Prioritizing Our Workers Act

Bill: 116-s-1486
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Manchin, Joe, III [D-WV]
Introduced: 2019-05-15
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Bankruptcy

Employee benefits and pensions
Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-15
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2889)

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-15
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Prioritizing Our Workers Act</b></p> <p>This bill includes as allowable administrative expenses in bankruptcy the unfunded vested benefits in a defined pension plan and certain pension withdrawal liabilities. Claims for administrative expenses are entitled to priority in bankruptcy proceedings.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1486 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 15, 2019 Mr. Manchin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend title 11, United States Code, to include certain pensions as administrative expenses in bankruptcy, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Prioritizing Our Workers Act . 2. Allowance of administrative expenses (a) In general Section 503(b) of title 11, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (8)(B), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (9) the following: (10) notwithstanding section 507(a)(5), all unfunded vested benefits in a defined benefit pension plan; and (11) withdrawal liability determined under part 1 of subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.). . (b) Conforming amendment Section 507(a)(5) is amended by inserting except as provided in section 503(b)(10), after Fifth, .