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SECTION 1. AMENDMENT AND EXTENSION OF IRISH PEACE PROCESS CULTURAL AND
TRAINING PROGRAM.

(a) Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act.--
(1) Program participant requirements.--Section 2(a) of the
Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (8
U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(5) Program participant requirements.--An alien entering the
United States as a participant in the program shall satisfy the
following requirements:
''(A) The alien shall be a citizen of the United Kingdom or
the Republic of Ireland.
''(B) The alien shall be between 21 and 35 years of age on
the date of departure for the United States.
''(C) The alien shall have resided continuously in a
designated county for not less than 18 months before such date.
''(D) The alien shall have been continuously unemployed for
not less than 12 months before such date.
''(E) The alien may not have a degree from an institution
of higher education.''.
(2) Extension of program.--Section 2 of the Irish Peace Process
Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is
amended--
(A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ''the third program
year and for the 4 subsequent years,'' and inserting ''each
program year,''; and
(B) by amending subsection (d) to read as follows:
''(d) Sunset.--
''(1) Effective October 1, 2008, the Irish Peace Process
Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 is repealed.
''(2) Effective October 1, 2008, section 101(a)(15)(Q) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(Q)) is
amended--
''(A) by striking 'or' at the end of clause (i);
''(B) by striking '(i)' after '(Q)'; and
''(C) by striking clause (ii).''.
(3) Cost-sharing.--Section 2 of the Irish Peace Process
Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note), as
amended by paragraph (2), is further amended--
(A) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections
(d) and (e), respectively; and
(B) by inserting after subsection (b), the following new
subsection:
''(c) Cost-sharing.--The Secretary of State shall verify that the
United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland continue to pay a reasonable
share of the costs of the administration of the cultural and training
programs carried out pursuant to this Act.''.
(4) Technical amendments.--The Irish Peace Process Cultural and
Training Program Act of 1998 (8 U.S.C. 1101 note) is amended--
(A) by striking ''Attorney General'' each place such term
appears and inserting ''Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
(B) by striking ''Immigration and Naturalization Service''
each place such term appears and inserting ''Department of
Homeland Security''.
(b) Immigration and Nationality Act.--
(1) Requirements for nonimmigrant status.--Section
101(a)(15)(Q) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(Q)) is amended--
(A) by striking ''Attorney General'' each place such term
appears and inserting ''Secretary of Homeland Security''; and
(B) in clause (ii)(I)--
(i) by striking ''35 years of age or younger having a
residence'' and inserting ''citizen of the United Kingdom
or the Republic of Ireland, 21 to 35 years of age,
unemployed for not less than 12 months, and having a
residence for not less than 18 months''; and
(ii) by striking ''36 months)'' and inserting ''24
months)''.
(2) Foreign residence requirement.--Section 212 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182) is amended--
(A) by redesignating the subsection (p) as added by section
1505(f) of Public Law 106-386 (114 Stat. 1526) as subsection
(s); and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
''(t)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), no person admitted
under section 101(a)(15)(Q)(ii)(I), or acquiring such status after
admission, shall be eligible to apply for nonimmigrant status, an
immigrant visa, or permanent residence under this Act until it is
established that such person has resided and been physically present in
the person's country of nationality or last residence for an aggregate
of at least 2 years following departure from the United States.
''(2) The Secretary of Homeland Security may waive the requirement
of such 2-year foreign residence abroad if the Secretary determines
that--
''(A) departure from the United States would impose exceptional
hardship upon the alien's spouse or child (if such spouse or child
is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence); or
''(B) the admission of the alien is in the public interest or
the national interest of the United States.''.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.

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Amends the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 1998 (IPPCTPA) and the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to revise the nonimmigrant alien eligibility qualifications for participants in the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program. Sets a minimum age of 21 (retaining the current age 35 maximum) and requires that the individual: (1) be a citizen of the United Kingdom or the Republic of Ireland; (2) have been unemployed continuously for at least 12 months; (3) have resided continuously for at least 18 months in Northern Ireland or one of designated border counties of the Republic of Ireland; and (4) not have a degree from an institution of higher education.

Requires the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress each program year (currently, the third program year and the four subsequent years) on the number of aliens admitted under the program who have overstayed their visas.

Extends the authority of the IPPCTPA through FY 2008.

Requires the Secretary of State to verify that the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland continue to pay a reasonable share of costs for administration of IPPCTPA programs.

Amends the INA to reduce from 36 to 24 months the temporary period of the visit to the United States for participation in the program.

Denies any such person eligibility to apply for nonimmigrant status, an immigrant visa, or permanent residence until he or she has resided and been physically present in the country of nationality or last residence for an aggregate of a least two years following departure from the United States. Authorizes the Secretary of Homeland Security to waive this requirement if: (1) departure from the United States would impose exceptional hardship upon the alien's spouse or child (if such spouse or child is a U.S. citizen or a lawfully resident alien); or (2) the admission of the alien is in the U.S. public or national interest.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Mercury Reduction and Energy
Security Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.

(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) The Environmental Protection Agency (''EPA'') was
required by the terms of the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990
and a 1998 consent agreement to determine whether regulation of
mercury from electric utility steam generating units under
section 112 of the Clean Air Act was appropriate and necessary.
(2) In a December 2000, regulatory finding, the EPA
concluded that regulation of mercury from electric utility
steam generating units was appropriate and necessary.
(3) In 2005, the EPA withdrew its 2000 regulatory finding
in favor of a national cap-and-trade system for mercury
emissions from electric utility steam generating units, the
Clean Air Mercury Rule (''CAMR'').
(4) CAMR was subsequently challenged in petitions for
review filed by 17 States.
(5) The United States Court of Appeals for the District of
Columbia Circuit vacated the rule on February 8, 2008, finding
that once the EPA had listed electric utility steam generating
units as a source of hazardous air pollutants, it was required
by law to proceed with Maximum Achievable Control Technology
(''MACT'') regulations under section 112 of the Clean Air Act
unless it delisted the source category, under procedures set
forth in section 112(c)(9).
(6) Mercury control technologies for coal-fired electric
utility steam generating units have advanced rapidly in the
last few years.
(b) Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to protect public health
and welfare, and the environment, through mercury emission reductions
from electric utility steam generating units.

SEC. 3. MERCURY EMISSION REDUCTIONS.

The Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following new title:

''TITLE VII--MERCURY REDUCTIONS

''SEC. 701. DEFINITIONS.

''In this title:
''(1) Affected unit.--The term 'affected unit' means a
coal-fired electric steam generating unit (including a
cogeneration unit) that--
''(A) has a nameplate capacity greater than 25
megawatts; and
''(B) generates electricity for sale.
''(2) Cogeneration unit.--The term 'cogeneration unit'
means a stationary, coal-fired boiler or a stationary, coal-
fired combustion turbine having equipment used to produce
electricity and useful thermal energy for industrial,
commercial, heating, or cooling purposes through the sequential
use of energy that produces during the 12-month period starting
on the date the unit first produces electricity and during any
calendar year after which the unit first produces electricity--
''(A) for a topping-cycle cogeneration unit--
''(i) useful thermal energy not less than 5
percent of total energy output; and
''(ii) useful power that, when added to
one-half of useful thermal energy produced, is
not less than--
''(I) 42.5 percent of total energy
input if useful thermal energy produced
is 15 percent or more of total energy
output; or
''(II) 45 percent of total energy
input if useful thermal energy produced
is less than 15 percent of total energy
output; and
''(B) for a bottoming-cycle cogeneration unit,
useful power not less than 45 percent of total energy
input.
''(3) Inlet mercury.--The term 'inlet mercury' means the
quantity of mercury found--
''(A) in the as-fired coal used by an affected
unit; or
''(B) for an affected unit using coal that is
subjected to an advanced coal cleaning technology, in
the as-mined coal used by the affected unit.

''SEC. 702. MERCURY REDUCTION PROGRAM.

''(a) Annual Limitation for Affected Units.--Except as provided in
subsection (f), an affected unit in operation before or after the date
of enactment of this title shall be subject to the following emission
limitations on an annual average calendar year basis with respect to
mercury:
''(1) Calendar years 2012 through 2014.--For the period
beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending on December 31, 2014,
the less stringent limitation of the following (calculated on a
one-year rolling average):
''(A) 80 percent capture of inlet mercury.
''(B) An emission rate of 1.60 pounds of mercury
per trillion British thermal units of input coal.
''(2) Calendar year 2015 and thereafter.--For calendar year
2015 and each calendar year thereafter, the less stringent
limitation of the following (calculated on a one-year rolling
average):
''(A) 90 percent capture of inlet mercury.
''(B) An emission rate of 0.80 pounds of mercury
per trillion British thermal units of input coal.
''(b) Averaging Across Units Within a Facility or State.--(1) An
owner or operator of more than one affected unit at a single facility
may demonstrate compliance with the applicable annual average emission
limitations under subsection (a) by averaging emissions from all
affected units at that facility, weighted by total input coal British
thermal units.
''(2) An owner or operator of more than one affected unit or units
within a State may demonstrate compliance with the applicable annual
average emission limitations under subsection (a) by averaging
emissions from all affected units owned or operated by that owner or
operator within such State, weighted by total input coal British
thermal units, if all affected units are owned or operated by the same
entity.
''(3) If an affected unit is owned or operated by more than one
entity, the State in which the affected unit is located shall allocate
to each such owner or operator an appropriate portion of the generation
from the affected unit for purposes of averaging emissions pursuant to
paragraph (1) or (2).
''(c) Reference Methods for Measuring Mercury Emissions.--(1) The
owner or operator of an affected unit shall use any of the following
methods as a reference method to calibrate the instruments used to
measure the mercury concentration in emissions from affected units:
''(A) ASTM D6784-02, 'Standard Test Method for
Elemental, Oxidized, Particle-Bound and Total Mercury
in Flue Gas Generated from Coal-Fired Stationary
Sources' (Ontario Hydro Method).
''(B) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 29,
'Determination of Metals Emissions from Stationary
Sources'.
''(C) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 30A,
'Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions
from Stationary Sources (Instrumental Analyzer
Procedure)'.
''(D) 40 C.F.R. Part 60, Appendix A-8, Method 30B,
'Determination of Total Vapor Phase Mercury Emissions
from Coal-Fired Combustion Sources Using Carbon Sorbent
Traps'.
''(2) The Administrator may revise or supplement the list of
permitted methods set forth in paragraph (1) to reflect improvements or
other developments in the measurement of mercury emissions from coal-
fired electric steam generating units.
''(d) Monitoring System.--(1) The owner or operator of an affected
unit shall install and operate a continuous emissions monitoring system
(CEMS) to measure the quantity of mercury that is emitted from each
affected unit.
''(2) For purposes of complying with paragraph (1), the owner or
operator of an affected unit may use--
''(A) any CEMS that meets the requirements in Performance
Specification 12A (PS-12A), 'Specifications and Test Procedures
for Total Vapor-Phase Mercury Continuous Monitoring Systems in
Stationary Sources';
''(B) a mercury concentration CEMS that meets the
requirements of 40 C.F.R. Part 75; or
''(C) a sorbent trap monitoring system that meets the
requirements of 40 C.F.R. 75.15 and 40 C.F.R. Part 75, Appendix
K, 'Quality Assurance and Operating Procedures for Sorbent Trap
Monitoring Systems';
''(3) The Administrator may revise or supplement the list
of permitted monitoring systems set forth in paragraph (2) to
reflect improvements or other developments in mercury emissions
reduction technologies and mercury emissions monitoring
systems.
''(e) Excess Emissions.--(1) Except as provided in subsection (f),
the owner or operator of an affected unit that emits mercury in excess
of the applicable annual average emission limitation under subsection
(a) shall pay an excess emissions penalty determined under paragraph
(2).
''(2) The excess emissions penalty for mercury shall be an amount
equal to $50,000 for each pound of mercury emitted in excess of the
applicable annual average emission limitation under subsection (a).
Such penalty shall be prorated for each fraction of a pound.
''(f) Best Practices.--(1) Effective, January 1, 2015, if the owner
or operator of any affected unit fails to achieve the annual average
emission limitation under subsection (a)(2), such owner or operator may
notify the Administrator of such failure prior to March 1, 2015, and
request an alternate emissions limitation for mercury with respect to
such affected unit. Such owner or operator shall submit to the
Administrator mercury emissions data measured by a CEMS that complies
with subsection (d) for evaluation. If the Administrator determines
that such owner or operator has properly installed and operated such
CEMS and control technology designed to achieve such annual average
emission limitation and is unable to meet such limitation, the
Administrator may, not later than April 1, 2016, establish an alternate
emissions limitation for mercury with respect to such affected unit
based on the optimal performance of properly installed and operated
control technology.
''(2) With respect to any affected unit, for any year for which an
alternate emissions limitation for mercury is in place for such
affected unit, the Administrator may review such alternate emissions
limitation and impose a more stringent emissions limitation for mercury
for the subsequent year based on new data regarding the demonstrated
control capabilities of the type of control technology installed and
operated at such affected unit.
''(3)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), an owner or
operator of an affected unit failing to achieve the annual average
emission limitation under subsection (a)(2) that notifies the
Administrator of such failure and requests and alternate emissions
limitation for mercury pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be considered in
compliance with this section (and not subject to any excess emissions
penalty) for the period beginning on January 1, 2015, and ending on the
date such an alternate emissions limitation is implemented.
''(B) An owner or operator described in subparagraph (A) shall pay
an excess emissions penalty, as determined under subsection (e)(2), for
the period described in such subparagraph, if such owner or operator
operates or maintains the affected unit, including any associated air
pollution control equipment, in a manner that is inconsistent with good
air pollution control practices for the minimization of mercury
emissions, as determined by the Administrator. In determining whether
the owner or operator of the affected unit operates and maintains the
affected unit in a manner that is consistent with good air pollution
control practices for the minimization of mercury emissions, the
Administrator may review the emissions monitoring data and operating
and maintenance procedures of the affected unit and may inspect the
affected unit.
''(4)(A) With respect to any affected unit for which an alternate
emissions limitation for mercury is in place under this subsection, the
owner or operator of such affected unit that emits mercury in excess of
such alternate emissions limitation shall pay an excess emissions
penalty determined under subparagraph (B).
''(B) The excess emissions penalty for mercury for an owner or
operator of an affected unit described in subparagraph (A) shall be an
amount equal to $50,000 for each pound of mercury emitted in excess of
the alternate emissions limitation for mercury in place for such
affected unit. Such penalty shall be prorated for each fraction of a
pound.
''(g) Sole Limitation on Mercury.--This title shall apply the sole
emission standard or limitation under this Act with regard to the
emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units and
shall supersede any other such requirement under section 112 or any
other provision of this Act.
''(h) Relationship to Other Law.--Except as otherwise specifically
provided in this title, nothing in this title precludes a State or
political subdivision of a State from adopting or enforcing any
additional requirements for the control or abatement of mercury
emissions, except that no State or political subdivision thereof shall
adopt or attempt to enforce any standard relating to the reduction or
control of mercury emissions from electric utility steam generating
units that is less stringent than the standards provided in this
title.''.

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Mercury Reduction and Energy Security Act of 2010 - Amends the Clean Air Act to require affected units (coal-fired electric steam generating units that have nameplate capacities greater than 25 megawatts and generate electricity for sale) to reduce mercury emissions by the less stringent limitation of: (1) 80% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 1.6 pounds of mercury per trillion British thermal units (Btu) of input coal for the period beginning on January 1, 2012, and ending December 31, 2014; and (2) 90% capture of inlet mercury or an emission rate of 0.8 pounds of mercury per trillion Btu of input coal by 2015 and each year thereafter.

Specifies methods that owners or operators of affected units are required to use as reference methods in calibrating the instruments used to measure the mercury concentrations in emissions from affected units.

Establishes excess emissions penalties for mercury. Sets forth compliance provisions.

Authorizes: (1) owners or operators of affected units that fail to achieve such limitations to request an alternate emission limitation; (2) the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish alternate limitations if the Administrator determines that the owner or operator has properly installed and operated continuous emissions monitoring system and control technology designed to achieve such limitations and is unable to achieve such limitations; and (3) the Administrator, after granting alternate limitations, to impose more stringent emissions limitations in subsequent years. Makes such alternate limitations effective January 1, 2015.

Provides that this Act supersedes any other requirement in such Act with regard to the emission of mercury from electric utility steam generating units.

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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Workers' Pension Protection Act''.

TITLE I--MINIMUM GUARANTEED BENEFITS

SEC. 101. MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN BENEFITS GUARANTEE.

(a) In General.--Section 4022A(c) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1322A(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking ''$5'' each place it appears in paragraph
(1) and inserting ''$11'',
(2) by striking ''$15'' in paragraph (1) and inserting
''$33'', and
(3) by striking paragraphs (2), (5), and (6) and by
redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3),
respectively.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 4244(e)(4) of such Act (29
U.S.C. 1424(e)(4)) is amended by striking ''and without regard to
section 4022A(c)(2)''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to benefits payable after the date of the enactment of this Act,
except that such amendments shall not apply to any multiemployer plan
that has received financial assistance (within the meaning of section
4261 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) within the
1-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act.

TITLE II--TREATMENT OF ASSET DEFICIENT MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION PLANS

SEC. 201. FUNDING REQUIREMENTS FOR ASSET DEFICIENT MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS.

(a) In General.--Part 3 of subtitle B of title I of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is
amended by redesignating section 308 as section 309 and by adding after
section 307 the following:

''SEC. 308. RESTRICTIONS ON ASSET DEFICIENT MULTIEMPLOYER PLANS.

''(a) Limitation on Benefit Increases for Asset Deficient Plans.--
The trustees of a multiemployer plan shall not increase benefits for a
plan year if the plan is an asset deficient plan (as defined in
subsection (e)(5)) on the last day of the plan year immediately
preceding the plan year in which the increase in benefits would take
effect.
''(b) Limitation on Amount of Benefit Increase for Other
Multiemployer Plans.--The trustees of a multiemployer plan to which
subsection (a) does not apply shall not increase benefits for a plan
year to the extent the increase in benefits would result in a funded
current liability percentage of less than 90 percent for the plan year
in which the benefit increase takes effect (determined by taking into
account the amount of the unfunded current liability under the plan
attributable to the benefit increase).
''(c) Treatment of Interest Rates.--
''(1) In general.--The rate of interest used to determine
current liabilities of a multiemployer plan for purposes of
this section shall be the rate of interest used under section
302(b)(5)(B), except that the highest rate in the permissible
range under clause (ii) thereof shall not exceed the specified
percentage under paragraph (2) of the weighted average referred
to in such clause.
''(2) Specified percentage.--For purposes of paragraph (1),
the specified percentage shall be determined as follows:

''In the case of plan years The specified
beginning in calendar year: percentage is:
1999.......................................... 109
2000.......................................... 108
2001.......................................... 107
2002.......................................... 106
2003.......................................... 105.
''(d) Treatment of Mortality Tables.--
''(1) Standard table.--In the case of plan years beginning
before the first plan year to which the first tables prescribed
under paragraph (2) apply, the mortality table used in
determining current liability of a multiemployer plan for
purposes of this subsection shall be the table prescribed by
the Secretary of Labor which must be based on the prevailing
standard table (described in section 807 of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986) used by the Commissioner of Internal
Revenue to determine reserves for group annuity contracts
issued on January 1, 1993.
''(2) Secretarial authority.--The Secretary of Labor shall
by regulation prescribe mortality tables to be used in
determining current liability under this subsection for plan
years beginning after December 31, 2000. Such tables shall be
identical to those prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury
under section 412(l)(7)(C)(ii)(II) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986.
''(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
''(1) Benefits.--The term 'benefits' means all benefits to
participants and their beneficiaries under a multiemployer
plan.
''(2) Current liability.--The term 'current liability'
means all liabilities to participants and their beneficiaries
under a multiemployer plan.
''(3) Unfunded current liability.--The term 'unfunded
current liability' means, with respect to any plan year, the
excess (if any) of--
''(A) the current liability under a multiemployer
plan, over
''(B) the value of the assets of the plan
determined under section 302(c)(2), reduced by any
credit balance in the funding standard account.
The Secretary of Labor may provide for such reduction for
purposes of any other provision which references this
paragraph.
''(4) Funded current liability percentage.--The term
'funded current liability percentage' means, with respect to
any plan year, the percentage which--
''(A) the amount determined under paragraph (3)(B),
is of
''(B) the current liability under the multiemployer
plan.
''(5) Asset deficient plan.--The term 'asset deficient
plan' means, with respect to any plan year, a multiemployer
plan with a funded current liability percentage of 95 percent
or less.''
(b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for part 3 of
subtitle B of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 is amended by striking the item relating to section 308 and
inserting the following:

''Sec. 308. Restrictions on asset deficient multiemployer plans.
''Sec. 309. Effective dates.''

SEC. 202. EXCEPTION TO RULE PROHIBITING DECREASE OF ACCRUED BENEFITS.

Section 204(g)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1054(g)(1)) is amended by inserting ''or an amendment
which reduces an increase in accrued benefits resulting from an
increase in benefits prohibited by section 308 (a) or (b)'' after
''4281''.

SEC. 203. NOTICE TO PARTICIPANTS AND OTHERS OF MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN
FUNDING STATUS.

Section 105 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(29 U.S.C. 1025) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(e) Not later than 180 days after the close of each plan year,
the trustees of a multiemployer plan shall provide to plan
participants, beneficiaries, and employers contributing to the plan--
''(1) notice of the plan's funded current liability
percentage on the last day of the preceding plan year, and
''(2) notice of the limits on the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation's guarantee should the plan become insolvent.
Such notice shall be written in a manner so as to be understood by the
average plan participant.''

SEC. 204. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The amendments made by this title shall apply to plan years
beginning after December 31, 1998.

TITLE III--ACTUARIAL ASSUMPTIONS

SEC. 301. INTEREST RATE AND MORTALITY ASSUMPTIONS USED IN DETERMINING
WITHDRAWAL LIABILITY.

(a) In General.--Section 4213(b) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1393(b)) is amended by redesignating
paragraphs (1) and (2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, by
inserting ''(1)'' before ''In determining'', and by adding at the end
the following new paragraph:
''(2) Effective for plan years beginning after December 31,
1998--
''(A) Interest rate.--The rate of interest used to
determine an employer's withdrawal liability under this
part shall be the rate of interest determined under
section 308(c).
''(B) Mortality tables.--The mortality table used
in determining an employer's withdrawal liability under
this part shall be the mortality table determined under
section 308(d) for determining current liability.''
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 1998.

TITLE IV--ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 401. ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS.

Section 502(a) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132(a)) is amended by striking ''or'' at the end of
paragraph (8), by striking the period at the end of paragraph (9) and
inserting '', or'', and by adding at the end the following:
''(10) by an employer which contributes to a multiemployer
plan--
''(A) to enjoin any act or practice which violates
any provision of section 308, 204(g)(1), or 105(e), or
''(B) to obtain other appropriate equitable
relief--
''(i) to redress such violations of such
sections, or
''(ii) to enforce any provision of such
sections.''

SEC. 402. ATTORNEY'S FEES AND COSTS.

Section 502(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
''(3) In any action under subsection (a)(10) by an
employer, the court in its discretion may allow a reasonable
attorney's fee and costs of action to either party.''

SEC. 403. CIVIL ACTIONS BY CORPORATION.

Section 4003(e)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1303(e)(1)) is amended by striking ''and'' before
subparagraph (B) and by adding before the period at the end the
following: '', and (C) in the case of a multiemployer plan, sections
308, 204(g)(1), 105(e), and 4213(b)(2).''

SEC. 404. EFFECTIVE DATE.

The amendments made by this title shall apply to actions relating
to acts or practices involving plan years beginning after December 31,
1998.

TITLE V--INCREASE IN MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN INSURANCE PREMIUMS

SEC. 501. INCREASE IN MULTIEMPLOYER PLAN INSURANCE PREMIUMS.

(a) In General.--Section 4006(a)(3)(A) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1306(a)(3)(A)) is amended--
(1) in clause (iii)--
(A) by inserting ''and before January 1, 1999,''
before ''an amount'', and
(B) by striking the period at the end of subclause
(IV) and inserting '', and'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
''(iv) in the case of a multiemployer plan,
for plan years beginning after December 31,
1998, an amount equal to--
''(I) $3.50 for each participant
for plan years beginning in 1999,
''(II) $4.35 for each participant
for plan years beginning in 2000, and
''(III) $5.20 for each participant
for plan years beginning after December
31, 2000.''
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall
apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 1998.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Title I: Minimum Guaranteed Benefits
Title II: Treatment of Asset Deficient Multiemployer Pension
Plans
Title III: Actuarial Assumptions
Title IV: Administration and Enforcement
Title V: Increase in Multiemployer Plan Insurance Premiums
Workers' Pension Protection Act - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to revise protections for workers in multiemployer pension plans.
Title I: Minimum Guaranteed Benefits
- Revises a formula and increases the amount of multiemployer plan benefits guaranteed by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Title II: Treatment of Asset Deficient Multiemployer Pension Plans
- Prohibits multiemployer pension plan trustees from increasing benefits if the plan is an asset deficient plan with a funded current liability percentage of 95 percent or less. Allows a plan that is not asset deficient to choose to increase benefits if the benefit increase would not reduce the funding levels to below 90 percent.
Requires multiemployer plans to use specified interest rate assumptions and mortality tables.
Modifies a rule which prohibits decrease of accrued benefits to make an exception for plan amendments which reduce an increase resulting from an increase in benefits prohibited under this title.
Requires multiemployer plan administrators to notify plan participants, beneficiaries, and contributing employers of the plan's funding status and the limits of the guarantee by the PBGC if the plan becomes insolvent.
Title III: Actuarial Assumptions
- Requires multiemployer plans, for purposes of determining withdrawal liability, to adopt the interest rate and mortality tables for determining current liability which are specified under title I of this Act.
Title IV: Administration and Enforcement
- Grants employers that contribute to multiemployer plans the right to seek an injunction against a plan to prevent an impermissible benefit increase or any other violations of specified provisions, or obtain other appropriate relief to redress such violations or enforce such provisions.
Authorizes a court, in its discretion, to award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to either party in such actions.
Title V: Increase in Multiemployer Plan Insurance Premiums
- Provides for phased-in increases in multiemployer plan insurance premiums.