Lifetime Income Disclosure Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (May 14, 2015)
Lifetime Income Disclosure Act
Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to require the quarterly pension benefit statement furnished to a participant or beneficiary with the right to direct the investment of assets in his or her account under an individual account plan to include a lifetime income disclosure at least once during any 12-month period.
Requires such lifetime income disclosure to set forth the lifetime income stream equivalent of the participant's or beneficiary's total benefits accrued. Defines a lifetime income stream equivalent of the total benefits accrued as the monthly annuity payment the participant or beneficiary would receive if those total accrued benefits were used to provide lifetime income streams to a qualified joint and survivor annuitant.
Directs the Secretary of Labor to:
- issue a model lifetime income disclosure, written in a manner which can be understood by the average plan participant; and
- prescribe assumptions that plan administrators may use in converting total accrued benefits into lifetime income stream equivalents.
Declares that no plan fiduciary, plan sponsor, or other person shall have any liability under ERISA solely by reason of the provision of lifetime income stream equivalents derived in accordance with such assumptions and related rules and including explanations contained in the model lifetime income disclosure.
What just happenedNov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseMay 14, 2015
- Nov 16, 2015Committee
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee - May 14, 2015IntroReferralH11100
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Education and the Workforce Committee - May 14, 2015IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- May 14, 2015IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House