id,filing_uuid,filing_type,registrant_name,registrant_id,client_name,filing_year,filing_period,issue_code,specific_issues,government_entities,income_amount,expense_amount,is_no_activity,is_termination,received_date
2637020,a8f0b407-1b7c-4d7d-9b08-e3edc8edd43f,Q2,AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL,4675,AMERICAN BENEFITS COUNCIL,2021,second_quarter,RET,"Legislative

Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 - H.R. 133 (Public Law 116-260) - employer-sponsored retirement and other benefit plans
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - H.R. 1319, (Public Law 117-2) - single-employer pension funding stabilization
FY2022 budget proposal 
Administration - Infrastructure proposal 
Automatic Retirement Plan Act (ARPA)
Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act - S. 1703
Retirement Savings Lost and Found Act - S. 1730 
Retirement Parity for Student Loans Act - S. 1443/H.R. 2917
Financial Factors in Selecting Retirement Plan Investment Act - S. 1762
Retirement Security and Savings Act of 2021 - S. 1770
Enhancing Emergency and Retirement Savings Act of 2021 - S. 1870
Securing a Strong Retirement Act - H.R. 2954 
Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act - H.R. 409
Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act - H.R. 423
Cybersecurity 
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principals in investing
Financial wellness
Mortality Tables - improvements 
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) premiums
Tax Incentives for 401 (k) contributions
Telework practices 

Regulatory 
DOL - sub-regulatory guidance - reduction of cybersecurity risks for retirement plan sponsors
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 - H.R. 1319, (Public Law 117-2) - single-employer pension funding stabilization - implementation issues
DOL - Independent Contractor Rule - withdrawal of final rule 
PBGC/IRS - Missing Participants - request for clarifying guidance on missing participant benefits
DOL - best practices for missing participants  
IRS - final regulations - automatic postponements during Federally declared disasters
DOL - Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investment and proxy voting guidance, temporary non-enforcement policy
DOL (EBSA) - guidance on maximum duration of relief extending certain participant and plan deadlines resulting from COVID-19
Treasury/IRS - safe harbor correction method for automatic contribution arrangements 
IRS - mandatory 60-day postponement of certain tax-related deadlines 
Treasury/IRS - - request for guidance on defined benefit funding implementation 
DOL/Treasury/IRS - Pooled Employer Plans (PEPs) and Multiple Employer Plans (MEPs) - comments on registration requirements, service crediting guidance and other issues
DOL (EBSA) - investment advice guidance and related prohibited transaction exemptions
Treasury/IRS - Remote notarization 
DOL - Interim Final Rule on Lifetime Income Illustration Requirements 
Emergency savings
Executive compensation 
ERISA Uniformity
EEOC - workplace diversity data deadline (EEO-1) Component 1 data) 
Form 5500 Reporting  
Mortality Tables - improvements 
Multiemployer pension plan issues
Paid leave proposals and issues
State retirement plan initiatives  
Student loan repayment benefit
PBGC/IRS - withholding issue for terminating plans 
IRS Tax Forms W4-P and W4-R (suggesting changes)","Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS),HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,Internal Revenue Service (IRS),Labor, Dept of (DOL),Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC),Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC),SENATE,Treasury, Dept of,White House Office",,324796,0,0,2021-07-14T14:04:08.243000-04:00