I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2317 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to require 
a lifetime income disclosure. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2015 
Mr. MESSER (for himself, Mr. POCAN, Mr. REICHERT, Mr. POLIS, and Mr. 
KIND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 to require a lifetime income disclosure. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Lifetime Income Dis-
closure Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REGARDING LIFETIME INCOME. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section 
105(a)(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1025(a)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
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(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘diversification.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘diversification, and’’; and 
(3) by inserting at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) the lifetime income disclosure 
described in subparagraph (D)(i). 
In the case of pension benefit statements de-
scribed in clause (i) of paragraph (1)(A), a life-
time income disclosure under clause (iii) of this 
subparagraph shall only be required to be in-
cluded in one pension benefit statement during 
any one 12-month period.’’. 
(b) LIFETIME INCOME.—Paragraph (2) of section 
105(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1025(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) LIFETIME INCOME DISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(I) DISCLOSURE.—A lifetime in-
come disclosure shall set forth the life-
time income stream equivalent of the 
total benefits accrued with respect to 
the participant or beneficiary. 
‘‘(II) LIFETIME INCOME STREAM 
EQUIVALENT
OF
THE
TOTAL
BENE-
FITS ACCRUED.—For purposes of this 
subparagraph, the term ‘lifetime in-
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come stream equivalent of the total 
benefits accrued’ means the amount of 
monthly payments the participant or 
beneficiary would receive if the total 
accrued benefits of such participant or 
beneficiary were used to provide life-
time income streams described in sub-
clause (III), based on assumptions 
specified in rules prescribed by the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(III) 
LIFETIME
INCOME 
STREAMS.—The 
lifetime 
income 
streams described in this subclause 
are a qualified joint and survivor an-
nuity (as defined in section 205(d)), 
based on assumptions specified in 
rules prescribed by the Secretary, in-
cluding the assumption that the par-
ticipant or beneficiary has a spouse of 
equal age, and a single life annuity. 
Such lifetime income streams may 
have a term certain or other features 
to the extent permitted under rules 
prescribed by the Secretary. 
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‘‘(ii) MODEL DISCLOSURE.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of the enact-
ment of the Lifetime Income Disclosure 
Act, the Secretary shall issue a model life-
time income disclosure, written in a man-
ner so as to be understood by the average 
plan participant, that— 
‘‘(I) explains that the lifetime in-
come stream equivalent is only pro-
vided as an illustration; 
‘‘(II) explains that the actual 
payments under the lifetime income 
stream described in clause (i)(III) 
that may be purchased with the total 
benefits accrued will depend on nu-
merous factors and may vary substan-
tially from the lifetime income stream 
equivalent in the disclosures; 
‘‘(III) explains the assumptions 
upon which the lifetime income stream 
equivalent was determined; and 
‘‘(IV) provides such other similar 
explanations as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
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‘‘(iii) ASSUMPTIONS
AND
RULES.— 
Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of the Lifetime Income Disclo-
sure Act, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(I) prescribe assumptions that 
administrators of individual account 
plans may use in converting total ac-
crued benefits into lifetime income 
stream equivalents for purposes of 
this subparagraph, and 
‘‘(II) issue interim final rules 
under clause (i). 
In prescribing assumptions under sub-
clause (I), the Secretary may prescribe a 
single set of specific assumptions (in which 
case the Secretary may issue tables or fac-
tors that facilitate such conversions), or 
ranges of permissible assumptions. To the 
extent that an accrued benefit is or may be 
invested in a lifetime income stream de-
scribed in clause (i)(III), the assumptions 
prescribed under subclause (I) shall, to the 
extent appropriate, permit administrators 
of individual account plans to use the 
amounts payable under such lifetime in-
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come stream as a lifetime income stream 
equivalent. 
‘‘(iv) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—No 
plan fiduciary, plan sponsor, or other per-
son shall have any liability under this title 
solely by reason of the provision of lifetime 
income stream equivalents which are de-
rived in accordance with the assumptions 
and rules described in clause (iii) and 
which include the explanations contained in 
the model lifetime income disclosure de-
scribed in clause (ii). This clause shall 
apply without regard to whether the provi-
sion of such lifetime income stream equiva-
lent is required by subparagraph (B)(iii). 
‘‘(v) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The require-
ment in subparagraph (B)(iii) shall apply 
to pension benefit statements furnished 
more than 12 months after the latest of 
the issuance by the Secretary of— 
‘‘(I) interim final rules under 
clause (i); 
‘‘(II) the model disclosure under 
clause (ii); or 
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‘‘(III) the assumptions under 
clause (iii).’’. 
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