Landmark Retirement Bills See Chance in Lame-Duck Congress (1)

Workplace retirement policy will be on the minds of lawmakers returning to Capitol Hill next week, as a deadline to pass major retirement access and administrative relief legislation looms.

At least three different bills introduced this legislative session form the rough outline of a package dubbed “SECURE Act 2.0" that congressional staffers are trying to consolidate and attach to a government spending bill expected to be voted on in December.

Together, provisions in most of the SECURE proposals would increase the minimum age by which Americans are required to start drawing down on their 401(k) balances, and create incentives for ...