Information about the vote from special interest groups and other information providers in our Report Cards:
National Taxpayers Union
h2017-95.
h2017-95.
AFL-CIO
Resolution Overturning the Retirement Plan Safe Harbor Rule.
This resolution of disapproval overturned an Obama administration rule that would have allowed states to create retirement programs for private sector workers whose employers do not offer any retirement savings plan. The resolution passed the House and Senate, was signed by President Trump and became law.
Citizens Against Government Waste
Local Government Retirement Plans Disapproval – Passage.
Passage of the joint resolution that would nullify and disapprove of a Labor Department rule that exempts certain local government-administered retirement savings plans for non-government employees from select federal regulations governing pension plans. Under the rule, a city or county must have a population at least as large as the least populated state in the nation, and must administer a retirement plan for its own employees for the program to qualify for the exemption.
Alliance for Retired Americans
Retirement Rule Repeal.
Representative Francis Rooney, R-FL, introduced legislation that nullifies a Department of Labor rule that allows state and local governments to create savings arrangement for non-governmental employees. The rule aimed to help private sector employees save for retirement. The resolution passed. H.J.Res. 67.