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Proposed FMLA Legislation in the 114th Congress (PDF)

16 pages. "[T]he 114th Congress considered several proposals to amend the [Family and Medical Leave Act] in various ways: [1] Additional leave entitlements.... [2] New FMLA-qualifying uses of the existing leave entitlement.... [3] Broader application of existing FMLA-qualifying uses of leave.... [4] Less-restrictive eligibility requirements, generally, and separate requirements for certain worker groups." [Report R44693, Feb. 9, 2017]

Obamacare Oversight: 112th to 114th Congress (PDF)

45 pages. "Since its passage in 2010, the committee has convened 31 oversight hearings on Obamacare and performed systematic and methodical oversight to examine how the administration implemented the most critical components of Obamacare. In these hearings, 107 witnesses testified before the committee, culminating in hundreds of hours of testimony. Of those witnesses, 38 have been administration officials.... The committee's oversight over the last six years, compiled here in its entirety for the first time, has exposed serious deficiencies in Obamacare that have harmed the American people and wasted taxpayer dollars. These oversight hearings and reports have paved the way to legislation that can repeal this harmful law."

CRS Report: Legislative Actions in the 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses to Repeal, Defund, or Delay the Affordable Care Act (PDF)

26 pages. "This report summarizes legislative actions taken during the 112th, 113th, and 114th Congresses to repeal, defund, delay, or otherwise amend the ACA.... Most of the House-passed ACA legislation was not considered in the Senate during that period. A few bills to amend specific elements of the ACA that attracted sufficiently broad and bipartisan support were approved by both the House and the Senate and signed into law." [R43289, Feb. 7,2017]

Congress Repeals Automatic 3-1/2 Month Extension for Form 5500

"The conference agreement repeals the provision in the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 that provides for an automatic 3-1/2 month extension of the due date for filing Form 5500 [which would have applied to plan years beginning in 2016]. Thus, the extended due date for Form 5500 is determined under DOL and IRS rules as in effect before enactment of the Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015." [The Form 5500 provision is discussed at pp. 536-38 of the 555-page conference report. The conference report was agreed upon on December 3, 2015. It has not yet been signed into law by President Obama.]

An Overview of Current Retirement Policy Legislation

"[T]his article [reviews] several bipartisan retirement policy initiatives being considered by Congress.... [1] [T]hree bills introduced in 2017, in the 115th Congress, addressing the issues of lifetime income disclosure, leakage and plans with closed groups.... [2] [P]roposals from the 114th Congress that may come up again in the 115th Congress -- legislation addressing the issue of 'lost' benefits and Senator Hatch's (R-UT) Retirement Enhancement and Savings Act of 2016."

Text of House Committee Report on Proposed Bill to Repeal the DOL Fiduciary Rule (PDF)

98 pages. "The Committee on Education and the Workforce, to whom was referred the bill [H.R. 2823, the Affordable Retirement Advice for Savers Act] to amend [ERISA] and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that retirement investors receive advice in their best interests, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass."

CRS Report: Introduced or Enacted Bills to Repeal, Defund, Delay or Amend the ACA (PDF)

26 pages. "This report summarizes legislative actions taken through the end of the 114th Congress to repeal, defund, delay, or otherwise amend the ACA. The information is presented in three tables. Table 1 summarizes the ACA changes that have been signed into law. Table 2 lists all the House-passed ACA bills. Table 3 summarizes the ACA provisions in the vetoed reconciliation bill." [R43289, Jan. 9, 2017]

CRS Report: DOL's Proposed Fiduciary Rule: Outline of Background and Issues (PDF)

25 pages. Topics: [1] Background on pensions, IRAs, and investments; [2] Regulations for pension plans and IRAs; [3] SEC Regulation of broker-dealers; [4] Protections for pension plan sponsors and participants; [5] Administration's perspective; [6] Perspectives from stakeholders; [7] Timeline for the proposed rule; and [8] Legislation in the 114th Congress. [Report R44207, Oct. 8, 2015]

Legislative Focus on Pay Ratio and Taxation Expected to Intensify

"On the first day of the 114th Congress, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi reintroduced the CEO/Employee Pay Fairness Act, indicating that the tax treatment of executive compensation will again be a potential flashpoint. The bill would prevent companies from deducting compensation for senior executives and other employees in excess of $1 million unless they provide pay increases to U.S. employees that on average exceed average increases in inflation and productivity growth. It is also expected that legislation to limit or eliminate nonqualified deferred compensation will be introduced, although it is not clear how far either proposal will go under Republican control."