SLAP Act
Summary
Stop Looting American Pensions Act of 2022 or the SLAP Act This bill revises certain bankruptcy requirements, including by providing additional protections for employee pay and pensions in the event of a bankruptcy. Specifically, the bill revises the bankruptcy priority requirements of claims for wages and contributions to employee benefit plans, including by increasing the cap of these payments and by eliminating the time period limitation for which unpaid wages and contributions may be claimed; increases the bankruptcy priority of minimum funding contributions towards employee pension benefit plans and withdrawal liability and requires companies to continue making these payments during bankruptcy; expands restrictions on executive pay; places restrictions on the sale of property in bankruptcy proceedings, including by requiring reasonable payment; and extends look back periods regarding fraudulent transfers from two years to six years.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Nov 15, 2022
Last action Nov 15, 2022
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Committee
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Nov 15, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
upper
Nov 15, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
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Joe Manchin, III
IIndependent
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