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Jacob Koppel Javits (/ ˈ dʒ æ v ɪ t s / JAV-its; May 18, 1904 – March 7, 1986) [1] was an American lawyer and politician from New York. During his time in politics, he served in both chambers of the United States Congress , a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1947 to 1954 and a member of the United States Senate ...
Mar 8, 1986 · Jacob K. Javits, who began life in a Lower East Side tenement and, as a United States Senator for 24 years, became one of the most respected and influential political figures in the nation,...
Learn about the life and career of Jacob Javits, a Republican senator from New York who championed civil rights, federal spending, and world affairs. Find out how he drafted the War Powers Act and facilitated the Camp David Agreement.
- History of Pension and Health Plans
- Legislative Debates and The Adoption of ERISA
- A Complicated Regulatory Program
- Bibliography
- Insuring Pension Plans
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Although some employers provided pensions or medical benefits as early as the 1880s, only a small minority of private-sector workers was covered by a pension or health plan in 1940. During World War II the number of pension and health plans rose dramatically. One reason was federal tax policy. The income tax gave (and continues to give) more favora...
By the early 1960s pension experts were debating whether Congress should pass additional regulations to protect employees. In March 1962 John F. Kennedyestablished the President's Committee on Corporate Pension Funds to study private-pension plans and recommend reforms. The committee's report, which appeared in January 1965, called for a major expa...
ERISA was a long and complex law, and Congress has passed numerous amendments to it. Some revisions aim to help ERISA better perform its protective function. For example, when it became clear that the insurance program had serious flaws, Congress required employers to make larger pension contributions and limited the circumstances in which an emplo...
Gordon, Michael S. "Overview: Why ERISA was Enacted?" in U.S. Senate Committee on Aging, An Information Paper on The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974: The First Decade,98th Cong., 2nd sess., 1984, Committee Print. Hacker, Jacob S. The Divided Welfare State: The Battle over Public and Private Social Benefits in the United States. Camb...
The income tax structure in the United Statesmakes employer-financed retirement and health plans attractive options for employees from a tax viewpoint. This is because, unlike wages, employees do not have to pay taxes on money that an employer contributes to a retirement fund until many years (or even decades) after that money was contributed. Heal...
Learn how Senator Jacob Javits, a Republican from New York, led the fight for federal regulation of private pension plans in the 1970s. Find out the history, purpose, and main features of ERISA, the law that protects employees' retirement and health benefits.
The Javits Center is a public benefit corporation that operates the largest convention center in the country, with 850,000 square feet of flexible exhibition space along the Hudson River. Learn more about its history, expansion project, upcoming events and how to get there.
Into the marble-pillared Senate Caucus Room one day last week strode Republican Jacob K. Javits, the attorney general of New York. He was about to repeat in open session what he had just told...
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A book review of the memoirs of Jacob K. Javits, a long-serving Republican Senator from New York and a Jewish liberal. The reviewer praises Javits's achievements and campaigns, but criticizes his lack of insight and detail on his policy and political career.
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