# 114-hr-2070: Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act

114-hr-2070, Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] (R-MO); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-2070
- Congress: 114
- Title: Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
- Introduced: 2015-04-28
- Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] (R-MO)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Taxation
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Vested Employee Pension Benefit Protection Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow employees in the building and construction industry to make distributions from their tax-exempt multi-employer pension plan at age 55 if they are not separated from employment at the time of such distributions and were participants in such plan on or before April 30, 2013, and the plan provides for payment of separate accrued benefits when the employee attains the plan's normal retirement age. Suspends payment of distributions for such building and construction industry employees if their multi-employer plan is in endangered or critical status.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO), 2015-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Rodney [R-IL-13] (R-IL), 2015-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2015-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
- JOHN SHIMKUS (R-IL), 2015-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2015-11-19T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2015-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 114-hr-3651: Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015
- 114-hr-2903: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015
- 114-hr-985: Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2015
- 114-hr-4938: Free File Act of 2016
- 114-hr-1624: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-2070 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2070)

## Related
- [114-hr-3929: Office of Strategic Services Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3929)
- [114-hr-3651: Positive Train Control Enforcement and Implementation Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3651)
- [114-hr-2903: Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2903)
- [114-hr-985: Concrete Masonry Products Research, Education, and Promotion Act of 2015](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-985)
- [114-hr-4938: Free File Act of 2016](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4938)
- [114-hr-1624: Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-1624)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-2070 (as of 2025-11-18).