Pension Funding

Congress
May 21, 2010   ERIC Urges Congress to Approve Meaningful Pension Funding Relief
May 3, 2007   ERIC Board Member Calls for Pension Act Changes, More Realistic Effective Dates
Jul 24, 2006   ERIC Urges Members of Congress to Vote No on Miller Motion
Mar 20, 2006   Senators and Representatives Dispatch Letters to Pension Conferees
Dec 9, 2005   ERIC Letter to Speaker Urges Sound Pension Reforms
Nov 21, 2005   Pension Coalition Letter Urges Senators to Develop "Common Sense" Pension Reform Legislation
Nov 17, 2005   ERIC Urges Senate to Consider Pension Reform Recommendations
Nov 9, 2005   ERIC Submits Position on Pension Legislation To House Ways & Means
Nov 3, 2005   ERIC Urges Senators to Support Bingaman Amendment to Budget Reconciliation Bill
Oct 27, 2005   House Education & Workforce Committee Increases Pension Premium Taxes & Chairman Boehner Defends Hybrid Plans
Oct 17, 2005   ERIC Letter to HELP Committee on Premium Increases
Sep 30, 2005   ERIC Letter to Senate Reflecting ERIC's Immediate Concerns with S.1783
Sep 23, 2005   ERIC Letter to Senator: Current Negotiations Regarding Pension Funding Legislation
Sep 8, 2005   ERIC Submits Letter to Senators Urging Careful Consideration of Pending Pension Reform Legislation
Jul 26, 2005   Description of the Chairman's Mark of the "National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee Act Of 2005" (JCX-56-05)
Jul 26, 2005   Modifications to the Senate Finance Committee Chairman's Mark of the "National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee Act Of 2005" (JCX-57-05)
Jul 26, 2005   Estimated Revenue Effects of the Chairman's Modifications to the "National Employee Savings and Trust Equity Guarantee Act Of 2005" (JCX-58-05)
Jul 25, 2005   ERIC Exhorts Senators to Consider Modifications to Latest Pension Funding Bill
Jul 22, 2005   ERIC Sends Comments to Senate on Legislation Affecting Hybrid Defined Benefit Pension Plans
Jun 28, 2005   ERIC Submits Briefing Docs on Credit Balance to Congress
Jun 15, 2005   ERIC Submits Testimony on Pension Reform and Hybrid Pension Plan Bills
Jun 13, 2005   Grassley Baucus Letter to PBGC Requesting Actuarial and Financial Information on Employers Sponsoring Plans Underfunded by $50 Million or More
Jun 9, 2005   Sen. Grassley Memorandum Re: Pension Legislation Substance
May 24, 2005   ERIC Letter to Congress Re: Pension Funding, PBGC Reform, and Hybrid Pension Plans
Apr 26, 2005   Testimony of Sallie Ballantine Bailey on Behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers, ERIC and Other Associations
Apr 25, 2005   RPC Policy Paper: "Retirement-Income Security: The Status of Hybrid-Pension Plans"
Apr 6, 2005   Education and the Workforce Letter to the PBGC Re: 4010
Mar 8, 2005   Sen. Gordon Smith Letter Re PBGC Premiums in Budget
Mar 5, 2005   Pension Coalition Letter to Senate Re: Treatment Pension Funding Reform in FY 2006 Budget Resolution
Feb 28, 2005   ERIC Testimony Delivered to Senate Finance Committee for March 1 Hearing on Pension Funding
Feb 28, 2005   Joint Business Testimony for the Finance Committee Hearing On Pension Funding
Apr 6, 2004   ERIC Letters to Senate Democrats and Republican Re: HR 3108 (30-Year Treasury)
Mar 30, 2004   Association Letter to Senate on 30-Year Treeasury
Feb 24, 2004   30-Year Treasury Letter to Senate Conferees (Coalition Letter)
Feb 13, 2004   Coalition Letter to Congress On 30 Year Treasury Pension Funding Relief (updated 2/10/2004)
Jan 15, 2004   ERIC, Business Groups Letter to Senate on Corporate Bond Rate (updated company list)
Nov 24, 2003   Business Groups Letter to Senate Finance on 30-Year Treasury Rate
Nov 14, 2003   ERIC Letter to Congress on Replacing 30-year Treasury Bond
Oct 17, 2003   Testimony of Steve Kandarian, Mark Warshawsky, & Barbara Bovbjerg - Senate Aging Committee - America's Pensions: The Next Savings and Loan Crisis?
Oct 14, 2003   Testimony of Scott Macey Before a Hearing of the US Senate Special Committee on Aging on America's Pension System
Sep 16, 2003   Testimony of Christopher O'Flinn on Defined Benefit Pension Plans and the PBGC
Jul 17, 2003   Joint Testimony of Kenneth Porter on 30-Year Treasury
Jun 26, 2003   ERIC: Testimony of Kenneth W. Porter Before the Working Group on Defined Benefit Plan Funding & Discount Rate Issues
Mar 11, 2003   ERIC Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Finance on Pension Funding