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ND SCR4012

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Engrossed

2/12/2019

Primary Sponsor

Erin Oban

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Origin

Senate

66th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • The North Dakota Legislature urges Congress and the President to pass the Butch Lewis Act (S. 2147) and its House companion bill (H.R. 4444, the Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions Act)

  • The Central States Pension Fund covers thousands of North Dakota workers and retirees in trucking, United Parcel Service delivery, and grocery supply industries

  • Without Congressional action, approximately 2,000 North Dakotans and up to 400,000 total participants in the Central States fund face pension reductions of up to 60 percent, along with 1.5 million retirees nationwide across various pension funds

  • Many affected retirees depend on their pensions as their primary income source and are too old or disabled to return to work after decades of physically demanding employment

  • The Secretary of State shall send copies of this resolution to the Speaker of the House, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and each member of the North Dakota Congressional Delegation

Legislative Description

A concurrent resolution urging Congress and the President of the United States to pass the Butch Lewis Act.

Last Action

Second reading, failed to adopt yeas 21 nays 70

3/21/2019

Committee Referrals

Government and Veterans Affairs1/24/2019

Full Bill Text

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