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Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5580) Bill TextA 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. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Women's Retirement Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain small employers who do not provide retirement plans for their employees to allow eligible employees to participate in a payroll deposit individual retirement account arrangement (automatic IRA); (2) expand eligibility for the tax credit for retirement savings contributions (saver's credit) and make such credit refundable; (3) allow certain part-time employees to participate in qualified cash or deferred arrangements; (4) allow the transfer of up to $500 of unused health plan benefits to qualified retirement plans; (5) treat wage replacement income (e.g., disability pay or unemployment compensation) as earned income for purposes of IRA contribution limits; [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Adult education, Aged, Budgets, Business, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumers, Crime prevention, Crimes against the elderly, Criminal justice, Estates (Law), Evaluation research (Social action programs), Finance, Financial planning, Financial services, Fraud, Grants-in-aid, Housing, Identity theft, Law, Long-term care, Medical care, Medicine, Mortgages, Nonprofit organizations, Pensions, Performance measurement, Personal budgets, Retirement, Saving and investment, Social services, Telecommunication, Telemarketing, Usury, Women
Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo establish a grant program to enhance the financial and retirement literacy of mid-life and older Americans and to reduce financial abuse and fraud among such Americans, and for other purposes. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Retirement Security Education Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to provide financial education programs to mid-life and older individuals who reside in local communities in order to: (1) enhance their financial and retirement knowledge; and (2) reduce financial abuse and fraud, including telemarketing, mortgage, and pension fraud, among them.Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to one or more eligible entities to: (1) create and make available instructional materials and information that promote financial education; and (2) provide training and other related assistance regarding the establishment of financial education programs. Expresses the sense of Congress that organizations [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4796) Bill TextA bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide grants for eligible entities to provide services to improve financial literacy among older individuals. 5/22/2008--Introduced. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to enable eligible entities to provide services to improve financial literacy among older individuals, including family members and legal representatives of such individuals. Authorizes the Secretary to make such a grant to a national support center to: (1) coordinate services provided through the grant program; and (2) support grant recipients.
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Also tagged in: Aged, Budgets, Consumer education, Consumers, Finance, Government trust funds, Grants-in-aid, Old age assistance, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Pensions, Personal budgets, Social security, Women
Latest Action: 05/22/2008 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4796) Bill TextA bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to provide grants for eligible entities to provide services to improve financial literacy among older individuals. 5/22/2008--Introduced. Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to enable eligible entities to provide services to improve financial literacy among older individuals, including family members and legal representatives of such individuals. Authorizes the Secretary to make such a grant to a national support center to: (1) coordinate services provided through the grant program; and (2) support grant recipients.
Also tagged in: Annuities, Budgets, Business, Counseling, Disability insurance, Disabled, Divorce, Families, Finance, Financial planning, Government information, Government publications, Grants-in-aid, Health insurance, Health policy, Income tax, Individual retirement accounts, Labor, Medical care, Military pensions, Old age, survivors and disability insurance, Part-time employment, Payroll deductions, Pensions, Railroad retirement plans, Self-employed, Separation (Law), Small business, Social security, Survivors' benefits, Tax credits, Tax deductions, Tax exclusion, Tax preparers, Tax refunds, Tax-deferred compensation plans, Taxation, Taxpayers, Transportation, Unemployment insurance, Veterans, Women
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S5580) Bill TextA 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. 5/3/2007--Introduced. Women's Retirement Security Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) require certain small employers who do not provide retirement plans for their employees to allow eligible employees to participate in a payroll deposit individual retirement account arrangement (automatic IRA); (2) expand eligibility for the tax credit for retirement savings contributions (saver's credit) and make such credit refundable; (3) allow certain part-time employees to participate in qualified cash or deferred arrangements; (4) allow the transfer of up to $500 of unused health plan benefits to qualified retirement plans; (5) treat wage replacement income (e.g., disability pay or unemployment compensation) as earned income for purposes of IRA contribution limits; [...] show full description
Also tagged in: Adult education, Aged, Budgets, Business, Congressional reporting requirements, Consumer education, Consumers, Crime prevention, Crimes against the elderly, Criminal justice, Estates (Law), Evaluation research (Social action programs), Finance, Financial planning, Financial services, Fraud, Grants-in-aid, Housing, Identity theft, Law, Long-term care, Medical care, Medicine, Mortgages, Nonprofit organizations, Pensions, Performance measurement, Personal budgets, Retirement, Saving and investment, Social services, Telecommunication, Telemarketing, Usury, Women
Latest Action: 05/18/2007 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities. Bill TextTo establish a grant program to enhance the financial and retirement literacy of mid-life and older Americans and to reduce financial abuse and fraud among such Americans, and for other purposes. 1/17/2007--Introduced. Retirement Security Education Act of 2007 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible entities to provide financial education programs to mid-life and older individuals who reside in local communities in order to: (1) enhance their financial and retirement knowledge; and (2) reduce financial abuse and fraud, including telemarketing, mortgage, and pension fraud, among them.Authorizes the Secretary to award a grant to one or more eligible entities to: (1) create and make available instructional materials and information that promote financial education; and (2) provide training and other related assistance regarding the establishment of financial education programs. Expresses the sense of Congress that organizations [...] show full description
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