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				Employment, Labor, & Pensions  Pensions, Benefits, & Wages  Pensions   Document Name    Date   Document Type  2000 Legislative Summary: Railroad Retirement   2000 Legislative Analysis 2002 Legislative Summary: Pension Plan Regulation   Dec. 7, 2002 Legislative Analysis 2003 Legislative Summary: Pension Funding Rules   Dec. 13, 2003 Legislative Analysis 2004 Legislative Summary: Corporate Pensions Contributions   Dec. 4, 2004 Legislative Analysis 2006 Legislative Summary: Pension Policy Overhaul   Dec. 18, 2006 Legislative Analysis A Safer Nest Egg?   Sep. 29, 2014 Legislative Analysis Airline Pensions, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Alessi v. Raybestos-Manhattan, Buczynski v. General Motors (451 U.S. 504): Brief Summary   May 18, 1981 Case Summary Allied Structural Steel Co. v. Spannaus: Brief Summary   Jun. 28, 1978 Case Summary An Industry Called to Account   Jan. 19, 2002 Legislative Analysis Arizona Governing Committee for Tax Deferred Annuity and Deferred Compensation Plans v. Norris (463 U.S. 1073): Brief Summary   Jul. 6, 1983 Case Summary Arizona Governing Committee v. Norris. Ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court on Sex Bias in Pension and Retirement Plans. Justices T. Marshall, H.A. Blackmun, L.F. Powell, Jr., S.D. O'Connor   Jul. 6, 1983 Primary Source Australian Private Pension Plans     Encyclopedia Entry Average Indexed Monthly Earnings (AIME)     Encyclopedia Entry Ball, Robert, on Social Security     Encyclopedia Entry Bankruptcy Law, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Barnhart v. Peabody Coal Co.   Jan. 15, 2003 Case Summary Bay Area Laundry and Dry Cleaning Pension Trust Fund v. Ferbar Corporation of California, Inc.: Brief Summary   Dec. 15, 1997 Case Summary Beck v. PACE International Union   Jun. 11, 2007 Case Summary Boggs v. Boggs: Brief Summary   Jun. 2, 1997 Case Summary Bush Budget: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation   Feb. 14, 2005 Legislative Analysis Business Groups Worry Pension Overhaul Following Enron Demise Could Go Too Far   Feb. 16, 2002 Legislative Analysis Cash-Balance Pension: A Different Retirement Plan     Encyclopedia Entry Central Laborers’ Pension Fund v. Heinz   Jun. 7, 2004 Case Summary Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Central Transport Inc.: Brief Summary   Jun. 19, 1985 Case Summary Chilean Pension System: First of Its Kind     Encyclopedia Entry City of Los Angeles v. Manhart: Brief Summary   Apr. 25, 1978 Case Summary City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power v. Manhart: U.S. Supreme Court Opinion Forbidding Employers to Compel Women to Make Larger Contributions to Pension Funds Than Men Who Earn the Same Salary   Apr. 25, 1978 Primary Source Commissioner of Internal Revenue v. Keystone Consolidated Industries, Inc.: Brief Summary   May 24, 1993 Case Summary Concrete Pipe & Products of California, Inc. v. Construction Laborers Pension Trust for Southern California: Brief Summary   Jun. 14, 1993 Case Summary Congressional Testimony by Bradley D. Belt, Executive Director of the Federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), on Underfunded Pension Plans   Mar. 1, 2005 Primary Source Conkright v. Frommert   Apr. 21, 2010 Case Summary Corporate Pension Contributions, 2003-2004 Legislative Chronology   2003 - 2004 Legislative Analysis Deadlock Jeopardizes Quick Pension Funding Relief For Companies This Year   Mar. 27, 2004 Legislative Analysis Defense Bill Action Could Be Delayed To Avoid Pre-Election Veto of Veterans Law   Oct. 5, 2002 Legislative Analysis Disparate Tacks on Pension Rewrite Highlight Struggle for Control   Mar. 23, 2002 Legislative Analysis Early Retirement     Encyclopedia Entry Egelhoff v. Egelhoff   Mar. 21, 2001 Case Summary Fall Agenda: Pension and Retirement Savings   Aug. 30, 2003 Legislative Analysis Fall Legislative Preview: Pensions   Sep. 4, 2018 Legislative Analysis Federal Insurance Contribution Act of 1937 (FICA)     Encyclopedia Entry Florida v. Long: Brief Summary   Jun. 22, 1988 Case Summary General Dynamics Land Systems, Inc. v. Cline   Feb. 24, 2004 Case Summary Golden Years Lose a Lot of Their Glitter   Feb. 16, 2009 Legislative Analysis GOP Pension Bills Favor 'Defined-Contribution' Plans   May 10, 2003 Legislative Analysis Great Britain Pension System     Encyclopedia Entry Guidry v. Sheet Metal Workers National Pension Fund: Brief Summary   Jan. 17, 1990 Case Summary Harper v. Virginia Department of Taxation: Brief Summary   Jun. 18, 1993 Case Summary Harris Trust and Savings Bank v. Salomon Smith Barney Inc.: Brief Summary   Jun. 12, 2000 Case Summary Highlights of the Pension Bill   Apr. 10, 2004 Legislative Analysis Hill's Probes of Enron Collapse Will Focus On Adequacy of Oversight, Effect on Retirees   Jan. 12, 2002 Legislative Analysis House Democrats' Revamped Pension Rescue Plan Splits Union Backers   Jun. 15, 2020 Legislative Analysis House Vote 422: Pension Law Changes   Jan. 1, 2007 Legislative Analysis House Wraps Up Work on Pension Bill, But Future Is Far From Assured   Apr. 3, 2004 Legislative Analysis House, Senate Start on Pension Overhaul   2005 Legislative Analysis Inter-Modal Rail Employees Association v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.: Brief Summary   May 12, 1997 Case Summary International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. Daniel: Brief Summary   Jan. 16, 1979 Case Summary Jim McNeff Inc. v. Todd (461 U.S. 260): Brief Summary   Apr. 27, 1983 Case Summary Kennedy v. Plan Administrator for DuPont Savings and Investment Plan   Jan. 26, 2009 Case Summary Keogh Plan (Pension)     Encyclopedia Entry Liberal Groups Split on Pensions   Oct. 14, 2013 Legislative Analysis Lindahl v. Office of Personnel Management (OPM): Brief Summary   Mar. 20, 1985 Case Summary Local 144 Nursing Home Pension Fund v. Demisay: Brief Summary   Jun. 14, 1993 Case Summary Lockheed Corp. v. Spink: Brief Summary   Jun. 10, 1996 Case Summary Looming Retirements Leave FAA Scrambling   May 29, 2006 Legislative Analysis Lump-Sum Buyouts (Early Pension)     Encyclopedia Entry Lump-Sum Pension Payments, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1990 Legislative Analysis Mandatory Retirement Ban, 1977 Legislative Chronology   1977 Legislative Analysis Mandatory Retirement, 1978 Legislative Chronology   1978 Legislative Analysis Mertens v. Hewitt Associates: Brief Summary   Jun. 1, 1993 Case Summary Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. v. Glenn     Case Summary Milwaukee Brewery Workers' Pension Plan v. Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.: Brief Summary   Feb. 21, 1995 Case Summary Moving to Close the Pension Gap   Oct. 3, 2005 Legislative Analysis Multi-employer Pensions, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Nachman Corporation v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: Brief Summary   May 12, 1980 Case Summary Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. v. Darden: Brief Summary   Mar. 24, 1992 Case Summary Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Liepelt: Brief Summary   Feb. 19, 1980 Case Summary Normal Retirement Age and Social Security Benefits     Encyclopedia Entry Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI)     Encyclopedia Entry Patterson, Trustee v. Shumate: Brief Summary   Jun. 15, 1992 Case Summary Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration (PWBA)     Encyclopedia Entry Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. Director Bradley Belt's Testimony on Corporate Pension Plans   Oct. 7, 2004 Primary Source Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. R. A. Gray & Co.: Brief Summary   Jun. 18, 1984 Case Summary Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. v. Yahn & McDonnell Inc.: Brief Summary   May 18, 1987 Case Summary Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation     Encyclopedia Entry Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation v. LTV Corp.: Brief Summary   Jun. 18, 1990 Case Summary Pension Benefit Taxes, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Pension Changes, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Pension Crisis   Feb. 17, 2006 CQ Researcher Pension Equity, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis Pension Equity, 1984 Legislative Chronology   1984 Legislative Analysis Pension Fund Investments, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Pension Overhaul Initiative Aims to Address Worries Over Retirement Insecurity   Jan. 17, 2005 Legislative Analysis Pension Overhaul Legislation Approved by House Ways and Means In Fight to Control the Issue   Mar. 16, 2002 Legislative Analysis Pension Plan Standards, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Pension Plan Standards, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Pension Plans, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis Pension Reversions, 1989-1990 Legislative Chronology   1989 - 1990 Legislative Analysis Pension Rewrite Clears After a Long Battle   Aug. 7, 2006 Legislative Analysis Pension Safeguards, 1985-1986 Legislative Chronology   1985 - 1986 Legislative Analysis Pension Safeguards, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Pension Security Bills Falter   2002 Legislative Analysis Pension Security, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Pension Security: 2005   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Pension Security: 2006   2005 - 2006 Legislative Analysis Pension Woes Push Lawmakers Into Legislative Trade-Offs   Sep. 20, 2003 Legislative Analysis Pension-Insurance Deficit, Ailing Companies Leave Congress With No Easy Choices   Sep. 6, 2003 Legislative Analysis Pensions and Red Ink: PBGC on the Precipice   Feb. 21, 2005 Legislative Analysis Pilot Life Insurance Co. v. Dedeaux: Brief Summary   Apr. 6, 1987 Case Summary Pilots' Retirement, 1979 Legislative Chronology   1979 Legislative Analysis Private Pensions     Encyclopedia Entry Protection for Retirees, 1987-1988 Legislative Chronology   1987 - 1988 Legislative Analysis Rail Workers' Pensionsm, 2001-2002 Legislative Chronology   2001 - 2002 Legislative Analysis Railroad Retirement Annuities, 1970 Legislative Chronology   1970 Legislative Analysis Railroad Retirement Program     Encyclopedia Entry Railroad Retirement, 1965 Legislative Chronology   1965 Legislative Analysis Railroad Retirement, 1966 Legislative Chronology   1966 Legislative Analysis Railroad Retirement, 1968 Legislative Chronology   1968 Legislative Analysis Railroad Retirement, 1973 Legislative Chronology   1973 Legislative Analysis Railroad Retirement, 1974 Legislative Chronology   1974 Legislative Analysis Railroad Retirement, 1980 Legislative Chronology   1980 Legislative Analysis Railroad Retirement, 1981 Legislative Chronology   1981 Legislative Analysis Railroad Retirement, 1983 Legislative Chronology   1983 Legislative Analysis Railroad Retirement, 1999-2000 Legislative Chronology   1999 - 2000 Legislative Analysis Raymond B. Yates, M.D., P.C. Profit Sharing Plan v. Hendon   Mar. 2, 2004 Case Summary Reich v. Collins, Revenue Commissioner of Georgia: Brief Summary   Dec. 6, 1994 Case Summary Retirees' Worst Nightmare: Federal Backing of Pension Funds at Risk   Feb. 24, 2020 Legislative Analysis Retirement Equity Act of 1984     Encyclopedia Entry Retirement Income, 1995-1996 Legislative Chronology   1995 - 1996 Legislative Analysis Retirement Security   May 31, 2002 CQ Researcher Richardson v. Belcher: Brief Summary   Nov. 22, 1971 Case Summary Rousey v. Jacoway   Apr. 4, 2005 Case Summary Senate Clears Corporate Pension Bill After Reluctant Democrats Yield   Apr. 10, 2004 Legislative Analysis Senate Unlikely to Treat Pension Changes With Bipartisan Ease of the House   Apr. 13, 2002 Legislative Analysis SEP-IRA (Simplified Employee Pension)     Encyclopedia Entry Testimony by Comptroller General David M. Walker to Congress on Employee Pension Plans   Feb. 27, 2002 Primary Source Testimony by Federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Executive Director Steven A. Kandarian to Congress on Pension Problems   Sep. 4, 2003 Primary Source TIAA-CREF Private Pension System     Encyclopedia Entry Townsend, Francis E., on Government Pensions     Encyclopedia Entry Underfunded Pensions, 1993-1994 Legislative Chronology   1993 - 1994 Legislative Analysis Union Priorities Get Short Shrift In Press to Move Senate Pension Bill   Sep. 14, 2002 Legislative Analysis United States Railroad Retirement Board v. Fritz (449 U.S. 166): Brief Summary   Dec. 9, 1980 Case Summary United States v. Reorganized CF&I Fabricators of Utah, Inc.: Brief Summary   Jun. 20, 1996 Case Summary Usery v. Turner Elkhorn Mining Co.: Brief Summary   Jul. 1, 1976 Case Summary Veterans' Disability Payments, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Veterans' Pension Benefits, 1975 Legislative Chronology   1975 Legislative Analysis Veterans' Pension Increase, 1976 Legislative Chronology   1976 Legislative Analysis Veterans' Pension Increase, 1978 Legislative Chronology   1978 Legislative Analysis Weber v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Co.: Brief Summary   Apr. 24, 1972 Case Summary Windfall Reduction     Encyclopedia Entry
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