Hearings on the Public Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1980

Original title: Hearings on the Public Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1980: hearings before the Task Force on Welfare and Pension Plans of the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on H.R. 6525 to provide for pension reform for state and local public employee retirement systems; to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to promote more efficient and satisfactory management of the functions of the federal government relating to employee benefit plans and more effectively carry out the purposes of such act, and for other purposes, hearings held in Washington, D.C. on September 30 and October 1, 1980.

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What This Bill Does

This document records the congressional hearings held in 1980 regarding H.R. 6525, a bill aimed at reforming state and local public employee retirement systems. The hearings focused on amending the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve the management of federal functions related to employee benefit plans.

Why it matters

These hearings represent a significant federal effort to establish regulatory standards for public pension systems, which directly impacts the retirement security of millions of state and local government workers.

Who It Affects

Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

State and local public employees

The proposed legislation targets the management and reform of their retirement systems.

Directly affected

Federal government agencies

The bill proposes changes to how federal functions regarding employee benefit plans are managed.

Key Facts

The hearings addressed H.R. 6525, which proposed reforms for state and local public retirement systems.
The bill sought to amend the 1974 Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
Hearings were conducted by the Task Force on Welfare and Pension Plans in Washington, D.C.
The sessions took place over two days: September 30 and October 1, 1980.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the purpose of H.R. 6525?

The bill aimed to provide for state and local public employee retirement systems and improve the management of federal functions related to employee benefit plans.

Who conducted these hearings?

The hearings were conducted by the Task Force on Welfare and Pension Plans of the Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations, under the Committee on Education and Labor.

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Hearings on the Public Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1980

This document records the congressional hearings held in 1980 regarding H.R. 6525, a bill aimed at reforming state and local public employee retiremen

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Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

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Federalization of Pension Oversight

The hearings indicate a move toward applying federal management standards to state and local retirement systems, which were traditionally managed at the sub-federal level.

H.R. 6525 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974