Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case f…
Amends the Internal Revenue Code (section 414(d)) and ERISA (section 3(32)) so a governmental pension plan does not lose its governmental-plan status solely because it allows participation by employees of a public safety agency (a 501(c) tax-exempt organization) who are emergency response providers.
The change explicitly covers employees whose duties are substantially all firefighting or out‑of‑hospital emergency medical services performed for a political subdivision under contract.
Conforming amendments to ERISA and IRC pension- limit provisions are included.
A narrow, technical amendment with limited fiscal impact and bipartisan constituency makes enactment reasonably likely, though procedural barriers remain.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused statutory amendment that is generally well-targeted and technically integrated into existing tax and ERISA provisions, but it omits fiscal acknowledgment, explicit mitigation of edge cases, and measurement or oversight mechanisms.
Liberals emphasize equity for contracted first responders
Liberals emphasize equity for contracted first responders
Likely supportive because the bill extends retirement-plan access and parity to contracted firefighters and EMS personnel.
It advances front-line worker equity by allowing nonprofit or contracted first responders to join governmental pension systems under specified conditions.
Generally favorable but cautious.
The bill fixes an administrative/tax technicality to permit certain contracted first responders into governmental plans, while raising legitimate questions about costs, implementation, and state/local pension obligations.
Skeptical.
Sees this as expanding public pension exposure and possibly shifting fiscal burdens onto taxpayers.
Concerned about federal interventions that change local pension arrangements and incentivize contracting to access benefits.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
A narrow, technical amendment with limited fiscal impact and bipartisan constituency makes enactment reasonably likely, though procedural barriers remain.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Liberals emphasize equity for contracted first responders
A narrow, technical amendment with limited fiscal impact and bipartisan constituency makes enactment reasonably likely, though procedural b…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a narrowly focused statutory amendment that is generally well-targeted and technically integrated into existing tax and ERISA provisions, but it omits fiscal ackno…
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