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Prioritizing Our Workers Act
Legislative Progress
Introduced
October 16, 2017
Latest Action
October 16, 2017
Primary Sponsor
Joe Manchin, IIIIndependent(WV)
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Prioritizing Our Workers Act This bill amends the federal bankruptcy code to include as allowable administrative expenses in bankruptcy the unfunded vested benefits in a defined pension plan and certain pension obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Claims for administrative expenses are entitled to priority in bankruptcy proceedings.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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