Other: Miscellaneous Issues
Legislative — proposals, bills and analysis from the 109th and 110th Congresses (2006-present)
Regulatory — administrative rules and information from U.S. offices and agencies
Judicial — current and past court cases and amicus briefs
Press Releases — Council statements and advisories to the news media
(Items in italic are available only to Council members.)
Official Source Documents
March 15, 2010 — Bennet-Johanns Letter to President Obama Supporting Deficit Reduction
December 10, 2010 — Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act (H.R. 4853), Bipartisan Compromise
December 1, 2010 — Final Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
November 17, 2010 — Bipartisan Policy Commission Debt Reduction Task Force Report
November 16, 2010 — Republican Policy Committee Summary and Factsheet Regarding the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 3772)
November 10, 2010 — Draft Report of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform
September 13, 2010 — Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 3772)
May 19, 2009 — Healthy Families Act (H.R. 2460) (DeLauro)
January 22, 2009 — Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (S. 181), As Passed By Senate
January 9, 2009 — Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
(H.R. 11)
January 9, 2009 — Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 12)
September 18, 2008 — Substitute Amendment to the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act (S. 6604)
September 17, 2008 — ADA Amendments Act (S. 3406) (as passed by Senate and House)
July 31, 2008 — Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338), House Floor Version
July 31, 2008 — House Education and Labor Committee Report on Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338)
June 30, 2008 — Michelle’s Law (H.R. 2851)(As Passed by House)
June 27, 2008 — Michelle’s Law (House Floor Substitute Amendment)
July 24, 2008 — The Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act (S. 6604)
July 24, 2008 — Chairman’s Mark of the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act (as passed by House Agriculture Committee) | Approved Marshall Amendment
July 24, 2008 — Section by Section Summary of the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act
July 22, 2008 — Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act [Discussion Draft] (Peterson)
July 16, 2008 — Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act (S. 3268)
July 10, 2008 — Commodity Speculation Reform Act (S. 3248) (Lieberman)
June 25, 2008 — Michelle's Law (H.R. 2851)
June 26, 2008 — Title VII Fairness Act (S. 3209)
May 12, 2008 — Joint Tax Committee Report on Tax Expenditures
April 30, 2008 — Fair Pay Act (S. 2945)(Voinovich)
July 30, 2007 — McKeon "Dear Colleague" Letter on Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 2831)
July 20, 2007 — The Fair Pay Restoration Act (S 1843)(Kennedy)
June 22, 2007 — Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 2831)(Miller)
June 12, 2007 — Pension Security Act (H.R. 2683) (Castle)
March 6, 2007 — Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 766)
Council Materials
October 12, 2010 — Council/U.S. Chamber Submission for Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Long-Term Disability Insurance
January 15, 2009 — Council Letter to Senate Regarding Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
January 9, 2009 — Council Letter to Congress Regarding Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Legislation
July 30, 2008 — Group Letter to the House Regarding the Commodity Markets Transparency and Accountability Act (S. 6604)
July 24, 2008 — Group Letter to Senate Regarding the Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act (S. 3268)
July 24, 2008 — Council Letter to Senators Regarding the Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act (S. 3268)
July 14, 2008 — Council Letter Regarding H.R. 2851
April 22, 2008 — Council Letter to Senate Regarding Fair Pay Restoration Act (S. 1843)
February 1, 2008 — Council Statement for the Senate HELP Committee Hearing Record Regarding Fair Pay Restoration Act (S. 1843)
July 30, 2007 — Council Letter Expressing Concerns with Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 2831)
June 27, 2007 — Council Letter to House Education and Labor Committee Regarding Ledbetter Fair Pay Act (H.R. 2831)
Official Source Documents
January 11, 2013 — IRS Notice 2013-08: Application of Retroactive Increase in Excludible Transit Benefits
January 18, 2011 — Executive Order on Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review and Related Memoranda
January 1, 2011 — IRS Taxable Fringe Benefits Guide
November 17, 2009 — PBGC Final Regulations: USERRA Benefits Under Title IV of ERISA
May 21, 2008 — Bolten memo regarding issuance of regulations at Administration end
Council Materials
August 28, 2012 — Council Testimony to EAC Regarding Disability Insurance and Retirement Stability
Official Source Documents
August 28, 2009 — U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado Decision in Tomlinson v. El Paso Corporation
Council Materials
March 28, 2013 — BENEFITS BRIEF: Implications for Employers of the U.S. Supreme Court Review of the Defense of Marriage Act (Prepared by Crowell & Moring LLP)
February 27, 2013 — Council/Employer Amicus Brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in U.S. v. Windsor (Regarding Defense of Marriage Act)
Health
Health Care Reform (PPACA), General & Misc. Items
- Employer Shared Responsibility
- Market Reforms & Adult Child/Age-26 Coverage
- Preventive Care & Value-Based Design
- Quality Improvement & Delivery Reform
- Essential Benefits
- Tax & Revenue Issues
- Grandfathered Plans
- Claims and Appeals
- Summary of Benefits & Coverage
- Informational Reporting/W2
- Health Insurance Exchanges
- State Innovation
- Medical Loss Ratio & Mini-Med Plans
- Automatic Enrollment
- Wellness Programs
- Accountable Care Organizations
- Non-Discrimination
Consumer-Directed Plans (HSAs/FSAs/HRAs)
Health Information Technology & HIPAA Privacy
Retirement
Defined Contribution/ 401(k) Plan Reform
- Automatic Enrollment
- Investments
- Plan fees
- Taxation of Retirement Plans/Limits
- Funding Reform
- PBGC Deficit & Premiums
- Business Conduct Standards
Retirement Plan Administration
Other Issues
Tax Reform, Deficit Reduction & Federal Budget
- FACTA Issues
- FBAR Issues
- Puerto Rico Plans
- Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation
- Code Section 409(A), 457(A), 162(m) issues
- Say-on-Pay
