Short title; table of contents

(a) Short title This Act may be cited as the Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2025. (b) Table of contents The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Findings. TITLE I—Improving Recoveries for Employees and Retirees Sec. 101. Increased wage priority. Sec. 102. Claim for stock value losses in defined contribution plans. Sec. 103. Priority for severance pay and contributions to employee benefit plans. Sec. 104. Financial returns for employees and retirees. Sec. 105. Priority for WARN Act damages. TITLE II—Reducing Employees’ and Retirees’ Losses Sec. 201. Rejection of collective bargaining agreements. Sec. 202. Payment of insurance benefits to retired employees. Sec. 203. Protection of employee benefits in a sale of assets. Sec. 204. Claim for pension losses. Sec. 205. Payments by secured lender. Sec. 206. Preservation of jobs and benefits. Sec. 207. Termination of exclusivity. Sec. 208. Claim for withdrawal liability. TITLE III—Restricting Executive Compensation Programs Sec. 301. Executive compensation upon exit from bankruptcy. Sec. 302. Limitations on executive compensation enhancements. Sec. 303. Prohibition against special compensation payments. Sec. 304. Assumption of executive benefit plans. Sec. 305. Recovery of executive compensation. Sec. 306. Preferential compensation transfer. TITLE IV—Other Provisions Sec. 401. Union proof of claim. Sec. 402. Exception from automatic stay. Sec. 403. Effect on collective bargaining agreements under the Railway Labor Act.