Retirement
With Americans living longer, healthier, and more active lives, retirement planning and saving are more important than ever. Through employer-sponsored retirement plans, businesses can provide benefits to help support the long-term financial security of their employees.
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The U.S. Chamber works to make it easier for employers to provide retirement plans and financial wellness programs for their employees. Working closely with leaders on Capitol Hill and key federal agencies, we advocate for legislation and regulations that ease administrative burdens and promote innovation in plans and services.
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Latest Content
- Nov 18, 2020Together We Are Stronger
Although short in length, Section 3608 of the CARES Act is a powerful tool for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension plans. Congress recognized that in these uncertain times, employers were facing a dilemma: make pension contributions (for obligations that won’t be due in years) or make payroll and other short term costs.
- Oct 01, 2020Coalition Letter to Treasury & IRS on Remote Notarization
Edward Killen
Acting Commissioner
Tax Exempt and Governmental Entities Division
999 N. Capitol Street, NW
Washington, DC 20224Carol Weiser
Benefits Tax Counsel
U.S. Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20220
Stephen Tackney
Deputy Associate Chief Counsel
Internal Revenue Service
1111 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20224RE: Notice 2020- 42, Remote Notarization
- Sep 21, 2020Comments to DOL Regarding Registration Requirements for Pooled Plan Providers
Office of Regulatiosn and Interpretations,
Employee Benefit Security Administration
Room N-5655
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20201
Re: Registration Requirements for Pooled Plan Providers, RIN 1210-AB94 - Sep 08, 2020Congressional Inaction Costs Our Businesses and Our Jobs
“The most threatening issue to our company’s survival beyond 2020 may not be the pandemic, oil shocks, or civil unrest, but the failure to support and reform the multiemployer pension system.”
- Sep 02, 2020Coalition Letter on Multiemployer Pension Crisis
September 2, 2020
The Honorable Nancy Pelosi, Speaker
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515The Honorable Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510
The Honorable Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515The Honorable Chuck Schumer, Minority Leader
U.S. Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510 - Aug 31, 2020Coalition Comment Letter to Treasury and IRS re: Contribution Due Date Under CARES ACT Section 3608
Mr. Stephen Tackney
Deputy Associate Chief Counsel
Tax Exempt and Government Entities [TE/GE]
Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (Employee Benefits, Exempt Organizations, and Employment
Taxes)
Internal Revenue Service
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224RE: Contribution Due Date Under CARES ACT Section 360 8
Dear Mr. Tackney:
- Jul 22, 2020Comments to DOL Regarding Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans.
Office of Regulations and Interpretations,
Employee Benefit Security Administration
Room N -5655
U.S. Department of Labor
200 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20201Re: Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans Under the SECURE Act and
Other Multiple Employer Plans –RIN: 1210 –ZA28To Whom It May Concern:
- May 15, 2020Neil Bradley OpEd: Pension Reform - Don't let inaction ruin the recovery
Pension reform: Don't let inaction ruin the recovery
Neil Bradley – The Hill
- May 13, 2020Coalition Letter Regarding Single Employer Funding Relief
May 13, 2020
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS:
- May 01, 2020Letter to OMB Supporting DOL's Proposed Rule Regarding Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans
The Honorable Russ Vought
Acting Director
The Office of Management and Budget
725 17 th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20503Re: Support for the DOL’s Final Rule Regarding Default Electronic Disclosure
by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under ERI SA, RIN1210 -AB90Dear Acting Director Vought: