US Congress House Bill 4239 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on December 8 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-12-08 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) modify the exemption from the 10% penalty for premature distributions from governmental employee benefit plans to qualified public safety employees to eliminate the restriction that such plans be defined benefit plans; (2) expand the definition of "qualified public safety employee" to include federal employees; and (3) exempt from tax penalties certain periodic payments made to qualified public safety employees before the enactment of the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (i.e., August 17, 2006).

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the exception from the 10 percent penalty for early withdrawals from governmental plans for Federal and State qualified public safety employees.

Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX]	Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Kendrick Meek [D-FL]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-12-08		Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

HB721 (Related) 2009-01-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
SB1657 (Related) 2009-09-09 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/4239/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr4239/BILLS-111hr4239ih.pdf