Presidential Administration and Employee Benefits
The International Foundation tracks presidential administration developments to help educate the benefits community and their plan participants. Executive orders, regulations and other guidance will be posted here as they become available.
Washington Legislative Update
Discover the key issues and players that are driving legislative and regulatory initiatives that impact your plans and plan participants. Walk away with actionable takeaways to keep your plan in compliance and strategically plan for the future. Engage with experts, insiders and your fellow peers as you learn best practices, solutions and the latest issues that will affect your plans. If you're in a leadership position and you are responsible for plan compliance, oversight and sustainability, this is a must-attend conference.
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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Benefits Provisions and Plan Impacts
On July 4, President Trump signed into law a budget reconciliation bill (H.R. 1, often referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBB)). This bill includes most of the Trump administration’s legislative priorities, including extending expiring provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA), spending reductions, Medicaid reforms, enhanced energy production incentives, increased defense and border spending, and an increase in the debt ceiling.
Join our panel as they provide an overview of the key benefits-related provisions of OBBB, including changes to health savings accounts (HSAs), fringe benefits, executive compensation and to create new tax-preferred “Trump Accounts” for children.
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Legislative and Regulatory Update—What Could Be Coming in 2025?
This webcast will analyze possible regulatory and legislative activities that may shape your plan decisions in 2025 and beyond. Given the recent election, ever-changing challenges in the domestic economy, and global political and economic uncertainty, the new year will require careful attention by trustees and plan professionals. Topics discussed will include:
- Health care reform/Affordable Care Act
- Prescription drug reform
- Mental health
- ERISA preemption
- Tax advantages of benefits deductions
- Medicaid expansion
- Likely repeals of DOL's Retirement Security Rule, ESG regulation, guidance on alternative investments
- Tax Cuts and Jobs Act extension
- SECURE 3.0 prospects
- Impact on Supreme Court/judicial branch
- Impact on IRS funding
- Future of PBGC's special financial assistance program.
Quick Links
The One Big Beautiful Bill
- Trump Accounts to Vie With Tested Saving Plans for Employer Cash [Bloomberg Law News]
- The One Big Beautiful Bill’s Impact on Employee Benefits [Seyfarth Shaw]
Government Resources
- EBSA Seeks Input on Ways to Help Smaller Employers Improve Retirement Plan Outcomes for Workers [DOL]
- How Self-Audits Help Build a Culture of Compliance and Trust [DOL]
- Compliance Assistance Release No. 2025-01: Restoring Neutral Approach to Cryptocurrency in 401(k) Plans [DOL]
- Request for Information: Ensuring Lawful Regulation and Unleashing Innovation to Make American Healthy Again [HHS]
- FLSA Independent Contractor Misclassification Enforcement Guidance [DOL]
- What You Should Know About DEI-Related Discrimination at Work [EEOC]
- FAQs on Implementation of the Social Security Fairness Act [Social Security Administration]
- Protecting Women and Children [Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women's Health]
Analysis and Developments
- White House Readies Order to Bring Private Equity to 401(k)s [Bloomberg Law News]
- Trump Targets Employee Benefits Guidelines in Deregulatory Push [Bloomberg Law News]
- DOL Issues Brief Defending Employer Forfeiture Practices [401(k) Specialist]
- SCOTUS Upholds ACA Preventive Services Task Force in 6-3 Ruling [Fierce Healthcare]
- EBSA Chief Nominee Says He Will 'Restore Discretion to Plan Fiduciaries' [Pensions & Investments]
- Dueling Goals for New ESG 401(k) Rule to Vex Trump’s Regulators [Bloomberg Law News]
- Trump Administration Weighs Rolling Back Mental Health Parity Rule [Healthcare Dive]
- Trump Signs Sweeping Executive Order to Cut US Drug Prices [Fierce Pharma]
- Executive Order Tracker [Littler Mendelson]
- New Administration Resource Center for Employers [Fisher Phillips]
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