Excerpt: After two years, there may be an end in sight to the legal limbo. In June, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, proposed the Pension Protection Act, which, if passed, would make cash-balance pension plans legal. Employers have been waiting for such guidance on the issue, but some like Voith say that even if the courts or the federal government decide the plans are legal, companies will not be rushing back into them.