PENALTY-FREE WITHDRAWAL FROM RETIREMENT PLANS FOR INDIVIDUAL IN CASE OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.

SEC. 314. PENALTY-FREE WITHDRAWAL FROM RETIREMENT PLANS FOR INDIVIDUAL IN CASE OF DOMESTIC ABUSE.(a) In General.—Paragraph (2) of section 72(t), as amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:“(K) Distribution from retirement plan in case of domestic abuse.—“(i) In general.—Any eligible distribution to a domestic abuse victim. “(ii) Limitation.—The aggregate amount which may be treated as an eligible distribution to a domestic abuse victim by any individual shall not exceed an amount equal to the lesser of—“(I) $10,000, or “(II) 50 percent of the present value of the nonforfeitable accrued benefit of the employee under the plan. “(iii) Eligible distribution to a domestic abuse victim.—For purposes of this subparagraph—“(I) In general.—A distribution shall be treated as an eligible distribution to a domestic abuse victim if such distribution is from an applicable eligible retirement plan and is made to an individual during the 1-year period beginning on any date on which the individual is a victim of domestic abuse by a spouse or domestic partner. “(II) Domestic abuse.—The term ‘domestic abuse’ means physical, psychological, sexual, emotional, or economic abuse, including efforts to control, isolate, humiliate, or intimidate the victim, or to undermine the victim’s ability to reason 136 STAT. 5350 independently, including by means of abuse of the victim’s child or another family member living in the household. “(iv) Treatment of plan distributions.—If a distribution to an individual would (without regard to clause (ii)) be an eligible distribution to a domestic abuse victim, a plan shall not be treated as failing to meet any requirement of this title merely because the plan treats the distribution as an eligible distribution to a domestic abuse victim, unless the aggregate amount of such distributions from all plans maintained by the employer (and any member of any controlled group which includes the employer, determined as provided in subparagraph (H)(iv)(II)) to such individual exceeds the limitation under clause (ii). “(v) Amount distributed may be repaid.—Rules similar to the rules of subparagraph (H)(v) shall apply with respect to an individual who receives a distribution to which clause (i) applies. “(vi) Definition and special rules.—For purposes of this subparagraph:“(I) Applicable eligible retirement plan.—The term ‘applicable eligible retirement plan’ means an eligible retirement plan (as defined in section 402(c)(8)(B)) other than a defined benefit plan or a plan to which sections 401(a)(11) and 417 apply. “(II) Exemption of distributions from trustee to trustee transfer and withholding rules.—For purposes of sections 401(a)(31), 402(f), and 3405, an eligible distribution to a domestic abuse victim shall not be treated as an eligible rollover distribution. “(III) Distributions treated as meeting plan distribution requirements; self-certification.—Any distribution which the employee or participant certifies as being an eligible distribution to a domestic abuse victim shall be treated as meeting the requirements of sections 401(k)(2)(B)(i), 403(b)(7)(A)(i), 403(b)(11), and 457(d)(1)(A). “(vii) Inflation adjustment.—In the case of a taxable year beginning in a calendar year after 2024, the $10,000 amount in clause (ii)(I) shall be increased by an amount equal to—“(I) such dollar amount, multiplied by “(II) the cost-of-living adjustment determined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar year in which the taxable year begins, determined by substituting ‘calendar year 2023’ for ‘calendar year 2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof. If any amount after adjustment under the preceding sentence is not a multiple of $100, such amount shall be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100.” . (b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to distributions made after December 31, 2023.136 STAT. 5351