Emergency Savings Enhancement Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3333 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

<DOC>






119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3333

To modify the eligibility requirements and account contribution maximum 
 for pension-linked emergency savings accounts, and for other purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            December 3, 2025

 Mr. Young (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
To modify the eligibility requirements and account contribution maximum 
 for pension-linked emergency savings accounts, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Savings Enhancement Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 
              1974.

    Section 801 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(29 U.S.C. 1193) is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b) Eligible Participant.--For purposes of this part, the term 
`eligible participant', with regard to an individual account plan, 
means an individual who meets any age, service, and other eligibility 
requirements of the plan.''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A)(i), by striking ``$2,500'' 
                and inserting ``$5,000''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)(A)--
                            (i) in clause (vii), by adding ``and'' at 
                        the end;
                            (ii) in clause (viii), by striking ``; 
                        and'' and inserting a period; and
                            (iii) by striking clause (ix).

SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.

    (a) Eligible Participant.--Paragraph (2) of section 402A(e) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Eligible participant.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `eligible participant', with regard to a 
        defined contribution plan, means an individual, without regard 
        to whether the individual is otherwise a participant in such 
        plan, who meets any age, service, and other eligibility 
        requirements of the plan.''.
    (b) Contribution Limitation.--Clause (i) of section 402A(e)(3)(A) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ``$2,500'' 
and inserting ``$5,000''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Subparagraph (A) of section 402A(e)(5) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding ``and'' at 
the end of clause (vii), by striking ``; and'' at the end of clause 
(viii) and inserting a period, and by striking clause (ix).

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by sections 2 and 3 shall apply to taxable 
years beginning after December 31, 2026.
                                 <all>