Senate passes House version of highway bill
Published: August 1, 2014 - Pensions & Investments
The U.S. Senate approved on Thursday the House version of a highway funding
bill that includes more generous pension funding calculations.
The 81-13 vote extends the Highway Trust Fund, and language in the bill will
allow defined benefit plans to continue using calculations that were slated to
end with 2012 plan years until 2017.
The Joint Committee on Taxation estimated reduced pension contributions would
raise $6.4 billion in tax revenue over 10 years.
The Senate vote on the original House bill — which was approved on July 15 —
came as a result of the House rejecting the Senate version earlier on Thursday.
That version only funded the Highway Trust Fund for nine months in order to
force a more targeted long-range solution, and allowed plans fewer years to use
funding stabilization rates.
The House and Senate had until Friday to approve a bill before the trust fund
would run out of money.
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