United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
Resources: Congressional Research Service Reports

Pensions and Retirement Security

  1. Pension Sponsorship and Participation: Summary of Recent Trends
  2. Retirement Savings and Household Wealth: Trends from 2001 to 2004
  3. Income and Poverty Among Older Americans in 2006
  4. Income of Americans Age 65 and Older,1969 to 2004
  5. Retirement Savings: How Much Will Workers Have When They Retire?
  6. Consumer Spending by Older Americans,1985 to 2005
  7. Summary of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
  8. Summary of Pension Protection Act of 2006
  9. Lump Sum Distributions Under the Pension Protection Act
  10. Pension Protection Act of 2006: Summary of the PBGC Guarantee and Related Provisions
  11. Cash Balance Pension Plans: Selected Legal Issues
  12. The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and Single-Employer Plan Terminations
  13. Cash Balance Pension Plans and Claims of Age Distribution
  14. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation: A Fact Sheet
  15. Retirement Savings Accounts: Fees, Expenses, and Account Balances
  16. The Retirement Savings Tax Credit: A Fact Sheet
  17. H.R. 3185: The 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007
  18. Automatic Enrollment in 401(k) Plans
  19. Individual Retirement Accounts and 401(k) Plans: Early Withdrawals and Required Distributions
  20. Liability of Plan Fiduciaries under ERISA: LaRue v. DeWolff, Boberg and Associates
  21. Qualified Charitable Distributions from Individual Retirement Accounts: A Fact Sheet
  22. Traditional and Roth Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs): A Primer
  23. IRAs and Other Savings Incentives: A Brief Overview
  24. Investment Advice and the Pension Protection Act of 2006
  25. H.R. 6500, the Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act of 2008