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EBSA (Formerly PWBA) Notice of Meeting

EBSA (Formerly PWBA) Notice of Meeting Working Group on Increasing Pension Coverage, Participation and Savings, Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting [05/17/2001]

Volume 66, Number 96, Page 27539-27540

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

 
Working Group on Increasing Pension Coverage, Participation and 
Savings, Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits 
Plans; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 512 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1142, the 
Working Group assigned by the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and 
Pension Benefit Plans to study the issue of increasing pension 
coverage, participation and savings will hold an open public meeting on 
Monday, June 11, 2001, in Room N-5437 A-C, U.S. Department of Labor 
Building, Second and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210.
    The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to 
approximately noon, is for Working Group members to hear testimony from 
invited witnesses and engage in discussion concerning the factors which 
either encourage or inhibit the growth of pension plan coverage and, 
ultimately, retirement security.
    Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement 
pertaining to the topic by sending 20 copies on or

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before June 4, 2001, to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA 
Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5677, 200 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. Individuals or 
representatives of organizations wishing to address the Working Group 
should forward their request to the Executive Secretary or telephone 
(202) 219-8753. Oral presentations will be limited to 20 minutes, but 
an extended statement may be submitted for the record. Individuals with 
disabilities, who need special accommodations, should contact Sharon 
Morrissey by June 4, at the address indicated in this notice.
    Organizations or individuals may also submit statements for the 
record without testifying. Twenty (20) copies of such statements should 
be sent to the Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council at the above 
address. Papers will be accepted and included in the record of the 
meeting if received on or before June 4.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 11th day of May 2001.
Ann L. Combs,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-12476 Filed 5-16-01; 8:45 am]
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