29 U.S.C. § 1392

Obligation to contribute

United States · Title 29 — LABOR · Status: effective

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For purposes of this part, the term “obligation to contribute” means an obligation to contribute arising— Payments of withdrawal liability under this part shall not be considered contributions for purposes of this part. If a principal purpose of any transaction is to evade or avoid liability under this part, this part shall be applied (and liability shall be determined and collected) without regard to such transaction.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

Enacted byPub. L. 93-406(H.R. 2)1974-09-02
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
Amended byPub. L. 96-364(H.R. 3904)1980-09-26
An act to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to improve retirement income security under private multiemployer pension plans by strengthening the funding requirements for those plans, to authorize plan preservation measures for financially troubled multiemployer pension plans, and to revise the manner in which the pension plan termination insurance provisions apply to multiemployer plans, and for other purposes.
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