February 4, 2010 — Estimated 2010 Defined Benefit Plan Required Contributions and Credit Balances: Survey Data and Analysis from Mercer
January 19, 2010 Group Letter to Congress Urging Defined Benefit Funding Relief Legislation
January 11, 2010 ACTION ALERT: Sign Joint Company Letter Urging Enactment of Defined Benefit Funding Relief
December 22, 2009 Group Letter to President Urging Defined Benefit Funding Relief Legislation
December 8, 2009 ACTION ALERT: Contact Congressional Committee Members, Urge Enactment of Defined Benefit Funding Relief
November 10, 2009 Updated Summary of Leading Single Employer Funding Relief Proposals (Courtesy of Davis and Harman)
October 30, 2009 Jobs in Peril: Assessing the Impact of Increases in Defined Benefit Plan Funding Obligations on Employment During an Economic Recession
October 1, 2009 Council Testimony on Defined Benefit Pension Funding Relief before House Ways and Means Committee
October 1, 2009 Group Company Letter to Congress Urging Defined Benefit Pension Funding Relief
July 29, 2009 Group Letter to Congress Urging Defined Benefit Pension Relief
June 22, 2009 Specific Defined Benefit Plan Funding Proposals
May 20, 2009 Specific Defined Benefit Plan Funding Proposals
May 8, 2009 Group Letter to Secretary Geithner Urging Pension Funding Relief
April 30, 2009 ACTION ALERT: Sign joint company letter urging Treasury to address defined benefit funding issues
March 23, 2009 ACTION ALERT: Contact legislators to urge enactment of pension funding legislation
March 16, 2009 ACTION ALERT: Urge legislators to enact pension funding legislation
March 16, 2009 Examples Highlighting Need for Additional Pension Funding Relief (Courtesy of Hewitt Consulting)
March 16, 2009 The Future of Defined Benefit Plan Funding under PPA, the Recovery act and Relief Proposals (Courtesy of Watson Wyatt Consulting)
February 20, 2009 Actuarial/Consultant Letters to Congress Regarding Pension Funding Issues
February 2, 2009 ACTION ALERT: Urge legislators to enact pension funding legislation
January 30, 2009 Council Letter to Congress Urging Pension Funding Measures
January 29, 2009 Council Pension Funding Proposals
January 13, 2009 ACTION ALERT: Sign joint company letter urging legislators to enact pension funding relief legislation now
January 2, 2009 Council Talking Points: Legislation Needed to Address Funding Crisis
December 9, 2008 Actuarial/Consultant Letters to Congress Regarding Pension Funding Issues
December 12, 2008 Key Technical Corrections in the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act (H.R. 7327)
December 8, 2008 ACTION ALERT: Urge legislators to enact pension funding relief legislation now
December 8, 2008 Group Letter to Congress on Needed Pension Funding Reform
December 4, 2008 Council Letters to Congress Refuting Administration's Pension Funding Concerns:
November 20, 2008 Council Letter to House and Senate Leadership Regarding Pension Funding Relief
November 18, 2008 ACTION ALERT: Urge Lawmakers to Enact Pension Funding Legislation
November 18, 2008 Talking Points on Defined Benefit Pension Funding Relief
October 29, 2008 Group Letter to House Education and Labor Committee on Needed Pension Funding Reform
October 29, 2008 Group Letter to House Ways and Means Committee on Needed Pension Funding Reform
September 24, 2008 Council Letter to Congress Urging Defined Benefit Plan Measures as part of Financial Relief Proposal
September 22, 2008 Council Letter to Senate Leadership Urging Passage of PPA Technical Corrections Legislation
July 8, 2008 Council Letter to House Urging Passage of PPA Technical Corrections Bill
March 12, 2008 Council Letter to House Leadership Urging Asset Smoothing Clarification with PPA Technical Corrections
November 29, 2007 Multiemployer Pension Plan Provisions of the Pension Protection Act
November 1, 2007 Group Letters to Pomeroy/Cantor Supporting Inclusion of H.R. 3868 in Tax Extenders Package: Pomeroy | Cantor
November 1, 2007 Council Comments to Ways and Means Committee on H.R. 3361, technical corrections to the Pension Protection Act
May 24, 2007 First Amendment of the U.S. Troop Readiness Veterans’ Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act (H.R. 2206)
May 3, 2007 Council Testimony before House HELP Subcommittee on Needed Modifications to the Pension Protection Act
October 25, 2006 Updated Draft List of Guidance and Technical Correction Issues for Single-Employer Defined Benefit Plans
October 5, 2006 Council Chart Comparing Defined Benefit Plan Funding and Hybrid Plan Issues to Current Law
July 31, 2006 Pension Bill (H.R. 4) Summary, Courtesy of Mercer Human Resource Consulting
July 24, 2006 Checklist Letter for Pension Reform Conference Conferees
July 18, 2006 Council/ERIC letter to Conferees on Transition, Hybrids and Funding
July 10, 2006 Council Letter to Pension Bill Conferees
June 19, 2006 ACTION ALERT: New Developments on At-Risk Liability
June 16, 2006 Council testimony submitted to Senate Banking Committee on FASB exposure draft
May 31, 2006 PENSION POINTERS No. 7: Credit Balances
May 15, 2006 PENSION POINTERS No. 6: A Fresh Look at the PBGC
April 25, 2006 PENSION POINTERS No. 5: Averaging and Smoothing
April 3, 2006 PENSION POINTERS No. 4: Myths and Facts Regarding Recent Press Coverage of Pension Reform
March 31, 2006 PENSION POINTERS No. 3: Calculation of At-Risk Liability
March 28, 2006 PENSION POINTERS No. 2: Credit Rating
March 20, 2006 Urge Your Senators to sign on to Levin-Voinovich "Dear Colleague" letter addressing pension funding reform
March 20, 2006 Council Letter to Pension Bill Conferees
March 17, 2006 PENSION POINTERS No. 1: Funding Rules
March 9, 2006 Talking Points on Multiemployer Plans
March 6, 2006 Council Views with Respect to Funding Legislation
February 23, 2006 Chart Comparing Prohibited Transaction Rules in Retirement Bill (H.R. 2830/S. 1783) (Courtesy of Groom Law Group)
February 17, 2006 Retirement Bill Update (PowerPoint Presentation)
January 25, 2006 Council Side-by-Side Chart Comparing Retirement Bills (H.R. 2830/S. 1783), Administration Proposals and Current Law