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Increasing and securing retirement income is “an area where Congress is willing to act,” high-profile retirement income expert Wade Pfau says, pointing to the SECURE 2.0 as proof. The popular bipartisan legislation allows individuals to buy QLACs to satisfy all their RMD requirements up to $200,... READ MORE
In a changing of the guard, Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) has been selected by the House Republican leadership to take over as chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, but what does that mean for retirement policy? Overall, Rep. Smith appears to be somewhat of a blank slate in this area... READ MORE
Below is a table providing descriptions and effective dates for the key provisions contained in the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022, which was enacted Dec. 29, 2022, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (P.L. 117-328). Dec. 29, 2022, will now serve as the date of enactment (DOE), where... READ MORE
There was plenty of activity in 2022 affecting plans, participants, employers, and service providers, and NTSA Net was there. But the year that was also provided copious reminders that content that provides nuts-and-bolts information is critically important.  The top 10 posts on NTSA Net in 2022... READ MORE
While it came down to the wire, both the House and Senate have now approved the much-anticipated SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 as part of the mammoth $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill.  For months, it was anticipated that Congress would attach a final SECURE 2.0 package to a year-end spending bill, but... READ MORE
After months of speculation on whether the House and Senate would attach a final retirement security legislative package with a must-do, year-end spending bill, we now have an answer. While most were nestled all snug in their beds in the waning hours of Dec. 19, House and Senate leaders released... READ MORE
With speculation running rampant on whether Congress will approve the SECURE Act 2.0 in the remaining days of the 117th Congress, we sat down with American Retirement Association CEO Brian Graff to get his take on what he sees happening, and what advisors and plan sponsors should be considering. ... READ MORE
With Congress poised to pass another comprehensive retirement policy bill this year — a new analysis underwritten by the American Retirement Association shows the dramatic impact on retirement savings — and retirement coverage — this bill could have. This legislation — nicknamed SECURE 2.0, as it... READ MORE
The Senate Finance Committee Chairman apparently remains bullish on the prospects that follow-on legislation to the original SECURE Act will be enacted this year during the lame-duck session.   Speaking to reporters Nov. 15 on a press call, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), who is Chairman of the tax-writing... READ MORE
Both the House and Senate are scheduled to return this week for a lame-duck session, but the dust hasn’t settled yet on the elections and time is running short, including whether the SECURE Act 2.0 will cross the finish line. Here’s where things stand and what is known so far. In late... READ MORE
Feeling SECURE? We’re still fairly new at implementing the first one, and here comes the second. In an Oct. 24 session of the 2022 ASPPA Annual conference, two industry experts offered a deep dive into what part two may portend — and that includes 403(b)s.  “The legislative process is a mystery,”... READ MORE
Legislation that could affect retirement plans is pending on Capitol Hill — but the midterm elections loom and the remaining weeks after that will be a “lame-duck” session. But that may not spell doom for those bills, suggested American Retirement Association CEO Brian Graff at the Oct. 3 opening... READ MORE
Paving the way for a year-end deal with the House of Representatives, one of the most powerful committees in the U.S. Senate has advanced comprehensive retirement reform legislation that has the support of the American Retirement Association. Serving as the foundation for the Senate’s counterpart... READ MORE
Legislation that builds off the House-passed SECURE Act 2.0 bill and includes provisions advanced by the American Retirement Association has taken an important step in the Senate.  The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved the legislation—formally named the “... READ MORE
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee is set to move forward on legislation intended to build off the House-passed SECURE Act 2.0. After formally introducing the “Retirement Improvement and Savings Enhancement to Supplement Healthy Investments for the Nest Egg” (RISE... READ MORE
In an opening bid by the Senate, the chair and ranking Republican of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee have released a discussion draft of legislation that builds off the House-passed SECURE Act 2.0 legislation.  Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA) and Richard Burr (R-NC) on May 26... READ MORE
Well, this looks familiar: Capitol Hill considering a SECURE Act. But this time around, it’s SECURE 2.0. In a recent webcast, American Retirement Association Retirement Education Counsel Robert M. Richter provided an update regarding the provisions of SECURE 2.0—which include some that would affect... READ MORE
The House of Representatives’ overwhelming passage last week of the Securing a Strong Retirement Act (H.R. 2954, a.k.a SECURE 2.0) helps set the stage for action by the U.S. Senate later this year, Brian Graff explained at the April 3 opening session of the 2022 NAPA 401(k) Summit in Tampa, FL.  “... READ MORE
The $1.5 trillion budget bill passed by Congress this week includes budget boosts for the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the IRS—but bipartisan retirement legislation apparently will have to wait for another day.    On March 9, the House of Representatives passed, by a vote... READ MORE
The nearly $2 trillion broad-based legislative package that includes mega Roth and other retirement-based revenue raisers does not appear to be moving anytime soon, but there is hope for bipartisan retirement legislation.  Speaking to reporters last week, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV)—who had been the... READ MORE

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