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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY
CORPORATION
29 CFR Part 4022
Benefits Payable in Terminated SingleEmployer Plans; Interest Assumptions
for Paying Benefits
Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation.
ACTION: Final rule.
AGENCY:
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PBGC’s
regulation on Benefits Payable in
Terminated Single-Employer Plans (29
CFR part 4022) prescribes actuarial
assumptions—including interest
assumptions—for paying plan benefits
under terminated single-employer plans
covered by title IV of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This final rule amends the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s
regulation on Benefits Payable in
Terminated Single-Employer Plans to
prescribe certain interest assumptions
under the regulation for plans with
valuation dates in May 2019. These
interest assumptions are used for paying
SUMMARY:
certain benefits under terminating
single-employer plans covered by the
pension insurance system administered
by PBGC.
DATES: Effective May 1, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gregory Katz (katz.gregory@pbgc.gov),
Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Division,
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation,
1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC
20005, 202–326–4400 ext. 3829. (TTY
users may call the Federal relay service
toll-free at 1–800–877–8339 and ask to
be connected to 202–326–4400, ext.
3829.)
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(ERISA). The interest assumptions in
the regulation are also published on
PBGC’s website (https://www.pbgc.gov).
PBGC uses the interest assumptions in
appendix B to part 4022 (‘‘Lump Sum
Interest Rates for PBGC Payments’’) to
determine whether a benefit is payable
as a lump sum and to determine the
amount to pay. Because some privatesector pension plans use these interest
rates to determine lump sum amounts
payable to plan participants (if the
resulting lump sum is larger than the
amount required under section 417(e)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code and
section 205(g)(3) of ERISA), these rates
are also provided in appendix C to part
4022 (‘‘Lump Sum Interest Rates for
Private-Sector Payments’’).
This final rule updates appendices B
and C of the benefits payment regulation
to provide the rates for May 2019
measurement dates.
The May 2019 lump sum interest
assumptions will be 1.00 percent for the
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period during which a benefit is (or is
assumed to be) in pay status and 4.00
percent during any years preceding the
benefit’s placement in pay status. In
comparison with the interest
assumptions in effect for April 2019,
these assumptions represent a decrease
of 0.25 percent in the immediate rate
and are otherwise unchanged.
PBGC updates appendices B and C
each month. PBGC has determined that
notice and public comment on this
amendment are impracticable and
contrary to the public interest. This
finding is based on the need to issue
new interest assumptions promptly so
that they are available for plans that rely
on our publication of them each month
to calculate lump sum benefit amounts.
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Because of the need to provide
immediate guidance for the payment of
benefits under plans with valuation
dates during May 2019, PBGC finds that
good cause exists for making the
assumptions set forth in this
amendment effective less than 30 days
after publication. PBGC has determined
that this action is not a ‘‘significant
regulatory action’’ under the criteria set
forth in Executive Order 12866.
Because no general notice of proposed
rulemaking is required for this
amendment, the Regulatory Flexibility
Act of 1980 does not apply. See 5 U.S.C.
601(2).
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Corporation.
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PART 4022—BENEFITS PAYABLE IN
TERMINATED SINGLE-EMPLOYER
PLANS
Appendix B to Part 4022—Lump Sum
Interest Rates for PBGC Payments
List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 4022
Employee benefit plans, Pension
insurance, Pensions, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
For plans with a valuation
date
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[FR Doc No: 2019-07279]
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PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION
29 CFR Part 4022
Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-Employer Plans; Interest
Assumptions for Paying Benefits
AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation's regulation on Benefits Payable in Terminated Single-
Employer Plans to prescribe certain interest assumptions under the
regulation for plans with valuation dates in May 2019. These interest
assumptions are used for paying certain benefits under terminating
single-employer plans covered by the pension insurance system
administered by PBGC.
DATES: Effective May 1, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gregory Katz ([email protected]),
Attorney, Regulatory Affairs Division, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation, 1200 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005, 202-326-4400 ext.
3829. (TTY users may call the Federal relay service toll-free at 1-800-
877-8339 and ask to be connected to 202-326-4400, ext. 3829.)
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PBGC's regulation on Benefits Payable in
Terminated Single-Employer Plans (29 CFR part 4022) prescribes
actuarial assumptions--including interest assumptions--for paying plan
benefits under terminated single-employer plans covered by title IV of
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The
interest assumptions in the regulation are also published on PBGC's
website (https://www.pbgc.gov).
PBGC uses the interest assumptions in appendix B to part 4022
(``Lump Sum Interest Rates for PBGC Payments'') to determine whether a
benefit is payable as a lump sum and to determine the amount to pay.
Because some private-sector pension plans use these interest rates to
determine lump sum amounts payable to plan participants (if the
resulting lump sum is larger than the amount required under section
417(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and section 205(g)(3) of ERISA),
these rates are also provided in appendix C to part 4022 (``Lump Sum
Interest Rates for Private-Sector Payments'').
This final rule updates appendices B and C of the benefits payment
regulation to provide the rates for May 2019 measurement dates.
The May 2019 lump sum interest assumptions will be 1.00 percent for
the
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period during which a benefit is (or is assumed to be) in pay status
and 4.00 percent during any years preceding the benefit's placement in
pay status. In comparison with the interest assumptions in effect for
April 2019, these assumptions represent a decrease of 0.25 percent in
the immediate rate and are otherwise unchanged.
PBGC updates appendices B and C each month. PBGC has determined
that notice and public comment on this amendment are impracticable and
contrary to the public interest. This finding is based on the need to
issue new interest assumptions promptly so that they are available for
plans that rely on our publication of them each month to calculate lump
sum benefit amounts.
Because of the need to provide immediate guidance for the payment
of benefits under plans with valuation dates during May 2019, PBGC
finds that good cause exists for making the assumptions set forth in
this amendment effective less than 30 days after publication. PBGC has
determined that this action is not a ``significant regulatory action''
under the criteria set forth in Executive Order 12866.
Because no general notice of proposed rulemaking is required for
this amendment, the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 does not apply.
See 5 U.S.C. 601(2).
List of Subjects in 29 CFR Part 4022
Employee benefit plans, Pension insurance, Pensions, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements.
In consideration of the foregoing, 29 CFR part 4022 is amended as
follows:
PART 4022--BENEFITS PAYABLE IN TERMINATED SINGLE-EMPLOYER PLANS
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1. The authority citation for part 4022 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1302, 1322, 1322b, 1341(c)(3)(D), and 1344.
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2. In appendix B to part 4022, rate set 307 is added at the end of the
table to read as follows:
Appendix B to Part 4022--Lump Sum Interest Rates for PBGC Payments
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For plans with a valuation Deferred annuities (percent)
date Immediate ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Rate set ---------------------------- annuity rate
On or after Before (percent) i1 i2 i3 n1 n2
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307..................................... 5-1-19 6-1-19 1.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 7 8
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3. In appendix C to part 4022, rate set 307 is added at the end of the
table to read as follows:
Appendix C to Part 4022--Lump Sum Interest Rates for Private-Sector
Payments
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For plans with a valuation Deferred annuities (percent)
date Immediate ---------------------------------------------------------------------
Rate set ---------------------------- annuity rate
On or after Before (percent) i1 i2 i3 n1 n2
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307..................................... 5-1-19 6-1-19 1.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 7 8
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Issued in Washington, DC.
Hilary Duke,
Assistant General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation.
[FR Doc. 2019-07279 Filed 4-12-19; 8:45 am]
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