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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1102
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JULY 20, 2000
Received
JULY 27, 2000
Read the first time
SEPTEMBER 5, 2000
Read the second time and placed on the calendar; ordered referred to the
Committee on Finance
AN ACT
To provide for pension reform, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES; TABLE OF CON-
TENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform
Act of 2000’’.
(b) AMENDMENT OF 1986 CODE.—Except as other-
wise expressly provided, whenever in this Act an amend-
ment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment
to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provi-
sion of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
(c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; references; table of contents.
TITLE I—INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Modification of IRA contribution limits.
TITLE II—EXPANDING COVERAGE
Sec. 201. Increase in benefit and contribution limits.
Sec. 202. Plan loans for subchapter S owners, partners, and sole proprietors.
Sec. 203. Modification of top-heavy rules.
Sec. 204. Elective deferrals not taken into account for purposes of deduction
limits.
Sec. 205. Repeal of coordination requirements for deferred compensation plans
of State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations.
Sec. 206. Elimination of user fee for requests to IRS regarding pension plans.
Sec. 207. Deduction limits.
Sec. 208. Option to treat elective deferrals as after-tax contributions.
TITLE III—ENHANCING FAIRNESS FOR WOMEN
Sec. 301. Catch-up contributions for individuals age 50 or over.
Sec. 302. Equitable treatment for contributions of employees to defined con-
tribution plans.
Sec. 303. Faster vesting of certain employer matching contributions.
Sec. 304. Simplify and update the minimum distribution rules.
Sec. 305. Clarification of tax treatment of division of section 457 plan benefits
upon divorce.
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Sec. 306. Modification of safe harbor relief for hardship withdrawals from cash
or deferred arrangements.
TITLE IV—INCREASING PORTABILITY FOR PARTICIPANTS
Sec. 401. Rollovers allowed among various types of plans.
Sec. 402. Rollovers of IRAs into workplace retirement plans.
Sec. 403. Rollovers of after-tax contributions.
Sec. 404. Hardship exception to 60-day rule.
Sec. 405. Treatment of forms of distribution.
Sec. 406. Rationalization of restrictions on distributions.
Sec. 407. Purchase of service credit in governmental defined benefit plans.
Sec. 408. Employers may disregard rollovers for purposes of cash-out amounts.
Sec. 409. Minimum distribution and inclusion requirements for section 457
plans.
TITLE V—STRENGTHENING PENSION SECURITY AND
ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 501. Repeal of 150 percent of current liability funding limit.
Sec. 502. Maximum contribution deduction rules modified and applied to all de-
fined benefit plans.
Sec. 503. Excise tax relief for sound pension funding.
Sec. 504. Excise tax on failure to provide notice by defined benefit plans sig-
nificantly reducing future benefit accruals.
Sec. 505. Treatment of multiemployer plans under section 415.
Sec. 506. Prohibited allocations of stock in S corporation ESOP.
TITLE VI—REDUCING REGULATORY BURDENS
Sec. 601. Modification of timing of plan valuations.
Sec. 602. ESOP dividends may be reinvested without loss of dividend deduc-
tion.
Sec. 603. Repeal of transition rule relating to certain highly compensated em-
ployees.
Sec. 604. Employees of tax-exempt entities.
Sec. 605. Clarification of treatment of employer-provided retirement advice.
Sec. 606. Reporting simplification.
Sec. 607. Improvement of employee plans compliance resolution system.
Sec. 608. Repeal of the multiple use test.
Sec. 609. Flexibility in nondiscrimination, coverage, and line of business rules.
Sec. 610. Extension to all governmental plans of moratorium on application of
certain nondiscrimination rules applicable to State and local
plans.
Sec. 611. Notice and consent period regarding distributions.
TITLE VII—PLAN AMENDMENTS
Sec. 701. Provisions relating to plan amendments.
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TITLE I—INDIVIDUAL
RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS
SEC. 101. MODIFICATION OF IRA CONTRIBUTION LIMITS.
(a) INCREASE IN CONTRIBUTION LIMIT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1)(A) of section
219(b) (relating to maximum amount of deduction)
is amended by striking ‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the
deductible amount’’.
(2) DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT.—Section 219(b) is
amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
‘‘(5) DEDUCTIBLE AMOUNT.—For purposes of
paragraph (1)(A)—
‘‘(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
deductible
amount shall be determined in accordance with
the following table:
‘‘For taxable years
The deductible
beginning in:
amount is:
2001 .............................................................................
$3,000
2002 .............................................................................
$4,000
2003 and thereafter .....................................................
$5,000.
‘‘(B) CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INDI-
VIDUALS 50 OR OLDER.—In the case of an indi-
vidual who has attained the age of 50 before
the close of the taxable year, the deductible
amount for taxable years beginning in 2001 or
2002 shall be $5,000.
‘‘(C) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—
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‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any
taxable year beginning in a calendar year
after 2003, the $5,000 amount under sub-
paragraph (A) shall be increased by an
amount equal to—
‘‘(I) such dollar amount, multi-
plied by
‘‘(II) the cost-of-living adjust-
ment 
determined 
under 
section
1(f )(3) for the calendar year in which
the taxable year begins, determined by
substituting ‘calendar year 2002’ for
‘calendar year 1992’ in subparagraph
(B) thereof.
‘‘(ii) 
ROUNDING
RULES.—If 
any
amount after adjustment under clause (i)
is not a multiple of $500, such amount
shall be rounded to the next lower multiple
of $500.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 408(a)(1) is amended by striking
‘‘in excess of $2,000 on behalf of any individual’’
and inserting ‘‘on behalf of any individual in excess
of the amount in effect for such taxable year under
section 219(b)(1)(A)’’.
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(2) Section 408(b)(2)(B) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the dollar amount in
effect under section 219(b)(1)(A)’’.
(3) Section 408(b) is amended by striking
‘‘$2,000’’ in the matter following paragraph (4) and
inserting ‘‘the dollar amount in effect under section
219(b)(1)(A)’’.
(4) Section 408( j) is amended by striking
‘‘$2,000’’.
(5) Section 408(p)(8) is amended by striking
‘‘$2,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the dollar amount in effect
under section 219(b)(1)(A)’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
TITLE II—EXPANDING
COVERAGE
SEC. 201. INCREASE IN BENEFIT AND CONTRIBUTION
LIMITS.
(a) DEFINED BENEFIT PLANS.—
(1) DOLLAR LIMIT.—
(A) Subparagraph (A) of section 415(b)(1)
(relating to limitation for defined benefit plans)
is amended by striking ‘‘$90,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$160,000’’.
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(B) Subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section
415(b)(2) are each amended by striking
‘‘$90,000’’ each place it appears in the head-
ings and the text and inserting ‘‘$160,000’’.
(C) Paragraph (7) of section 415(b) (relat-
ing to benefits under certain collectively bar-
gained plans) is amended by striking ‘‘the
greater of $68,212 or one-half the amount oth-
erwise applicable for such year under paragraph
(1)(A) for ‘$90,000’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘one-half
the amount otherwise applicable for such year
under paragraph (1)(A) for ‘$160,000’ ’’.
(2) LIMIT
REDUCED
WHEN
BENEFIT
BEGINS
BEFORE
AGE
62.—Subparagraph (C) of section
415(b)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘the social security
retirement age’’ each place it appears in the heading
and text and inserting ‘‘age 62’’.
(3) LIMIT INCREASED WHEN BENEFIT BEGINS
AFTER
AGE
65.—Subparagraph (D) of section
415(b)(2) is amended by striking ‘‘the social security
retirement age’’ each place it appears in the heading
and text and inserting ‘‘age 65’’.
(4) 
COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENTS.—Sub-
section (d) of section 415 (related to cost-of-living
adjustments) is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘$90,000’’ in paragraph
(1)(A) and inserting ‘‘$160,000’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3)(A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘$90,000’’ in the head-
ing and inserting ‘‘$160,000’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘October 1, 1986’’ and
inserting ‘‘July 1, 2000’’.
(5) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
415(b)(2) is amended by striking subparagraph (F).
(b) DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS.—
(1) DOLLAR LIMIT.—Subparagraph (A) of sec-
tion 415(c)(1) (relating to limitation for defined con-
tribution plans) is amended by striking ‘‘$30,000’’
and inserting ‘‘$40,000’’.
(2) 
COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENTS.—Sub-
section (d) of section 415 (related to cost-of-living
adjustments) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ in paragraph
(1)(C) and inserting ‘‘$40,000’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3)(D)—
(i) by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ in the head-
ing and inserting ‘‘$40,000’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘October 1, 1993’’ and
inserting ‘‘July 1, 2000’’.
(c) QUALIFIED TRUSTS.—
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(1) 
COMPENSATION
LIMIT.—Sections
401(a)(17), 404(l), 408(k), and 505(b)(7) are each
amended by striking ‘‘$150,000’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘$200,000’’.
(2) BASE PERIOD AND ROUNDING OF COST-OF-
LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—Subparagraph (B) of section
401(a)(17) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘October 1, 1993’’ and in-
serting ‘‘July 1, 2000’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ both places it
appears and inserting ‘‘$5,000’’.
(d) ELECTIVE DEFERRALS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section
402(g) (relating to limitation on exclusion for elec-
tive deferrals) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(A) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding sub-
sections (e)(3) and (h)(1)(B), the elective defer-
rals of any individual for any taxable year shall
be included in such individual’s gross income to
the extent the amount of such deferrals for the
taxable year exceeds the applicable dollar
amount.
‘‘(B) APPLICABLE DOLLAR AMOUNT.—For
purposes of subparagraph (A), the applicable
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dollar amount shall be the amount determined
in accordance with the following table:
‘‘For taxable years
The applicable
beginning in
dollar amount:
calendar year:
2001 ............................................................................. $11,000
2002 ............................................................................. $12,000
2003 ............................................................................. $13,000
2004 ............................................................................. $14,000
2005 or thereafter ........................................................ $15,000.’’.
(2) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—Paragraph
(5) of section 402(g) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5) COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENT.—In the
case of taxable years beginning after December 31,
2005, the Secretary shall adjust the $15,000
amount under paragraph (1)(B) at the same time
and in the same manner as under section 415(d),
except that the base period shall be the calendar
quarter beginning July 1, 2004, and any increase
under this paragraph which is not a multiple of
$500 shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of
$500.’’.
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 402(g) (relating to limitation
on exclusion for elective deferrals), as amended
by paragraphs (1) and (2), is further amended
by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating
paragraphs (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) as para-
graphs (4), (5), (6), (7), and (8), respectively.
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(B) Paragraph (2) of section 457(c) is
amended by striking ‘‘402(g)(8)(A)(iii)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘402(g)(7)(A)(iii)’’.
(C) Clause (iii) of section 501(c)(18)(D) is
amended by striking ‘‘(other than paragraph
(4) thereof)’’.
(e) DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS
OF STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TAX-EXEMPT ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 457 (relating to de-
ferred compensation plans of State and local govern-
ments and tax-exempt organizations) is amended—
(A) in subsections (b)(2)(A) and (c)(1) by
striking ‘‘$7,500’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘the applicable dollar amount’’; and
(B) in subsection (b)(3)(A) by striking
‘‘$15,000’’ and inserting ‘‘twice the dollar
amount in effect under subsection (b)(2)(A)’’.
(2) APPLICABLE
DOLLAR
AMOUNT; COST-OF-
LIVING
ADJUSTMENT.—Paragraph (15) of section
457(e) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(15) APPLICABLE DOLLAR AMOUNT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The applicable dollar
amount shall be the amount determined in ac-
cordance with the following table:
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‘‘For taxable years
The applicable
beginning in
dollar amount:
calendar year:
2001 .............................................................................
$11,000
2002 .............................................................................
$12,000
2003 .............................................................................
$13,000
2004 .............................................................................
$14,000
2005 or thereafter ........................................................
$15,000.
‘‘(B) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS.—In
the case of taxable years beginning after De-
cember 31, 2005, the Secretary shall adjust the
$15,000 amount specified in the table in sub-
paragraph (A) at the same time and in the
same manner as under section 415(d), except
that the base period shall be the calendar quar-
ter beginning July 1, 2004, and any increase
under this paragraph which is not a multiple of
$500 shall be rounded to the next lowest mul-
tiple of $500.’’.
(f) SIMPLE RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS.—
(1) 
LIMITATION.—Clause 
(ii) 
of 
section
408(p)(2)(A) (relating to general rule for qualified
salary reduction arrangement) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$6,000’’ and inserting ‘‘the applicable dollar
amount’’.
(2) APPLICABLE DOLLAR AMOUNT.—Subpara-
graph (E) of 408(p)(2) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘(E) APPLICABLE DOLLAR AMOUNT; COST-
OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of
subparagraph (A)(ii), the applicable dollar
amount shall be the amount determined in
accordance with the following table:
‘‘For taxable years
The applicable
beginning in
dollar amount:
calendar year:
2001 ......................................................................
$7,000
2002 ......................................................................
$8,000
2003 ......................................................................
$9,000
2004 or thereafter ................................................
$10,000.
‘‘(ii) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—
In the case of a year beginning after De-
cember 31, 2004, the Secretary shall ad-
just the $10,000 amount under clause (i)
at the same time and in the same manner
as under section 415(d), except that the
base period taken into account shall be the
calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2003,
and any increase under this subparagraph
which is not a multiple of $500 shall be
rounded to the next lower multiple of
$500.’’.
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Clause (I) of section 401(k)(11)(B)(i)
is amended by striking ‘‘$6,000’’ and inserting
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‘‘the 
amount 
in 
effect 
under 
section
408(p)(2)(A)(ii)’’.
(B) Section 401(k)(11) is amended by
striking subparagraph (E).
(g) ROUNDING RULE RELATING TO DEFINED BEN-
EFIT PLANS
AND DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PLANS.—
Paragraph (4) of section 415(d) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(4) ROUNDING.—
‘‘(A) $160,000 AMOUNT.—Any increase
under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) which
is not a multiple of $5,000 shall be rounded to
the next lowest multiple of $5,000.
‘‘(B) $40,000 
AMOUNT.—Any increase
under subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) which
is not a multiple of $1,000 shall be rounded to
the next lowest multiple of $1,000.’’.
(h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to years beginning after December
31, 2000.
SEC. 202. PLAN LOANS FOR SUBCHAPTER S OWNERS, PART-
NERS, AND SOLE PROPRIETORS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section
4975(f)(6) (relating to exemptions not to apply to certain
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transactions) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause:
‘‘(iii) LOAN
EXCEPTION.—For pur-
poses of subparagraph (A)(i), the term
‘owner-employee’ shall only include a per-
son described in subclause (II) or (III) of
clause (i).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to loans made after December 31,
2000.
SEC. 203. MODIFICATION OF TOP-HEAVY RULES.
(a) SIMPLIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF KEY EM-
PLOYEE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 416(i)(1)(A) (defin-
ing key employee) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or any of the 4 preceding
plan years’’ in the matter preceding clause (i);
(B) by striking clause (i) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(i) an officer of the employer having
an annual compensation greater than
$150,000,’’;
(C) by striking clause (ii) and redesig-
nating clauses (iii) and (iv) as clauses (ii) and
(iii), respectively; and
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(D) by striking the second sentence in the
matter following clause (iii), as redesignated by
subparagraph (C).
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
416(i)(1)(B)(iii) is amended by striking ‘‘and sub-
paragraph (A)(ii)’’.
(b) MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS TAKEN INTO AC-
COUNT FOR MINIMUM CONTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.—
Section 416(c)(2)(A) (relating to defined contribution
plans) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Employer matching contributions (as defined in section
401(m)(4)(A)) shall be taken into account for purposes
of this subparagraph.’’.
(c) DISTRIBUTIONS DURING LAST YEAR BEFORE
DETERMINATION DATE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Paragraph (3) of section
416(g) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTIONS DURING LAST YEAR BE-
FORE
DETERMINATION
DATE
TAKEN
INTO
AC-
COUNT.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—For purposes of
determining—
‘‘(i) the present value of the cumu-
lative accrued benefit for any employee, or
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‘‘(ii) the amount of the account of any
employee,
such present value or amount shall be increased
by the aggregate distributions made with re-
spect to such employee under the plan during
the 1-year period ending on the determination
date. The preceding sentence shall also apply to
distributions under a terminated plan which if
it had not been terminated would have been re-
quired to be included in an aggregation group.
‘‘(B) 5-YEAR PERIOD IN CASE OF IN-SERV-
ICE
DISTRIBUTION.—In the case of any dis-
tribution made for a reason other than separa-
tion from service, death, or disability, subpara-
graph (A) shall be applied by substituting ‘5-
year period’ for ‘1-year period’.’’.
(2) BENEFITS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—
Subparagraph 
(E) 
of 
section 
416(g)(4) 
is
amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘LAST 5 YEARS’’ in the
heading and inserting ‘‘LAST YEAR BEFORE DE-
TERMINATION DATE’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘5-year period’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘1-year period’’.
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(d) DEFINITION OF TOP-HEAVY PLANS.—Paragraph
(4) of section 416(g) (relating to other special rules for
top-heavy plans) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
‘‘(H) CASH OR DEFERRED ARRANGEMENTS
USING
ALTERNATIVE
METHODS
OF
MEETING
NONDISCRIMINATION
REQUIREMENTS.—The
term ‘top-heavy plan’ shall not include a plan
which consists solely of—
‘‘(i) a cash or deferred arrangement
which meets the requirements of section
401(k)(12), and
‘‘(ii) matching contributions with re-
spect to which the requirements of section
401(m)(11) are met.
If, but for this subparagraph, a plan would be
treated as a top-heavy plan because it is a
member of an aggregation group which is a top-
heavy group, contributions under the plan may
be taken into account in determining whether
any other plan in the group meets the require-
ments of subsection (c)(2).’’.
(e) FROZEN PLAN EXEMPT FROM MINIMUM BEN-
EFIT
REQUIREMENT.—Subparagraph (C) of section
416(c)(1) (relating to defined benefit plans) is amended—
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(A) by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ in clause (i)
and inserting ‘‘clause (ii) or (iii)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
FROZEN
PLAN.—For purposes of determining an
employee’s years of service with the em-
ployer, any service with the employer shall
be disregarded to the extent that such
service occurs during a plan year when the
plan benefits (within the meaning of sec-
tion 410(b)) no employee or former em-
ployee.’’.
(f) ELIMINATION OF FAMILY ATTRIBUTION.—Sec-
tion 416(i)(1)(B) (defining 5-percent owner) is amended
by adding at the end the following new clause:
‘‘(iv) 
FAMILY
ATTRIBUTION
DIS-
REGARDED.—Solely for purposes of apply-
ing this paragraph (and not for purposes
of any provision of this title which incor-
porates by reference the definition of a key
employee or 5-percent owner under this
paragraph), section 318 shall be applied
without regard to subsection (a)(1) thereof
in determining whether any person is a 5-
percent owner.’’.
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(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to years beginning after December
31, 2000.
SEC. 204. ELECTIVE DEFERRALS NOT TAKEN INTO AC-
COUNT FOR PURPOSES OF DEDUCTION LIM-
ITS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 404 (relating to deduction
for contributions of an employer to an employees’ trust
or annuity plan and compensation under a deferred pay-
ment plan) is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsection:
‘‘(n) ELECTIVE DEFERRALS NOT TAKEN INTO AC-
COUNT FOR PURPOSES OF DEDUCTION LIMITS.—Elective
deferrals (as defined in section 402(g)(3)) shall not be
subject to any limitation contained in paragraph (3), (7),
or (9) of subsection (a), and such elective deferrals shall
not be taken into account in applying any such limitation
to any other contributions.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to years beginning after December
31, 2000.
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SEC. 205. REPEAL OF COORDINATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLANS OF STATE
AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND TAX-EX-
EMPT ORGANIZATIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (c) of section 457 (re-
lating to deferred compensation plans of State and local
governments and tax-exempt organizations), as amended
by section 201, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—The maximum amount of the
compensation of any one individual which may be deferred
under subsection (a) during any taxable year shall not ex-
ceed the amount in effect under subsection (b)(2)(A) (as
modified by any adjustment provided under subsection
(b)(3)).’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply to years beginning after Decem-
ber 31, 2000.
SEC. 206. ELIMINATION OF USER FEE FOR REQUESTS TO
IRS REGARDING PENSION PLANS.
(a) ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN USER FEES.—The
Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s delegate shall
not require payment of user fees under the program estab-
lished under section 7527 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 for requests to the Internal Revenue Service for
determination letters with respect to the qualified status
of a pension benefit plan maintained solely by one or more
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eligible employers or any trust which is part of the plan.
The preceding sentence shall not apply to any request—
(1) made after the fifth plan year the pension
benefit plan is in existence; or
(2) made by the sponsor of any prototype or
similar plan which the sponsor intends to market to
participating employers.
(b) PENSION BENEFIT PLAN.—For purposes of this
section, the term ‘‘pension benefit plan’’ means a pension,
profit-sharing, stock bonus, annuity, or employee stock
ownership plan.
(c) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘eligible employer’’ has the same meaning
given such term in section 408(p)(2)(C)(i)(I) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986. The determination of whether
an employer is an eligible employer under this section shall
be made as of the date of the request described in sub-
section (a).
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this sec-
tion shall apply with respect to requests made after De-
cember 31, 2000.
SEC. 207. DEDUCTION LIMITS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) STOCK
BONUS
AND
PROFIT
SHARING
TRUSTS.—Subclause (I) of section 404(a)(3)(A)(i)
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(relating to stock bonus and profit sharing trusts) is
amended by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘20
percent’’.
(2) COMPENSATION.—Section 404(a) (relating
to general rule) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(12) DEFINITION
OF
COMPENSATION.—For
purposes of paragraphs (3), (7), (8), and (9), the
term ‘compensation otherwise paid or accrued dur-
ing the taxable year’ shall include amounts treated
as ‘participant’s compensation’ under subparagraph
(C) or (D) of section 415(c)(3).’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Subparagraph (B) of section 404(a)(3) is
amended by striking the last sentence thereof.
(2) Subparagraph (C) of section 404(h)(1) is
amended by striking ‘‘15 percent’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘20 percent’’.
(3) Clause (i) of section 4972(c)(6)(B) is
amended by striking ‘‘(within the meaning of section
404(a))’’ and inserting ‘‘(within the meaning of sec-
tion 
404(a) 
and 
as 
adjusted 
under 
section
404(a)(12))’’.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to years beginning after December
31, 2000.
SEC. 208. OPTION TO TREAT ELECTIVE DEFERRALS AS
AFTER-TAX CONTRIBUTIONS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subpart A of part I of subchapter
D of chapter 1 (relating to deferred compensation, etc.)
is amended by inserting after section 402 the following
new section:
‘‘SEC. 402A. OPTIONAL TREATMENT OF ELECTIVE DEFER-
RALS AS PLUS CONTRIBUTIONS.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—If an applicable retirement
plan includes a qualified plus contribution program—
‘‘(1) any designated plus contribution made by
an employee pursuant to the program shall be treat-
ed as an elective deferral for purposes of this chap-
ter, except that such contribution shall not be ex-
cludable from gross income, and
‘‘(2) such plan (and any arrangement which is
part of such plan) shall not be treated as failing to
meet any requirement of this chapter solely by rea-
son of including such program.
‘‘(b) QUALIFIED PLUS CONTRIBUTION PROGRAM.—
For purposes of this section—
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified plus
contribution program’ means a program under which
an employee may elect to make designated plus con-
tributions in lieu of all or a portion of elective defer-
rals the employee is otherwise eligible to make under
the applicable retirement plan.
‘‘(2) SEPARATE
ACCOUNTING
REQUIRED.—A
program shall not be treated as a qualified plus con-
tribution program unless the applicable retirement
plan—
‘‘(A) establishes separate accounts (‘des-
ignated plus accounts’) for the designated plus
contributions of each employee and any earn-
ings properly allocable to the contributions, and
‘‘(B) maintains separate recordkeeping
with respect to each account.
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS AND RULES RELATING TO DES-
IGNATED PLUS CONTRIBUTIONS.—For purposes of this
section—
‘‘(1) DESIGNATED PLUS CONTRIBUTION.—The
term ‘designated plus contribution’ means any elec-
tive deferral which—
‘‘(A) is excludable from gross income of an
employee without regard to this section, and
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‘‘(B) the employee designates (at such time
and in such manner as the Secretary may pre-
scribe) as not being so excludable.
‘‘(2) DESIGNATION
LIMITS.—The amount of
elective deferrals which an employee may designate
under paragraph (1) shall not exceed the excess (if
any) of—
‘‘(A) the maximum amount of elective de-
ferrals excludable from gross income of the em-
ployee for the taxable year (without regard to
this section), over
‘‘(B) the aggregate amount of elective de-
ferrals of the employee for the taxable year
which the employee does not designate under
paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) ROLLOVER CONTRIBUTIONS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A rollover contribu-
tion of any payment or distribution from a des-
ignated plus account which is otherwise allow-
able under this chapter may be made only if the
contribution is to—
‘‘(i) another designated plus account
of the individual from whose account the
payment or distribution was made, or
‘‘(ii) a Roth IRA of such individual.
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‘‘(B) COORDINATION
WITH
LIMIT.—Any
rollover contribution to a designated plus ac-
count under subparagraph (A) shall not be
taken into account for purposes of paragraph
(1).
‘‘(d) DISTRIBUTION RULES.—For purposes of this
title—
‘‘(1) EXCLUSION.—Any qualified distribution
from a designated plus account shall not be includ-
ible in gross income.
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED DISTRIBUTION.—For purposes
of this subsection—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified
distribution’ has the meaning given such term
by section 408A(d)(2)(A) (without regard to
clause (iv) thereof).
‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTIONS WITHIN NONEXCLU-
SION PERIOD.—A payment or distribution from
a designated plus account shall not be treated
as a qualified distribution if such payment or
distribution is made within the 5-taxable-year
period beginning with the earlier of—
‘‘(i) the first taxable year for which
the individual made a designated plus con-
tribution to any designated plus account
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established for such individual under the
same applicable retirement plan, or
‘‘(ii) if a rollover contribution was
made to such designated plus account from
a designated plus account previously estab-
lished for such individual under another
applicable retirement plan, the first taxable
year for which the individual made a des-
ignated plus contribution to such pre-
viously established account.
‘‘(C) DISTRIBUTIONS OF EXCESS DEFER-
RALS AND EARNINGS.—The term ‘qualified dis-
tribution’ shall not include any distribution of
any excess deferral under section 402(g)(2) and
any income on the excess deferral.
‘‘(3) AGGREGATION RULES.—Section 72 shall
be applied separately with respect to distributions
and payments from a designated plus account and
other distributions and payments from the plan.
‘‘(e) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this
section—
‘‘(1) APPLICABLE
RETIREMENT
PLAN.—The
term ‘applicable retirement plan’ means—
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‘‘(A) an employees’ trust described in sec-
tion 401(a) which is exempt from tax under
section 501(a), and
‘‘(B) a plan under which amounts are con-
tributed by an individual’s employer for an an-
nuity contract described in section 403(b).
‘‘(2) ELECTIVE DEFERRAL.—The term ‘elective
deferral’ means any elective deferral described in
subparagraph (A) or (C) of section 402(g)(3).’’.
(b) EXCESS DEFERRALS.—Section 402(g) (relating
to limitation on exclusion for elective deferrals) is
amended—
(1) by adding at the end of paragraph (1) the
following new sentence: ‘‘The preceding sentence
shall not apply to so much of such excess as does
not exceed the designated plus contributions of the
individual for the taxable year.’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘(or would be included but for
the last sentence thereof)’’ after ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ in
paragraph (2)(A).
(c) ROLLOVERS.—Subparagraph (B) of section
402(c)(8) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘If any portion of an eligible rollover distribu-
tion is attributable to payments or distributions
from a designated plus account (as defined in
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section 402A), an eligible retirement plan with
respect to such portion shall include only an-
other designated plus account and a Roth
IRA.’’.
(d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
(1) W–2 INFORMATION.—Section 6051(a)(8) is
amended by inserting ‘‘, including the amount of
designated plus contributions (as defined in section
402A)’’ before the comma at the end.
(2) INFORMATION.—Section 6047 is amended
by redesignating subsection (f) as subsection (g) and
by inserting after subsection (e) the following new
subsection:
‘‘(f) DESIGNATED PLUS CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall require the plan administrator of each applica-
ble retirement plan (as defined in section 402A) to make
such returns and reports regarding designated plus con-
tributions (as so defined) to the Secretary, participants
and beneficiaries of the plan, and such other persons as
the Secretary may prescribe.’’.
(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 408A(e) is amended by adding after
the first sentence the following new sentence: ‘‘Such
term includes a rollover contribution described in
section 402A(c)(3)(A).’’.
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(2) The table of sections for subpart A of part
I of subchapter D of chapter 1 is amended by insert-
ing after the item relating to section 402 the fol-
lowing new item:
‘‘Sec. 402A. Optional treatment of elective deferrals as plus con-
tributions.’’.
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after
December 31, 2000.
TITLE III—ENHANCING
FAIRNESS FOR WOMEN
SEC. 301. CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS
AGE 50 OR OVER.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 414 (relating to defini-
tions and special rules) is amended by adding at the end
the following new subsection:
‘‘(v) CATCH-UP CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INDIVIDUALS
AGE 50 OR OVER.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—An applicable employer
plan shall not be treated as failing to meet any re-
quirement of this title solely because the plan per-
mits an eligible participant to make additional elec-
tive deferrals in any plan year.
‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL
DEFERRALS.—A plan shall not permit additional
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elective deferrals under paragraph (1) for any year
in an amount greater than the lesser of—
‘‘(A) $5,000, or
‘‘(B) the excess (if any) of—
‘‘(i) the participant’s compensation for
the year, over
‘‘(ii) any other elective deferrals of the
participant for such year which are made
without regard to this subsection.
‘‘(3) TREATMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—In the
case of any contribution to a plan under paragraph
(1), such contribution shall not, with respect to the
year in which the contribution is made—
‘‘(A) be subject to any otherwise applicable
limitation 
contained 
in 
section 
402(g),
402(h)(2), 404(a), 404(h), 408(p)(2)(A)(ii),
415, or 457, or
‘‘(B) be taken into account in applying
such limitations to other contributions or bene-
fits under such plan or any other such plan.
‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT.—For purposes of
this subsection, the term ‘eligible participant’ means,
with respect to any plan year, a participant in a
plan—
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‘‘(A) who has attained the age of 50 before
the close of the plan year, and
‘‘(B) with respect to whom no other elec-
tive deferrals may (without regard to this sub-
section) be made to the plan for the plan year
by reason of the application of any limitation or
other restriction described in paragraph (3) or
comparable limitation contained in the terms of
the plan.
‘‘(5) OTHER
DEFINITIONS
AND
RULES.—For
purposes of this subsection—
‘‘(A) APPLICABLE EMPLOYER PLAN.—The
term ‘applicable employer plan’ means—
‘‘(i) an employees’ trust described in
section 401(a) which is exempt from tax
under section 501(a),
‘‘(ii) a plan under which amounts are
contributed by an individual’s employer for
an annuity contract described in section
403(b),
‘‘(iii) an eligible deferred compensa-
tion plan under section 457 of an eligible
employer 
as 
defined 
in 
section
457(e)(1)(A), and
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‘‘(iv) an arrangement meeting the re-
quirements of section 408 (k) or (p).
‘‘(B) ELECTIVE
DEFERRAL.—The term
‘elective deferral’ has the meaning given such
term by subsection (u)(2)(C).
‘‘(C) 
EXCEPTION
FOR
SECTION
457
PLANS.—This subsection shall not apply to an
applicable employer plan described in subpara-
graph (A)(iii) for any year to which section
457(b)(3) applies.
‘‘(D) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—For
years beginning after December 31, 2005, the
Secretary shall adjust annually the $5,000
amount in subparagraph (A) for increases in
the cost-of-living at the same time and in the
same manner as adjustments under section
415(d); except that the base period shall be the
calendar quarter beginning July 1, 2004, and
any increase which is not a multiple of $500
shall be rounded to the next lowest multiple of
$500.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to contributions in taxable years
beginning after December 31, 2000.
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SEC. 302. EQUITABLE TREATMENT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF
EMPLOYEES 
TO 
DEFINED 
CONTRIBUTION
PLANS.
(a) EQUITABLE TREATMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subparagraph (B) of section
415(c)(1) (relating to limitation for defined con-
tribution plans) is amended by striking ‘‘25 percent’’
and inserting ‘‘100 percent’’.
(2) APPLICATION TO SECTION 403(b).—Section
403(b) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘the exclusion allowance
for such taxable year’’ in paragraph (1) and in-
serting ‘‘the applicable limit under section
415’’;
(B) by striking paragraph (2); and
(C) by inserting ‘‘or any amount received
by a former employee after the fifth taxable
year following the taxable year in which such
employee was terminated’’ before the period at
the end of the second sentence of paragraph
(3).
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Subsection (f) of section 72 is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘section 403(b)(2)(D)(iii))’’ and
inserting ‘‘section 403(b)(2)(D)(iii), as in effect
before the enactment of the Comprehensive Re-
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tirement Security and Pension Reform Act of
2000)’’.
(B) Section 404(a)(10)(B) is amended by
striking ‘‘, the exclusion allowance under sec-
tion 403(b)(2),’’.
(C) Section 415(a)(2) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘, and the amount of the contribution for
such portion shall reduce the exclusion allow-
ance as provided in section 403(b)(2)’’.
(D) Section 415(c)(3) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E) ANNUITY CONTRACTS.—In the case
of an annuity contract described in section
403(b), the term ‘participant’s compensation’
means the participant’s includible compensation
determined under section 403(b)(3).’’.
(E) Section 415(c) is amended by striking
paragraph (4).
(F) Section 415(c)(7) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(7) CERTAIN
CONTRIBUTIONS
BY
CHURCH
PLANS NOT TREATED AS EXCEEDING LIMIT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subsection, at the elec-
tion of a participant who is an employee of a