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ND SCR4012
Concurrent Resolution
Status
2/12/2019
Primary Sponsor
Erin Oban
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AI Summary
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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)
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The Central States Pension Fund covers thousands of North Dakota workers and retirees in trucking, United Parcel Service delivery, and grocery supply industries
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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
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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
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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