The Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 (MEPRA), part of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015, was signed into effect in December 2014. There are provisions of MEPRA that affect all multiemployer defined benefit plans. There are other provisions that affect plans depending on their Pension Protection Act zone status (green zone or endangered status, endangered status, endangered and critical status, and critical status).