,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eff  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,february #f1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,petri 7for himself and ,mr4       
,andrews7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,education and the ,workforce  ,a      
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,iv of the     
,employee ,retirement ,income ,security 
,act of #aigd to provide for a guarantee
 by the ,pension ,benefit ,guaranty     
,corporation for qualified preretirement
 survivor annuities under insolvent or  
terminated multiemployer pension plans4 
#a4 ,guarantee for pre-retirement       
survivor annuities under multiemployer  
pension plans  7a7 ,in general ,section 
#djbb;,a7b7 of the ,employee ,retirement
 ,income ,security ,act of #aigd 7#bi   
,u4,s4,c4 #acbb;a7b77 is amended by     
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#c7 ,for purposes of       
subsection 7a71 a qualified             
preretirement survivor annuity 7as      
defined in section #bje7;e77#a77 with   

respect to a participant under a        
multiemployer plan which becomes        
insolvent under section #dbde7;b7 or    
#dbha7;d77#b7 or is terminated shall not
 be treated as forfeitable solely       
because the participant has not died as 
of the date on which the plan became so 
insolvent or the termination date4  4   
7b7 ,retroactive application ,the       
amendment made by this section shall    
apply with respect to multiemployer plan
 benefit payments becoming payable on or
 after ,december #ca1 #aihd4