Support incentives for experienced workers to teach apprentices and allow them to receive some retirement income early without tax penalties.

Susan M. Collins · Maine · Republican

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Occurrences

Our bill would also provide incentives for experienced workers who spend at least 20 percent of their time passing their hard-earned knowledge on to the next generation. These workers would be allowed to receive some retirement income early, without facing tax penalties.

Collins backs incentives for experienced workers who train apprentices, including early retirement-income access without tax penalties.

“Connecting Workers With Available Jobs” | U.S. Senator Susan Collins
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Evidence

Sen. Collins said the bill "provides incentives for experienced workers who spend at least 20 percent of their time passing their hard-earned knowledge on to the next generation" and that "[t]hese workers would be allowed to receive some retirement income early, without facing tax penalties."

Official congressional record shows Collins publicly described and supported the exact policy promise in 2014.

partial same_term A for effort

Congressional Record, Senate, September 15, 2014
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Collins and Cantwell reintroduced the Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act as S. 959, again stating that the bill "provides incentives for experienced workers" and that they "would be allowed to receive some retirement income early, without facing tax penalties."

Collins advanced the same apprenticeship-and-retirement-income policy in the next Congress, showing continued effort beyond the campaign term.

partial later_term A for effort

Congressional Record, Senate, April 15, 2015
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GovInfo lists S. 1352 as introduced on June 14, 2017 and "read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance"; the record shows sponsorship by Maria Cantwell with Susan M. Collins as cosponsor.

The proposal was reintroduced again in 2017 but the official bill record shows only introduction and committee referral, not enactment.

never later_term A for effort

S. 1352 (IS) - Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act of 2017 - GovInfo
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Assessments

never same_term A for effort

Collins materially supported the promised policy by introducing or cosponsoring Apprenticeship and Jobs Training Act proposals that included incentives for experienced workers to teach apprentices and penalty-free early retirement income access. However, the cited federal bill records show introduction and committee referral, not enactment, and there is no evidence in the payload that the promised tax-policy outcome became law during the 2015-2021 Senate term or later. Because she made a serious legislative attempt but did not deliver the promised outcome, this is scored as never with an effort badge.

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