Emergency Savings Enhancement Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
Expands pension-linked emergency savings account eligibility and raises the emergency savings limit from $2,500 to $5,000 in ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.
Who Benefits and How
Workers with employer retirement plans gain broader access to emergency savings features and can hold larger balances for short-term needs.
Who Bears the Burden and How
Plan sponsors, administrators, and federal benefit and tax administrators must update plan and compliance systems to reflect the new rules.
Key Provisions
- Broadens who counts as an eligible participant for plan-linked emergency savings features.
- Raises the relevant dollar limit from $2,500 to $5,000 in ERISA and the tax code.
- Applies the amendments to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2026.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Expands pension-linked emergency savings account eligibility and raises the emergency savings limit from $2,500 to $5,000 in ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
Expands pension-linked emergency savings account eligibility and raises the emergency savings limit from $2,500 to $5,000 in ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Workers with employer retirement plans
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Plan sponsors and administrators
- Federal retirement and tax administrators
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Sponsors
Todd Young
R-IN | Primary Sponsor
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Young (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Plan sponsors and administrators, Workers with employer retirement plans
Plan sponsors and administrators faces effects in multiple directions
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
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