EBSA (Formerly PWBA) Notice of Meeting
Working Group Studying Retirement Plan Leakage--Cashing In Your Future from ERISA Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting [07/21/1998]
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Volume 63, Number 139, Page 39112
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Working Group Studying Retirement Plan Leakage--Cashing In Your
Future from ERISA Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans; 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, a
public meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 12, 1998, of the
Retirement Plan Leakage--Cashing in Your Future--Working Group of the
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans. The
group is studying pre-retirement distributions, including in-service
distribution, hardship loans and participant loans from ERISA employer-
sponsored pension plans.
The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to
approximately noon in Room N-4437 C&D, U.S. Department of Labor
Building, Second and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, is
for Working Group members to continue taking testimony on the import of
these ``pension preservation'' issues.
Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before August 4,
1998, 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) 219-8733. Oral presentations
will be limited to 10 minutes, but an extended statement may be
submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities, who need
special accommodations, should contact Sharon Morrissey by August 4,
1998, at the address indicated in this notice.
Organizations or individuals also may 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 August 4.
Signed at Washington, DC this 15th day of July, 1998.
Meredith Miller,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-19348 Filed 7-20-98; 8:45 am]
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