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 IEEE-USA
will work to advance policies designed to help highly mobile technical
professionals ensure their retirement security.
As priorities, IEEE-USA will
support legislative measures that make
permanent the retirement savings improvements passed in 2001, ensure the
solvency of the Pension Benefits Guaranty Corporation,
enhance pension portability and savings, encourage phased retirement,
and/or protect the long-term viability of the social security system.
IEEE-USA Position
Statements
Legislative Outlook
Forthcoming.
How You Can Help
You can use IEEE-USA's
Legislative
Action Center to send messages, or join the CARE
Team to help us on this and other issues by volunteering as a
grassroots advocate.
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Key
Legislation
Pension Protection Act (H.R. 2830) [Bill
Summary][Fact
Sheet]
Pension Preservation and Portability Act of 2005 (HR 2831).
Related
News
Strengthening America's Retirement Security One Step at a Time,
release by Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) (10 June 2005)
Congressional
Hearings
Hearing on H.R.
2830, the Pension Protection Act of 2005, by the House Committee
on Education and Workforce (15 June 2005)
Protecting
America's Pension Plans from Fraud: Will Your Savings Retire
Before You Do?, by Senate Committee on HELP (9 June 2005)
Reforming
Hybrid and Multi-Employer Pension Plans, by Senate Committee on
HELP (7 June 2005)
PBGC Reform:
Mending the Pension Safety Net, by Senate Committee on HELP (26
April 2005)
Private
Sector Retirement Savings Plans: What Does the Future Hold,
by Senate Committe on HELP (15 March 2005)
Examining Cash Balance Pension Plans: Separating Myth from
Reality, by the House Committee on Education and Workforce (7
July 2004)
Strengthening Pension Security for All Americans: Are Workers
Prepared for a Safe and Secure Retirement, by the House
Committee on Education and Workforce (25 Feb. 2004)
Government
Reports & Information
President's Agenda to
Strengthen Retirement Security
Social
Security Reform: Considerations for Individual Account Design,
GAO-05-847T, June 23, 2005
Private Pensions:
Recent Experiences of Large Defined Benefit Plans Illustrate
Weaknesses in Funding Rules, GAO-05-294, May 31, 2005.
Social Security:
Societal Changes Add Challenges to Program Protections,
GAO-05-706T, May 17, 2005.
Options for
Social Security Reform, GAO-05-649R, May 6, 2005.
Other
Resource Links
IEEE-USA
Career and Workforce Policy Committee
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
Savings Coalition of
America
Senate Committee on Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions
House Committee on Education
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