and for other purposes. H.R.191: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the inclusion in gross income of Social Security benefits. H.R.192: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.279: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for Congressional oversight and approval of totalization agreements. H.R.288: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an improved benefit computation formula for workers affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who attain age 65 during the 10-year period after 1981 and before 1992 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide prospectively for increases in their benefits accordingly. H.R.340: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least 10 years. H.R.341: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment of lump-sum death payments upon the death of a spouse. H.R.368: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes. H.R.581: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish a Social Security Surplus Protection Account in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to hold the Social Security surplus, to provide for suspension of investment of amounts held in the Account until enactment of legislation providing for investment of the Trust Fund in investment vehicles other than obligations of the United States, and to establish a Social Security Investment Commission to make recommendations for alternative forms of investment of the Social Security surplus in the Trust Fund. H.R.709: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict totalization agreements between the United States and other countries to providing for appropriate exchange of Social Security taxes or contributions between the parties to such agreements, and to prohibit crediting of individuals under such title with earnings from employment or self-employment in the United States performed while such individuals are not citizens, nationals, or lawful permanent residents of the United States and are not authorized by law to be employed in the United States. H.R.726: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds a minimum COLA-adjusted amount of $2,500 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such minimum amount. H.R.732: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 10 to 5 the number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced spouse to be eligible for benefits under such title. H.R.1090: To amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts ensuring full benefits for all workers and their families, restoring long-term Social Security solvency, to make certain benefit improvements, and for other purposes. H.R.1158: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce. H.R.1160: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement. H.R.1161: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service. H.R.1322: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits. H.R.1349: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 increase in income taxes on Social Security benefits. H.R.1380: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly insurance benefit thereunder shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month, and for other purposes. H.R.2032: To require the establishment of a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security and Medicare benefits under titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act. H.R.2103: To amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. H.R.2167: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. H.R.2355: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the authority for penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by military reservists or national guardsmen called to active duty for extended periods. H.R. 2461: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit distributions from individual retirement plans to be contributed to 529 plans without including the distribution in gross income. H.R.2591:To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under part B of the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment, and to exclude periods of COBRA and retiree coverage from such late enrollment penalty. H.R. 2657: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension plans and welfare plans based on the misclassification or reclassification of their status. H.R.2683: To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds. H.R.2831: To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. H.R. 3088: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. HR. 3185: To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and to establish in the Department of Labor an Advisory Council on Improving Employer-Employee Retirement Practices. H.R. 3361: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. H.R. 3765: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide transparency with respect to fees and expenses charged to participant-directed defined contribution plans. H.R. 3868: to provide an orderly transition to new requirements, and for other purposes. H.R. 4061: To allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. H.R. 4150: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R. 4807: To amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA) H.R.5160: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage retirement savings by modifying requirements with respect to employer-established IRAs, and for other purposes. S.43: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to preserve and protect Social Security benefits of American workers and to help ensure greater congressional oversight of the Social Security system by requiring that both Houses of Congress approve a totalization agreement before the agreement, giving foreign workers Social Security benefits, can go into effect. S.137: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide additional beneficiary protections. S.190: A bill to provide a technical correction to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S.191: A bill to provide relief for all air carriers with pension plans that are not frozen pension plans. S.355: A bill to establish a National Commission on Entitlement Solvency. S.1010: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. S.1141: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. S.1254: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. S.1270: A bill to amend title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the case of airline pilots who are required by regulation to retire at age 60, to compute the actuarial value of monthly benefits in the form of a life annuity commencing at age 60. S.1288: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners, and for other purposes. S.1533: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow certain coins to be acquired by individual retirement accounts and other individually directed pension plan accounts, and for other purposes. S.1636: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 1725: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and title 5, U.S. Code, to improve the protection of pension benefits, and for other purposes. S. 1809: to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that distributions from an individual retirement plan, a section 401(k) plan, a section 403(b) contract, or a section 457 plan shall not be includible in gross income to the extent used to pay long-term care insurance premiums. S.1947: A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to improve the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. S. 1974: A bill to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 2006. S. 2184: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently allow penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for individuals called to active duty for at least 179 days. S. 2201: to provide for the penalty-free use of retirement funds for mortgage delinquency relief. S. 2473: to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual account plans and for other purposes. S.2501: A bill to amend the Social Security Act to protect Social Security cost-of-living adjustments (COLA). S. 2505: to allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan, and for other purposes. S.2570: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to authorize waivers by the Commissioner of Social Security of the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to benefits based on disability in cases in which the Commissioner determines that such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries. S. 2765: to strengthen and permanently preserve Social Security.
2008 · first_quarter · Retirement
S. 1288, Women's Retirement Security Act. H.R. 2167/S.1141, Automatic IRA Act of 2007. Proposals related to defined contribution plan fees and fee disclosure practices, including H.R. 3185, 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act, H.R. 3765, The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act, and S. 2473, Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act. Proposals making technical corrections to The Pension Protection Act of 2006, including H.R. 3361/S. 1974, Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act. H.R. 3868, a bill to delay The Pension Protection Act defined benefit funding rules for one year.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $60,000
Social Security Fairness Act of 2007, S. 206 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007, S. 1974 Social Security Fairness Act of 2007, H.R. 82 Retirement Security For Life Act of 2007, H.R.2205 401-k Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007, H.R. 3361 Defined Contribution Plan Fee Transparency Act of 2007, H.R. 3765 Bill to Provide an Orderly Transition to New Pension Requirements, H.R. 3868 Ensign Amendments to SSA Funding Legislation Future of Retirement Security GPO Windfall Elimination Provisions Charles Millard Nomination to Chair PBGC 401-k fees Senator Sessions' PLUS Account Legislation
Client expense: $1,100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2007 · year_end · Retirement
See Addendum S. 1010, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. S. 1141, Automatic IRA Act of 2007 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. S. 1288, Womens Retirement Security Act of 2007 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to increase the retirement security of women and small business owners, and for other purposes. S. 1725, "Restoring Pension Promises to Workers Act". S. 1974, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007". S. 2473, "Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007". H.R. 2167, Automatic IRA Act of 2007 (H.R. 2167, S. 1141) - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit IRAs, to facilitate similar saving by the self-employed, and for other purposes. H.R. 2205, Retirement Security for Life Act of 2007 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities and similar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death by excluding from income a portion of such payments. H.R. 2683, "Pension Security Act of 2007". H.R. 3185, "401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007". H.R. 3361, "Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007". H.R. 3765, "The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act of 2007". H.R. 3868, Bill to delay the PPA defined benefit funding rules for one year. DOL Qualified Default Investment Options Proposed Regulation. DOL Proposed Rule, Default Investment Alternatives Under Participant Directed Invidual Account Plans, 71 F.R. 56805-56824 (9/27/06). DOL Request for Information, IRA Investment Advice, 71 F.R.70427 (12/4/06). DOL Request for Information, Fee and Expense Disclosures to Participants in Individual Account Plans, 72 F.R. 20457-20460 (4/25/07). DOL Final Regulations Default Investment Alternatives, 72 F.R. 60452-60480 (10/24/07). DOL Final Regulations and Revisions to the 2007 Form 5500 Annual Return/Report, 72 F.R. 64710-64730 (11/16/07). DOL Proposed Rule, Reversable Contract or Arrangement under Section 408(b)(2) - Fee Disclosure, 72 F.R. 70988-71005 (12/13/07). DOL Interim Rule and Proposed Regulation (Section 2550.404-4) on Safest Available Annuity F.R. Doc E7-17743, E7-17744 (9/11/07). Proposed IRS Automatic Enollment Regulations, F.R. Doc. E7-21821 (11/7/07). Request to the Treasury Department and IRS on the application of the backloading accrual rules to hybrid pension plan conversions.
2007 · year_end · Retirement
H.R. 4 Pension Protect Act of 2006, pension funding yield curve, hybrid funding; Revenue Scoring; H.R. 3185 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security, all provisions; Participant Fee Disclosure; H.R. 2 409(A) Caps; Hybrid Pension Plans, "Greater O"; S. 1974 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007; H.R. 4839 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007; H.R. 3868 Delay of Pension Protection Act Effective Date, all provisions, S. 2473 Job Creation Act of 2204, defined comp.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2007 · year_end · Retirement
H.R. 4 Pension Protect Act of 2006, pension funding yield curve, hybrid funding; Revenue Scoring; H.R. 3185 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security, all provisions; Participant Fee Disclosure; H.R. 2 409(A) Caps; Hybrid Pension Plans, "Greater O"; S. 1974 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007; H.R. 4839 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007; H.R. 3868 Delay of Pension Protection Act Effective Date, all provisions, S. 2473 Job Creation Act of 2204, defined comp.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2007 · year_end · Retirement
H.R. 4 Pension Protect Act of 2006, pension funding yield curve, hybrid funding; Revenue Scoring; H.R. 3185 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security, all provisions; Participant Fee Disclosure; H.R. 2 409(A) Caps; Hybrid Pension Plans, "Greater O"; S. 1974 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007; H.R. 4839 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007; H.R. 3868 Delay of Pension Protection Act Effective Date, all provisions, S. 2473 Job Creation Act of 2204, defined comp.
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2007 · year_end · Retirement
H.R. 4 Pension Protect Act of 2006, pension funding yield curve, hybrid funding; Revenue Scoring; H.R. 3185 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security, all provisions; Participant Fee Disclosure; H.R. 2 409(A) Caps; Hybrid Pension Plans, "Greater O"; S. 1974 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007; H.R. 4839 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007; H.R. 3868 Delay of Pension Protection Act Effective Date, all provisions, S. 2473 Job Creation Act of 2204, defined compet
Client expense: $130,000 · Firm income: Not reported
2007 · year_end · Retirement
Proposals related to defined contribution plan fees and fee disclosure practices, including H.R. 3765, The Defined Contribution Fee Transparency Act, H.R. 3185, 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act, and S. 2473, Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act. S. 1288, Women's Retirement Security Act, H.R. 2831/S. 1843, The Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Proposals related to asset averaging/smoothing. H.R. 3868, a bill to delay The Pension Protection Act defined benefit funding rules. Proposals making technical corrections to The Pension Protection Act of 2006, including H.R. 3361 and S. 1974, The Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act. Proposals related to older workers' incentives. Proposals related to hybrid pension plan guidance. Proposals related to reform of the minimum required distribution rules. Proposals related to mandatory savings accounts.
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $120,000
2007 · year_end · Retirement
Regulatory Treasury/IRS guidance on hybrid plans including backloading Treasury/IRS guidance on combined plan limit Treasury/IRS/DOL final regulations and other guidance on 403(b) plans Treasury/IRS proposed regulations on single employer plan funding, benefit restrictions, interest rate modifications and mortality tables Treasury/IRS proposed regulations on automatic enrollment contributions Treasury/IRS proposed regulations on health, long term care and disability insurance in a qualified plan Treasury/IRS guidance on 409A and deferred compensation Treasury/IRS transition relief and guidance on 409A corrections Treasury/IRS guidance on nonqualified deferred compensation Section 162 (m) Treasury/IRS guidance on normal retirement age Treasury/IRS proposed guidance on 204(h) notices Treasury/IRS guidance on employer stock diversification DOL proposed regulations on PPA disclosure penalties DOL proposed regulations on selection of annuity providers for individual account plans DOL RFI on 401(k) plan fee and expense disclosure DOL proposed 408(b)(2) regulations for fee disclosure requirements DOL/ERISA Advisory Council Working Groups on participant defined contribution plan benefit statements, financial literacy, participant defined benefit plan statements, fiduciary responsibilities and revenue sharing DOL final regulations and other guidance on Form 5500 DOL final guidance and follow-up on qualified default investment alternative arrangements PBGC proposed regulations to change the variable rate premium (VRP) PBGC proposed guidance related to PPA implementation Shareholder Votes on Executive Compensation Act (H.R. 1257) Tax Equity for Health Plan Beneficiaries Act of 2007 (H.R. 1820) Farm Nutrition and Bioenergy Act of 2007, Food & Energy Security Act of 2007, title as passed (H.R. 2419) Pension Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 2683) Alternative Investments, Amending Internal Revenue Code provisions taxing partnerships involving alternative investments (H.R. 2785) Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 (H.R. 2831) Alternative Investments, Treating income received by partners for performing investment management as ordinary income (H.R. 2843) Tax Responsibility Act of 2007 (H.R. 3056) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 3185) ADA Restoration Act of 2007 (H.R. 3195) Mutual Fund Fee Reform Act (H.R. 3225) Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007 (H.R. 3361) Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 (H.R. 3363) Commission on the Tax Treatment of Hedge Funds and Private Equity Act of 2007 (H.R. 3417) Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007 (H.R. 3652) Defined Contribution Plan Fee Transparency Act of 2007 (H.R. 3765) Bill to Delay the Effective Date of the PPA Funding Rules (H.R. 3868) Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 (H. R. 3970) Offshore Deferred Compensation Reform Act of 2007 (H.R. 3923) The Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007/Tax Increase Prevention Act of 2007 (H.R. 3996) Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007/Heroes Earnings Assistance and Tax Relief Act of 2007 – title as passed (H.R. 3997) AMT Relief Act of 2007 (H.R. 4351) Senate Tax Equity for Domestic Partner and Health Plan Beneficiaries Act (S. 1556) Defenders of Freedom Tax Relief Act of 2007 (S. 1593) Alternative Investments, Amending Internal Revenue Code provisions taxing partnerships involving alternative investments (S. 1624) Restoring Pension Promises to Workers Act (S. 1725) Fair Pay Restoration Act (S. 1843) Americans with Disabilities Act Restoration Act of 2007 (S. 1881) Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007 (S. 1974) Independent Contractor Proper Classification Act of 2007 (S. 2044) Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2007 (S. 2092) Offshore Deferred Compensation Reform Act of 2007 (S. 2199) Long-Term Care Affordability and Security Act of 2007 (S. 2337) Defined Contribution Fee Disclosure Act of 2007 (S. 2473) Small Business Tax Relief Act/Children’s Health Insurance (CHIP) Reauthorization Act of 2007, title as passed (H.R. 976)
2007 · year_end · Retirement
HR 3185 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007 HR 4 Pension Protection Act of 2006 HR 3868 and S 1974 Pension Protection Technical Corrections Act of 2007
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension & Welfare Benefits Administration, SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $780,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Reserve System, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
Client expense: $540,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Client expense: $560,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of
Client expense: $289,643 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office
Client expense: $870,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Commerce, Dept of (DOC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, State, Dept of (DOS), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade & Development Agency (USTDA), U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
Government targets: Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ), Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Labor Relations Board (NLRB), Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), UNDETERMINED
Client expense: $1,260,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), Treasury, Dept of, UNDETERMINED
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Education, Dept of, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE
Client expense: $200,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS), Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Labor, Dept of (DOL), SENATE, Treasury, Dept of, White House Office