Senate bill · 113th Congress · Did not become law

Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act

S. 1302Introduced Jul 16, 2013Policy area: Labor and Employment

Sponsor: Sen. Thomas Harkin D-IA

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Where it went

IntroducedJul 16, 2013
Committee actionOct 30, 2013
Passed SenateJan 28, 2014 · by unanimous consent
Passed House—
To the President—
Became law—

Latest action: Mar 25, 2014 — See also H.R. 4275.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 1302.

CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 1302, Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act” on November 18, 2013. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on October 30, 2013”.
Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, November 18, 2013 ↗
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November 18, 2013
Congress.gov bill record
S. 1302, 113th Congress
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Congress.gov noteFor further action, see H.R.4275, which became Public Law 113-97 on 4/7/2014.
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S. 1302, 113th Congress
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Record last updated by Congress.gov
December 5, 2025
PORKER copy retrieved
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Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

50 cosponsors — 22 Republicans, 27 Democrats, 1 independent

22 of 50 cosponsors (44%) are from the other party.

John Barrasso (R-WY), Mark Begich (D-AK), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boozman (R-AR), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Ben Cardin (D-MD), Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), Thad Cochran (R-MS), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Donnelly (D-IN), Richard Durbin (D-IL), Michael Enzi (R-WY), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Al Franken (D-MN), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Kay Hagan (D-NC), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Heidi Heitkamp (D-ND), John Hoeven (R-ND), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Mike Johanns (R-NE), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Timothy Kaine (D-VA), Mark Kirk (R-IL), Mary Landrieu (D-LA), Joseph Manchin (I-WV), Claire McCaskill (D-MO), Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and 20 more.

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