29 USC § 1193a - Preemption of State anti-garnishment laws

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title: "29 USC § 1193a - Preemption of State anti-garnishment laws"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "1193a"
section_name: "Preemption of State anti-garnishment laws"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RIGHTS"
part_number: "8"
part_name: "pension-linked emergency savings accounts"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 802, as added Pub. L. 117–328, div. T, title I, § 127(b)(1), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5323.)"
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# § 1193a. Preemption of State anti-garnishment laws

section 1193(d)(2) of this title

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this part shall supersede any law of a State which would directly or indirectly prohibit or restrict the use of an automatic contribution arrangement, described in , for a pension-linked emergency savings account. The Secretary may promulgate regulations to establish minimum standards that such an arrangement would be required to satisfy in order for this subsection to apply with respect to such an account.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 802, as added Pub. L. 117–328, div. T, title I, § 127(b)(1), Dec. 29, 2022, 136 Stat. 5323.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to plan years beginning after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2022 Amendment note under , Internal Revenue Code.