Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Nominations for Vacancies, 34701 [2015-14781]
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Dated: June 11, 2015.
Joseph S. Piacentini,
Director, Office of Policy and Research,
Employee Benefits Security Administration.
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Advisory Council on Employee Welfare
and Pension Benefit Plans;
Nominations for Vacancies
Section 512 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA), 88 Stat. 895, 29 U.S.C. 1142,
provides for the establishment of an
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare
and Pension Benefit Plans (the Council),
which is to consist of 15 members to be
appointed by the Secretary of Labor (the
Secretary) as follows: Three
representatives of employee
organizations (at least one of whom
shall be a representative of an
organization whose members are
participants in a multiemployer plan);
three representatives of employers (at
least one of whom shall be a
representative of employers maintaining
or contributing to multiemployer plans);
one representative each from the fields
of insurance, corporate trust, actuarial
counseling, investment counseling,
investment management, and
accounting; and three representatives
from the general public (one of whom
shall be a person representing those
receiving benefits from a pension plan).
No more than eight members of the
Council shall be members of the same
political party.
Council members shall be persons
qualified to appraise the programs
instituted under ERISA. Appointments
are for terms of three years. The
prescribed duties of the Council are to
advise the Secretary with respect to the
carrying out of his or her functions
under ERISA, and to submit to the
Secretary, or his or her designee,
recommendations with respect thereto.
The Council will meet at least four
times each year.
The terms of five members of the
Council expire at the end of this year.
The groups or fields they represent are
as follows: (1) Employee organizations;
(2) employers; (3) investment
counseling; (4) actuarial counseling; and
(5) the general public. The Department
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of Labor is committed to equal
opportunity in the workplace and seeks
a broad-based and diverse Council.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given
that any person or organization desiring
to nominate one or more individuals for
appointment to the Advisory Council on
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit
Plans to represent any of the groups or
fields specified in the preceding
paragraph may submit nominations to
Larry Good, Council Executive
Secretary, Frances Perkins Building,
U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Suite N–
5623, Washington, DC 20210, or as
email attachments to good.larry@
dol.gov. Nominations (including
supporting nominations) must be
received on or before July 31, 2015.
Please allow three weeks for regular
mail delivery to the Department of
Labor. If sending electronically, please
use an attachment in rich text, Word, or
pdf format. Nominations may be in the
form of a letter, resolution or petition,
signed by the person making the
nomination or, in the case of a
nomination by an organization, by an
authorized representative of the
organization.
Nominations, including supporting
letters, should:
• State the person’s qualifications to
serve on the Council.
• State that the candidate will accept
appointment to the Council if offered.
• Include which of the five positions
(representing groups or fields) the
candidate is nominated to fill.
• Include the nominee’s full name,
work affiliation, mailing address, phone
number, and email address.
• Include the nominator’s full name,
mailing address, phone number, and
email address.
• Include the nominator’s signature,
whether sent by email or otherwise.
Please do not include any information
that you do not want publicly disclosed.
In selecting Council members, the
Secretary of Labor will consider
individuals nominated in response to
this Federal Register notice, as well as
other qualified individuals.
Nominees will be contacted to
provide information on their political
affiliation and their status as registered
lobbyists. Anyone currently subject to
federal registration requirements as a
lobbyist is not eligible for appointment.
Nominees should be aware of the time
commitment for attending meetings and
actively participating in the work of the
Council. Historically, this has meant a
commitment of 15–20 days per year.
The Department of Labor has a process
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for vetting nominees under
consideration for appointment.
Phyllis C. Borzi,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits
Security Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans;
Nominations for Vacancies
Section 512 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
(ERISA), 88 Stat. 895, 29 U.S.C. 1142, provides for the establishment
of an Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
(the Council), which is to consist of 15 members to be appointed by the
Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) as follows: Three representatives of
employee organizations (at least one of whom shall be a representative
of an organization whose members are participants in a multiemployer
plan); three representatives of employers (at least one of whom shall
be a representative of employers maintaining or contributing to
multiemployer plans); one representative each from the fields of
insurance, corporate trust, actuarial counseling, investment
counseling, investment management, and accounting; and three
representatives from the general public (one of whom shall be a person
representing those receiving benefits from a pension plan). No more
than eight members of the Council shall be members of the same
political party.
Council members shall be persons qualified to appraise the programs
instituted under ERISA. Appointments are for terms of three years. The
prescribed duties of the Council are to advise the Secretary with
respect to the carrying out of his or her functions under ERISA, and to
submit to the Secretary, or his or her designee, recommendations with
respect thereto. The Council will meet at least four times each year.
The terms of five members of the Council expire at the end of this
year. The groups or fields they represent are as follows: (1) Employee
organizations; (2) employers; (3) investment counseling; (4) actuarial
counseling; and (5) the general public. The Department of Labor is
committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and seeks a broad-based
and diverse Council.
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that any person or organization
desiring to nominate one or more individuals for appointment to the
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to
represent any of the groups or fields specified in the preceding
paragraph may submit nominations to Larry Good, Council Executive
Secretary, Frances Perkins Building, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Suite N-5623, Washington, DC 20210, or as
email attachments to good.larry@dol.gov. Nominations (including
supporting nominations) must be received on or before July 31, 2015.
Please allow three weeks for regular mail delivery to the Department of
Labor. If sending electronically, please use an attachment in rich
text, Word, or pdf format. Nominations may be in the form of a letter,
resolution or petition, signed by the person making the nomination or,
in the case of a nomination by an organization, by an authorized
representative of the organization.
Nominations, including supporting letters, should:
State the person's qualifications to serve on the Council.
State that the candidate will accept appointment to the
Council if offered.
Include which of the five positions (representing groups
or fields) the candidate is nominated to fill.
Include the nominee's full name, work affiliation, mailing
address, phone number, and email address.
Include the nominator's full name, mailing address, phone
number, and email address.
Include the nominator's signature, whether sent by email
or otherwise.
Please do not include any information that you do not want publicly
disclosed.
In selecting Council members, the Secretary of Labor will consider
individuals nominated in response to this Federal Register notice, as
well as other qualified individuals.
Nominees will be contacted to provide information on their
political affiliation and their status as registered lobbyists. Anyone
currently subject to federal registration requirements as a lobbyist is
not eligible for appointment. Nominees should be aware of the time
commitment for attending meetings and actively participating in the
work of the Council. Historically, this has meant a commitment of 15-20
days per year. The Department of Labor has a process for vetting
nominees under consideration for appointment.
Phyllis C. Borzi,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2015-14781 Filed 6-16-15; 8:45 am]
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