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H.R. 4970House113th Congress (2013-2015)In Committee

Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014

Sponsored by Frank A. LoBiondoRep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ)
Introduced June 25, 2014

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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November 17, 2014

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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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June 25, 2014

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee

June 26, 2014

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee

November 17, 2014

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Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee

November 17, 2014

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9 Republicans15 Democrats
John Conyers, Jr.
Rep. John Conyers, Jr.D-MI-13 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Minnesota (Mr. Ellison). Madam Speaker, I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentlelady from Hawaii (Ms. Hanabusa). Madam Speaker, I am pleased…

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Gwen Moore
Rep. Gwen MooreD-WI-4 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, as I stand under the ``E Pluribus Unum,'' I pray that this body will do as the Senate has done and come together as one to protect all women from violence. As I think about the LGBT…

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Doc Hastings
Rep. Doc HastingsR-WA-4 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, during my service in Congress representing Central Washington, I have always voted to renew the Violence Against Women Act. As a husband, a father, and a grandfather, I strongly…

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Sheila Jackson Lee
Rep. Sheila Jackson LeeD-TX-18 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I thank the gentleman very much, and I thank the gentlelady, Congresswoman Moore, for her leadership, and thank her for bringing reality to this day. For the last 18 years, we have had…

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Nancy Pelosi
Rep. Nancy PelosiD-CA-12 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I yield myself 1 minute. Madam Speaker, when Congress enacted the original Violence Against Women Act nearly two decades ago, we sent a very clear and immediate message to the American…

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Carolyn B. Maloney
Rep. Carolyn B. MaloneyD-NY-12 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act. According to the US Department of Justice, in 2007 intimate partners committed 14 percent of all the…

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Jerrold Nadler
Rep. Jerrold NadlerD-NY-10 · Feb 28, 2013

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, this bill is about women. It is about our sisters and daughters. It is about combating violence that no human being should ever face--rape, assault,…

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Christopher H. Smith
Rep. Christopher H. SmithR-NJ-4 · Feb 28, 2013

I thank my good friend for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in strong support of the Violence Against Women Act offered by Congresswoman McMorris Rodgers. It authorizes $2.2 billion for VAWA to help…

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Charles W. Dent
Rep. Charles W. DentR-PA-15 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013, which passed the Senate with a strong bipartisan majority. I do support that underlying bill.…

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Trey Gowdy
Rep. Trey GowdyR-SC-4 · Feb 28, 2013

Liz Chesterman was an honors graduate from Hollins University in Virginia. Then she got her Ph.D. in molecular biology. Then she became a patent agent with the largest law firm in South Carolina. And…

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Susan W. Brooks
Rep. Susan W. BrooksR-IN-5 · Feb 28, 2013

I rise in support of VAWA. Yelling. Name calling. Black eyes. Bruises. Belts. Broken bottles. Children scared and crying in the corners, crying for it to stop. The lies and coverups to friends and…

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David N. Cicilline
Rep. David N. CicillineD-RI-1 · Feb 28, 2013

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, 2 weeks ago, the Senate overwhelmingly passed a strong, bipartisan reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act to extend much-needed…

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Steven Horsford
Rep. Steven HorsfordD-NV-4 · Feb 28, 2013

No woman should have to live in fear of violence in this country. One of my first actions in Congress was to cosponsor the Violence Against Women Act, which was authored by my colleague, Gwen Moore.…

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Eni F. H. Faleomavaega
Rep. Eni F. H. FaleomavaegaD-AS · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of S. 47, the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. I urge my colleagues to pass this bill which aims to protect all Americans from domestic and…

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Gerald E. Connolly
Rep. Gerald E. ConnollyD-VA-11 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to see the Republican Leadership in the House has decided to relent on its ideological objections to renewing the landmark protections and support services for women who…

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Eddie Bernice Johnson
Rep. Eddie Bernice JohnsonD-TX-30 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has historically provided a vast network of support for victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking since its…

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Steny H. Hoyer
Rep. Steny H. HoyerD-MD-5 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I want to congratulate the leader for her efforts in getting us to this point. Today, after 2 months, I think we're going to do something very positive, and we're going to do it in a…

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Kevin Cramer
Rep. Kevin CramerR-ND · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, just under 3 years ago, a 2-year-old little boy in Bismarck, North Dakota, watched for half an hour while his stepfather beat his mother to death. Today, that little boy is my…

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Bill Pascrell, Jr.
Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr.D-NJ-9 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, while I'm glad that we will have the opportunity to vote on Senate passed version of the Violence Against Women Act today, I can't believe that we have to stand here playing partisan…

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Raúl M. Grijalva
Rep. Raúl M. GrijalvaD-AZ-3 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I rise today to express my support for the Senate-approved Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill known as S. 47 and to explain my concerns about its counterpart in the House.…

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Patrick Meehan
Rep. Patrick MeehanR-PA-7 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I rise to encourage my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to put aside this rhetoric and to find a way to work together to pass the Violence Against Women Act, to move this…

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Alan S. Lowenthal
Rep. Alan S. LowenthalD-CA-47 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I stand here today to urge my colleagues to bring the Senate-version of the Violence Against Women Act--a bill that would provide critical services to all victims of domestic abuse--to…

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Kerry L. Bentivolio
Rep. Kerry L. BentivolioR-MI-11 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, legislation that is passed here needs to be more than just a title that sounds good in the press. I understand that when most in this country hear the ``Violence Against Women Act,''…

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James Lankford
Rep. James LankfordR-OK-5 · Feb 28, 2013

Madam Speaker, I do want to stand in support of the House proposal today on protecting women across this Nation. This is something that protects all women. I know there's been some interesting…

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Introduced in HouseIssued June 25, 2014

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113th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. R. 4970

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 25, 2014

Mr. LoBiondo (for himself, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Cicilline, Mr. Runyan, Mr. Horsford, Mr. King of New York, Ms. Titus, and Mr. Smith of New Jersey) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

A BILL

To provide for the extension of certain unemployment benefits.

1.

Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014.

(b)

Table of contents

The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Extension of emergency unemployment compensation program.

Sec. 3. Temporary extension of extended benefit provisions.

Sec. 4. Extension of funding for reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities.

Sec. 5. Additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act.

Sec. 6. Flexibility for unemployment program agreements.

Sec. 7. Ending unemployment payments to jobless millionaires and billionaires.

Sec. 8. GAO study on the use of work suitability requirements in unemployment insurance programs.

Sec. 9. Funding stabilization.

Sec. 10. Extension of customs user fees.

2.

Extension of emergency unemployment compensation program

(a)

Extension

Section 4007(a)(2) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking January 1, 2014 and inserting the date that is 5 months after the date of the enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014.

(b)

Funding

Section 4004(e)(1) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (I), by striking and at the end;

(2)

in subparagraph (J), by inserting and at the end; and

(3)

by inserting after subparagraph (J) the following:

(K)

the amendment made by section 2(a) of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014;

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(c)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

3.

Temporary extension of extended benefit provisions

(a)

In general

Section 2005 of the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act, as contained in Public Law 111–5 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note), is amended—

(1)

by striking December 31, 2013 each place it appears and inserting the date that is 5 months after the date of the enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014; and

(2)

in subsection (c), by striking June 30, 2014 and inserting the date that is 11 months after the date of the enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014.

(b)

Extension of matching for states with no waiting week

Section 5 of the Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–449; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking June 30, 2014 and inserting the date that is 11 months after the date of the enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014.

(c)

Extension of modification of indicators under the extended benefit program

Section 203 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended—

(1)

in subsection (d), by striking December 31, 2013 and inserting the date that is 5 months after the date of the enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014; and

(2)

in subsection (f)(2), by striking December 31, 2013 and inserting the date that is 5 months after the date of the enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014.

(d)

Effective date

The amendments made by this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

4.

Extension of funding for reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities

(a)

Extension

(1)

In general

Section 4004(c)(2)(A) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by striking through fiscal year 2014 and inserting through fiscal year 2015.

(2)

Effective date

The amendment made by this subsection shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–240).

(b)

Timing for services and activities

(1)

In general

Section 4001(i)(1)(A) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence:

At a minimum, such reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities shall be provided to an individual within a time period (determined appropriate by the Secretary) after the date the individual begins to receive amounts under section 4002(b) (first tier benefits) and, if applicable, again within a time period (determined appropriate by the Secretary) after the date the individual begins to receive amounts under section 4002(d) (third tier benefits).

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(2)

Effective date

The amendment made by this subsection shall apply on and after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(c)

Purposes of services and activities

The purposes of the reemployment services and reemployment and eligibility assessment activities under section 4001(i) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) are—

(1)

to better link the unemployed with the overall workforce system by bringing individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits in for personalized assessments and referrals to reemployment services; and

(2)

to provide individuals receiving unemployment insurance benefits with early access to specific strategies that can help get them back into the workforce faster, including through—

(A)

the development of a reemployment plan;

(B)

the provision of access to relevant labor market information;

(C)

the provision of access to information about industry-recognized credentials that are regionally relevant or nationally portable;

(D)

the provision of referrals to reemployment services and training; and

(E)

an assessment of the individual's on-going eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits.

5.

Additional extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act

(a)

Extension

(1)

In general

Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)(D)(iii)) is amended—

(A)

by striking June 30, 2013 and inserting June 30, 2014; and

(B)

by striking December 31, 2013 and inserting December 31, 2014.

(2)

Effective date

The amendments made by this subsection shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(b)

Clarification on authority To use funds

Funds appropriated under either the first or second sentence of clause (iv) of section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D), as in effect on the day before the date of enactment of this Act.

(c)

Funding for administration

Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Railroad Retirement Board $250,000 for administrative expenses associated with the payment of additional extended unemployment benefits provided under section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a), to remain available until expended.

6.

Flexibility for unemployment program agreements

(a)

Flexibility

(1)

In general

Subsection (g) of section 4001 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) shall not apply with respect to a State that has enacted a law before June 30, 2014, that, upon taking effect, would violate such subsection.

(2)

Effective date

Paragraph (1) is effective with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

(b)

Permitting a subsequent agreement

Nothing in title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) shall preclude a State whose agreement under such title was terminated from entering into a subsequent agreement under such title on or after the date of the enactment of this Act if the State, taking into account the application of subsection (a), would otherwise meet the requirements for an agreement under such title.

7.

Ending unemployment payments to jobless millionaires and billionaires

(a)

Prohibition

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds may be used for payments of unemployment compensation under the emergency unemployment compensation program under title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252; 26 U.S.C. 3304 note) to an individual whose adjusted gross income in the preceding year was equal to or greater than $1,000,000.

(b)

Compliance

Unemployment insurance applications shall include a form or procedure for an individual applicant to certify the individual’s adjusted gross income was not equal to or greater than $1,000,000 in the preceding year.

(c)

Audits

The certifications required by subsection (b) shall be auditable by the U.S. Department of Labor or the U.S. Government Accountability Office.

(d)

Status of applicants

It is the duty of the States to verify the residency, employment, legal, and income status of applicants for unemployment insurance and no Federal funds may be expended for purposes of determining whether or not the prohibition under subsection (a) applies with respect to an individual.

(e)

Effective date

The prohibition under subsection (a) shall apply to weeks of unemployment beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.

8.

GAO study on the use of work suitability requirements in unemployment insurance programs

(a)

Study

The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study on the use of work suitability requirements to strengthen requirements to ensure that unemployment insurance benefits are being provided to individuals who are actively looking for work and who truly want to return to the labor force. Such study shall include an analysis of—

(1)

how work suitability requirements work under both State and Federal unemployment insurance programs; and

(2)

how to incorporate and improve such requirements under Federal unemployment insurance programs; and

(3)

other items determined appropriate by the Comptroller General.

(b)

Briefing

Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall brief Congress on the ongoing study required under subsection (a). Such briefing shall include preliminary recommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Comptroller General determines appropriate.

9.

Funding stabilization

(a)

Funding stabilization under the Internal Revenue Code

The table in subclause (II) of section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:

If the calendar year is:The applicable minimum percentage is:The applicable maximum percentage is:
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, or 201890%110%
201985%115%
202080%120%
202175%125%
After 202170%130%

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(b)

Funding stabilization under ERISA

(1)

In general

The table in subclause (II) of section 303(h)(2)(C)(iv) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 is amended to read as follows:

If the calendar year is:The applicable minimum percentage is:The applicable maximum percentage is:
2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, or 201890%110%
201985%115%
202080%120%
202175%125%
After 202170%130%

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(2)

Conforming amendment

(A)

In general

Clause (ii) of section 101(f)(2)(D) of such Act is amended by striking 2015 and inserting 2021.

(B)

Statements

The Secretary of Labor shall modify the statements required under subclauses (I) and (II) of section 101(f)(2)(D)(i) of such Act to conform to the amendments made by this section.

(c)

Stabilization not To apply for purposes of certain accelerated benefit distribution rules

(1)

Internal Revenue Code of 1986

The second sentence of paragraph (2) of section 436(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking of such plan and inserting of such plan (determined by not taking into account any adjustment of segment rates under section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv)).

(2)

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

The second sentence of subparagraph (B) of section 206(g)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1056(g)(3)(B)) is amended by striking of such plan and inserting of such plan (determined by not taking into account any adjustment of segment rates under section 303(h)(2)(C)(iv)).

(3)

Effective date

(A)

In general

Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amendments made by this subsection shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2014.

(B)

Collectively bargained plans

In the case of a plan maintained pursuant to 1 or more collective bargaining agreements, the amendments made by this subsection shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 2015.

(4)

Provisions relating to plan amendments

(A)

In general

If this paragraph applies to any amendment to any plan or annuity contract, such plan or contract shall be treated as being operated in accordance with the terms of the plan during the period described in subparagraph (B)(ii).

(B)

Amendments to which paragraph applies

(i)

In general

This paragraph shall apply to any amendment to any plan or annuity contract which is made—

(I)

pursuant to the amendments made by this subsection, or pursuant to any regulation issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary of Labor under any provision as so amended, and

(II)

on or before the last day of the first plan year beginning on or after January 1, 2016, or such later date as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe.

(ii)

Conditions

This subsection shall not apply to any amendment unless, during the period—

(I)

beginning on the date that the amendments made by this subsection or the regulation described in clause (i)(I) takes effect (or in the case of a plan or contract amendment not required by such amendments or such regulation, the effective date specified by the plan), and

(II)

ending on the date described in clause (i)(II) (or, if earlier, the date the plan or contract amendment is adopted),

the plan or contract is operated as if such plan or contract amendment were in effect, and such plan or contract amendment applies retroactively for such period.
(C)

Anti-cutback relief

A plan shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements of section 204(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and section 411(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 solely by reason of a plan amendment to which this paragraph applies.

(d)

Modification of funding target determination periods

(1)

Internal Revenue Code of 1986

Clause (i) of section 430(h)(2)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking the first day of the plan year and inserting the valuation date for the plan year.

(2)

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Clause (i) of section 303(h)(2)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1083(h)(2)(B)(i)) is amended by striking the first day of the plan year and inserting the valuation date for the plan year.

(e)

Effective date

(1)

In general

The amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (d) shall apply with respect to plan years beginning after December 31, 2012.

(2)

Elections

A plan sponsor may elect not to have the amendments made by subsections (a), (b), and (d) apply to any plan year beginning before January 1, 2014, either (as specified in the election)—

(A)

for all purposes for which such amendments apply, or

(B)

solely for purposes of determining the adjusted funding target attainment percentage under sections 436 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 206(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 for such plan year.

A plan shall not be treated as failing to meet the requirements of section 204(g) of such Act and section 411(d)(6) of such Code solely by reason of an election under this paragraph.
10.

Extension of customs user fees

Section 13031(j)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 U.S.C. 58c(j)(3)) is amended—

(1)

in subparagraph (A), by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting September 30, 2024; and

(2)

in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking September 30, 2023 and inserting September 30, 2024.