About the bill
H.R. 6757 reforms retirement accounts and family-friendly saving accounts to increase flexibility and encourage savings, and creates a new universal savings account. Selected major provisions of the bill are below.
Title I – Expanding and Preserving Retirement Savings Accounts
The Title exempts individuals less than $50,000 across all eligible retirement plans (other than defined benefit plans) from required minimum distribution rules. The title also repeals the maximum age for contributions to a traditional IRA, which is currently set at age 70 1/2.
The Title permits the portability of lifetime income investments if it is no longer authorized to be held as an investment option. Under the proposal, if an employer terminates a section 403(b) plan under which amounts are contributed to custodial accounts, and the person holding the assets of …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on September 27, 2018 but was never passed by the Senate.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
29 Cosponsors (29 Republicans)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“House Passes Kelly Legislation to Increase Retirement Savings for Americans”
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Rep. Mike Kelly [R-PA16]
(Sponsor)
on Dec 20, 2018
“Reichert, House Pass Tax Reform 2.0”
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Rep. David Reichert [R-WA8, 2005-2018]
(Co-sponsor)
on Sep 28, 2018
“THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS - September 28, 2018”
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Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]
on Oct 1, 2018
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What stakeholders are saying
History
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Sep 10, 2018
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Introduced
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Sep 13, 2018
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Ordered Reported
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Sep 24, 2018
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Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means
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Sep 27, 2018
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Passed House (Senate next)
The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. |
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Feb 7, 2019
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Reintroduced Bill —
Introduced
This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 1084 (116th). |
H.R. 6757 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 6757. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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