,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #diec  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #ac1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,banks 7for himself and ,mr4  
,booker7 introduced the following bill2 
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,health1 ,education1     
,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,employment ,retirement       
,income ,security ,act of #aigd to      
simplify the filing of ,form #eejj for  
employee benefit plan administrators4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,form #eejj ,filing             
,simplification ,act4  #b4 ,form #eejj  
filing simplification  7a7 ,,erisa      
filing  7#a7 ,filing with ,secretary and
 furnishing information to participants 
and certain employers ,section          
#ajd7;a77#a7 of the ,employee           
,retirement ,income ,security ,act of   
#aigd 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #ajbd7;a77#a77 is  
amended by striking within #baj days    
after the close of such year 7or within 
such time as may be required by         

regulations promulgated by the          
,secretary in order to reduce           
duplicative filing7 and inserting not   
later than the date that is #ae days    
after the end of the #ith calendar month
 that begins after the close of such    
year 7or1 if the ,secretary determines  
that the employee benefit plan1 or any  
sponsor1 administrator1 participant1    
beneficiary1 or other person with       
respect to such plan1 has been affected 
by a disaster1 fire1 or action as       
described in section #gejh;,a7b7 of the 
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf1 a    
later time determined appropriate by the
 ,secretary74  7#b7 ,annual report of   
plan administrators ,section #djfe of   
the ,employee ,retirement ,income       
,security ,act of #aigd 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4  
#acfe7 is amended1 in the matter        
following paragraph 7#c71 by striking   
within #f months after the close of the 
plan year and inserting not later than  
the date that is #ae days after the end 
of the #ith calendar month that begins  

after the close of the plan year4  7b7  
,treasury ,the ,secretary of the        
,treasury shall conform ,treasury       
,regulations and other guidance to the  
amendments made by subsection 7a74  7c7 
,modernization of filing statements     
7#a7 ,in general ,the ,secretary of the 
,treasury1 the ,secretary of ,labor1 and
 the ,director of the ,pension ,benefit 
,guaranty ,corporation1 as appropriate1 
shall modify the returns required under 
section #fjeh of the ,internal ,revenue 
,code of #aihf and the reports required 
under sections #ajd and #djfe of the    
,employee ,retirement ,income ,security 
,act of #aigd 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #ajbd1     
#acfe7 to permit such return or report1 
and any additional information required 
to be submitted with such return or     
report1 to be signed through electronic 
means4  7#b7 ,good-faith reliance ,a    
plan shall be treated as satisfying the 
requirements of paragraph 7#a7 if it    
complies in good faith with the         
provisions of this section until the    

date on which the ,secretary of the     
,treasury1 the ,secretary of ,labor1 and
 the ,director of the ,pension ,benefit 
,guaranty ,corporation implement the    
modifications required under such       
paragraph4  7d7 ,regulatory authority   
,the ,secretary of ,labor shall issue   
such regulations as are necessary to    
carry out the amendments made by this   
,act4  7e7 ,effective date ,the         
amendments made by this ,act shall apply
 to plan years ending on or after the   
date of the enactment of this ,act4