A bipartisan coalition of U.S. House members is renewing its push to restore the benefits of Delphi salaried retirees.

On Thursday, Reps. Dave Joyce, R-Bainbridge, and Michael Rulli, R-Salem, joined co-sponsors Reps. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, Marcy Kaptur, D-Toledo, Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., and Gwen Moore, D-Wis., to introduce the Susan Muffley Act of 2025.

“The Mahoning Valley is home to many of the thousands of Delphi salaried retirees whose pensions were unfairly ripped away from them,” said Guy Coviello, CEO and president, of the Youngstown / Warren Regional Chamber. “Restoring their pensions through the Susan Muffley Act, first off, is the right thing to do and long overdue.

“In fact, terminating the pensions was wrong when it happened. Secondly, the payments would be a tremendous financial boost for the families who have gone without them for more than 15 years, as well as pumping millions of dollars into our region’s economy.”

Once known as Packard Electric, the GM-affiliated parts supplier filed for bankruptcy in October 2005. It reemerged from the process four years later.

In 2009, the federal Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation oversaw Delphi employees’ pensions. Union pensions for hourly employees were fully funded, while the retirees were denied the same considerations.

More than 21,000 salaried retirees nationwide were affected, including 5,181 in Ohio. Michigan has the largest number of retirees at 5,859, followed by Ohio, Indiana (4,044) and New York (2,337).

“While this has been a long time coming, the strong bipartisan support gives us hope that we can finally right this wrong for those who lost their pensions,” Turner said in a news release.

Action on the original bill, which passed the House in July 2022, was spurred when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider the retirees’ case.

The legislation, which had the support of the former Biden administration, failed to gain traction in the U.S. Senate.

Under the reintroduced legislation, salaried retirees would receive a lump-sum payment covering the pension benefits they should have received over the past 15 years, with 6% interest added. The legislation would fully restore their pensions and ensure retirees receive the payments originally promised, as if the disruption had never occurred.

“Since coming to Congress, I have heard from countless constituents who unfairly lost the pensions they planned to survive on during retirement,” Joyce said. “Delphi salaried retirees deserve better than to be left without their hard-earned financial security.”