,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ehjb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #d1 #bjad  
,mr4 ,sessions introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,education and the        
,workforce  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,employee ,retirement ,income ,security 
,act of #aigd to permit multiemployer   
plans in critical status to modify plan 
rules relating to withdrawal liability1 
and for other purposes4  #a4            
,alternative method of withdrawal       
liability payments ,section #dbbd of the
 ,employee ,retirement ,income ,security
 ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #adjd7 is amended--
  7#a7 by striking ,a multiemployer plan
 and inserting 7a7 ,a multiemployer     
plan2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the
 following3  7b7 ,notwithstanding any   
contrary provisions of this part1 in the
 case of a multiemployer plan that is in
 critical status within the meaning of  
section #cje7;b77#b7 and whose plan     
sponsor determines that the plan can not

 be reasonably expected to emerge from  
critical status by the end of the       
rehabilitation period1 such plan may    
adopt rules providing for other terms   
and conditions for the computation of an
 employer's withdrawal liability4 ,any  
such rule shall become effective at the 
end of a #ij-;day period that begins on 
the date of adoption of the rule unless 
the corporation disapproves the rule    
before the end of the #ij-;day period   
7except that such #ij-;day period shall 
be tolled during any period in which a  
request by the corporation for          
additional information is pending74 ,the
 corporation may disapprove a rule under
 this subsection only if it reasonably  
determines that the rule creates an     
unreasonable risk of loss to plan       
participants and beneficiaries or to the
 corporation4  4