EBSA (Formerly PWBA) Notice of Meeting
Working Group Studying, Retirement Plan Leakage: Cashing Out Your Future From ERISA Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Meeting [10/16/1998]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
Working Group Studying, Retirement Plan Leakage: Cashing Out Your
Future From ERISA Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans Advisory Council on
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; 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 Friday, November 13, 1998, of the
Retirement Plan Leakage: Cashing Out 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
distributions, 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, D.C. 20210, is
for Working Group members to complete their report and/or
recommendations 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 November
5, 1998, to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory
Council, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5677 200 Constitution Avenue,
NW, Washington, D.C. 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 10 minutes, but an extended statement
may be submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities, who
need special accommodations, should contact Sharon Morrissey by
November 5, 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 November 5.
Signed at Washington, D.C. this 9th day of October, 1998.
Meredith Miller,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits
Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-27832 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am]
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