Editorial Notes
Amendments

2006—Subsec. (a)(1)(B). Puspan. L. 109–280, § 204(a)(2), amended subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, subpar. (B) read as follows: “the unfunded vested benefits attributable to employees of the employer.”

Subsec. (a)(2). Puspan. L. 109–280, § 204(a)(1), added table and struck out former table which provided for a portion of: 30 percent of the amount if the liquidation or dissolution value of the employer after the sale or exchange is not more than $2,000,000; $600,000, plus 35 percent of the amount in excess of $2,000,000, if the employer’s liquidation or dissolution value is more than $2,000,000, but not more than $4,000,000; $1,300,000, plus 40 percent of the amount in excess of $4,000,000, if the employer’s liquidation or dissolution value is more than $4,000,000, but not more than $6,000,000; $2,100,000, plus 45 percent of the amount in excess of $6,000,000, if the employer’s liquidation or dissolution value is more than $6,000,000, but not more than $7,000,000; $2,550,000, plus 50 percent of the amount in excess of $7,000,000, if the employer’s liquidation or dissolution value is more than $7,000,000, but not more than $8,000,000; $3,050,000, plus 60 percent of the amount in excess of $8,000,000, if the employer’s liquidation or dissolution value is more than $8,000,000, but not more than $9,000,000; $3,650,000, plus 70 percent of the amount in excess of $9,000,000, if the employer’s liquidation or dissolution value is more than $9,000,000, but not more than $10,000,000; and $4,350,000, plus 80 percent of the amount in excess of $10,000,000, if the employer’s liquidation or dissolution value is more than $10,000,000.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2006 Amendment

Puspan. L. 109–280, title II, § 204(a)(3), Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 887, provided that:

“The amendments made by this subsection [amending this section] shall apply to sales occurring on or after January 1, 2007.”