H.R. 4181: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow distributions from qualified cash or deferred arrangements in the event that the employer files for chapter 11 bankruptcy and the employee is not regularly scheduled for work or paid.

H.R. 4181: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow distributions from qualified cash or deferred arrangements in the event that the employer files for chapter 11 bankruptcy and the employee is not regularly scheduled for work or paid.

116th Congress · introduced 2019-08-09 · Taxation · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-08-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow distributions from qualified cash or deferred arrangements in the event that the employer files for chapter 11 bankruptcy and the employee is not regularly scheduled for work or paid.

Plain summary

This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to permit penalty-free distributions from a tax-preferred pension plan in chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings on behalf of employees who, at the time of filing of the chapter 11 petition, are not regularly scheduled to work for the number of hours they are customarily scheduled to work or are not paid on or before the time they are customarily paid.

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Official text

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow distributions from qualified cash or deferred arrangements in the event that the employer files for chapter 11 bankruptcy and the employee is not regularly scheduled for work or paid.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Griffith, H. Morgan [R-VA-9] reported raising $2.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr4181.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr4181 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116