A bill to provide for qualified withdrawals from the Capital construction Fund for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover of Capital Construction Funds to individual retirement plans, and for other purposes.
Capital Construction Fund Qualified Withdrawal Act of 2005 - Amends the Merchant Marine Act and the Internal Revenue Code to permit as qualified withdrawals from fishing capital construction funds any money used by retiring fishermen for the following purposes: (1) retiring an owner's commercial fishing vessels and related commercial fishing permits; (2) making a rollover contribution into an owner's individual retirement plan; (3) making a payment of an industry fee authorized by the fishing capacity reduction program; (4) acquiring a vessel monitoring system as a safety improvement for a fishing vessel; and (5) acquiring or constructing fishing gear designed to minimize or avoid bycatch.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Introduced in Senate
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1271-1272)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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