House committee cuts funding for DOL's fiduciary rule

House committee cuts funding for DOL's fiduciary rule
Legislation gives the Labor Department $1.4 billion less than requested
JUN 23, 2015
The Department of Labor would be unable to spend any money to update its fiduciary rule under a House Appropriations Committee budget approved Wednesday. The legislation, which would also defund Obamacare, President Barack Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, is aimed at reducing “harmful red tape,” a committee summary said. The vote was 30-21, with all Democrats opposing it. (Related read: House panel seeks to freeze SEC budget) The Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled to vote Thursday on a similar measure, which was approved by a subcommittee Tuesday. The House spending package gives the Labor Department $11.7 billion for fiscal year 2016, which is $1.4 billion less than requested. It gives the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. an additional $9.2 million to handle more terminated defined benefit plans, and permission to seek additional funds for “extraordinary multiemployer program related expenses.” Hazel Bradford is a reporter at sister publication Pensions & Investments.

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