Employee Benefits Security Administration March 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Proposed Exemptions; PAMCAH-UA Local 675 Pension Plan (Pension Plan) (Collectively the Plans)
Document Number: 05-5744
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-03-23
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).
Proposed Class Exemption for Services Provided in Connection With the Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Plans
Document Number: 05-4465
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-03-10
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document contains a notice of a proposed class exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and from certain taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code). If granted, the proposed class exemption would permit a ``qualified termination administrator'' (QTA) of an individual account plan that has been abandoned by its sponsoring employer to select itself or an affiliate to provide services to the plan in connection with the termination of the plan, and to pay itself or an affiliate fees for those services. The proposed exemption also would permit a qualified termination administrator of an abandoned plan to: Designate itself or an affiliate as provider of an individual retirement plan or other account; select a proprietary investment product as the initial investment for the rollover distribution of benefits for a participant or beneficiary who fails to make an election regarding the disposition of such benefits; and pay itself or its affiliate fees in connection therewith. This exemption is being proposed in connection with the Department's proposed regulation to be promulgated at 29 CFR 2578, relating to the Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Plans, and 2550.404a-3, relating to the Safe Harbor For Rollover Distributions from Terminated Individual Account Plans, which are being published simultaneously in this issue of the Federal Register. The proposed exemption, if granted, would affect individual account plans, the participants and beneficiaries of such plans, certain plan service providers, and the fiduciaries of such plans.
Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Plans
Document Number: 05-4464
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2005-03-10
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document contains three proposed regulations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) that, upon adoption, would facilitate the termination of, and distribution of benefits from, individual account pension plans that have been abandoned by their sponsoring employers. The first proposed rule would establish a regulatory framework pursuant to which financial institutions and other entities holding the assets of an abandoned individual account plan can terminate the plan and distribute benefits to the plan's participants and beneficiaries, with limited liability. The second proposed rule provides a fiduciary safe harbor for use in connection with making rollover distributions from terminated plans on behalf of participants and beneficiaries who fail to make an election regarding a form of benefit distribution. Appendices to these rules contain model notices for use in connection therewith. The third proposed rule would establish a simplified method for filing a terminal report for abandoned individual account plans. These proposed regulations, if adopted, would affect fiduciaries, plan service providers, and participants and beneficiaries of individual account pension plans.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Consent To Receive Employee Benefit Plan Disclosure Electronically
Document Number: 05-4566
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-03-09
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Employee Benefits Security Administration is soliciting comments on the proposed extension of an information collection request (ICR) incorporated in the Final Rules relating to the use of electronic communication and recordkeeping technologies by employee pension and welfare benefit plans (29 CFR 2520.104b-1). A copy of the information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the individual shown in the ADDRESSES section of this notice.
Proposed Extension of Information Collection Request Submitted for Public Comment; Application for EFAST Electronic Signature and Codes for EFAST Transmitters and Software Developers
Document Number: 05-4082
Type: Notice
Date: 2005-03-03
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, conducts a preclearance consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies with an opportunity to comment on proposed and continuing collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95). This program helps to ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format, reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized, collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed. Currently, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is soliciting comments on the proposed extension of the Application for EFAST Electronic Signature and Codes for EFAST Transmitters and Software Developers (Form EFAST-1). A copy of the proposed information collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office listed below in the addresses section of this notice. The Form EFAST-1 is also available for viewing and downloading through the Department of Labor's Internet site (https://www.efast.dol.gov).
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