H.R. 2591: To amend certain provisions of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.

113th Congress · introduced 2013-06-28 · Taxation · Latest: Became Public Law No: 113-243.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-06-28 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend certain provisions of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Amends the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, with respect to rollovers to a traditional or Roth individual retirement account (IRA) of payments to qualified airline employees in commercial airline carrier bankruptcy cases, to: (1) extend the period for filing a claim for refund of an overpayment of tax resulting from the receipt of such payments (i.e., by the later of April 15, 2015, or the expiration of the limitation period for filing refund claims); (2) modify the definition of "airline payment amount" to include payments in an airline carrier bankruptcy case filed after September 11, 2001, and before January 1, 2007, or on November 29, 2011; and (3) modify the definition of "qualified airline employee" to include an employee who was a participant in a defined benefit plan maintained by an airline carrier that was frozen effective November 1, 2012.

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Official text

To amend certain provisions of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Sponsor: Rep. Grimm, Michael G. [R-NY-11] · 82 cosponsors

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Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Tom Cole (R-OK), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Marc A. Veasey (D-TX), Mark Takano (D-CA), Mike Quigley (D-IL), Adam Smith (D-WA), Lois Frankel (D-FL), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Steve Cohen (D-TN) and 22 more.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr2591.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr2591 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113