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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 2155 (Introduced in Senate) — To require the Securities and Exchange Commission to issue rules requiring private funds to publicly disclose certain... · Sec. 101

Sec. 101. Joint and several liability for controlling private funds

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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or the terms of any contract or agreement, a private fund shall be jointly and severally liable for all liabilities of each target firm with respect to the private fund, and any affiliate of such a target firm, including— any debt incurred by the target firm or an affiliate of the target firm, including as part of the acquisition of the target firm by the private fund; any Federal or State civil monetary penalty, or obligation under a settlement or consent order with a Federal or State governmental agency or instrumentality, including a consumer restitution obligation, for which the target firm, or an affiliate of the target firm, is liable; any liability resulting from a violation of section 3 of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ( 29 U.S.C. 2102 ) by the target firm or an affiliate of the target firm; any withdrawal liability determined under part 1 of subtitle E of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) that is incurred by the target firm or an affiliate of the target firm; and any claim for unfunded benefit liabilities owed to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under subtitle D of title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) with respect to the termination of a pension plan sponsored by the target firm or an affiliate of the target firm.
Nothing in this section may be construed to diminish existing, as of the date of this Act, controlled group liability under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.).
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