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OMB Control No: 1210-0124	ICR Reference No: 202411-1210-003
Status: Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 202201-1210-002
Agency/Subagency: DOL/EBSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Acquisition and Sale of Trust Real Estate Investment Trust Shares by Individual Account Plans Sponsored by Trust Real Estate Investment Trusts
Type of Information Collection: Extension without change of a currently approved collection	Common Form ICR: No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/01/2025
Retrieve Notice of Action (NOA)	Date Received in OIRA: 03/28/2025
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2028	36 Months From Approved	04/30/2025
Responses	2,695	0	140,700
Time Burden (Hours)	144	0	7,046
Cost Burden (Dollars)	10,214	0	465,717

Abstract: Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2004-07 permits an individual account pension plan sponsored by a real estate investment trust (REIT) within the meaning of Code section 856 that is organized as a trust under applicable law (Trust REIT), or by its affiliates, to purchase, hold and sell publicly traded shares of beneficial interest in the Trust REIT at the direction of the participant or an independent fiduciary. The relief also covers contributions in kind of REIT shares. Such purchases, holdings, and sales would otherwise be prohibited under ERISA section 406 and Code section 4975. The class exemption requires, among other conditions, that the Trust REIT (or its agent) provide the person who has authority to direct acquisition or sale of REIT shares with the most recent prospectus, quarterly report, and annual report concerning the Trust REIT prior to or immediately after an initial investment in the Trust REIT. The person with such authority may be, under the terms of the plan, either an independent fiduciary or a participant exercising investment rights pertaining to his or her individual account under the plan. Updated versions of the reports must be provided to the directing person as published. The exemption further requires the plan to maintain records concerning investments in a Trust REIT for a period of six years and make them available to interested persons including the Department, Internal Revenue Service, fiduciary or authorized representative of the plan, and participants and beneficiaries. The exemption requires confidentiality procedures, which must be designed to protect against the possibility that an employer may exert undue influence on participants regarding share-related transactions, and the participants and beneficiaries of the plan must be provided with a statement describing the confidentiality procedures in place and the fiduciary responsible for monitoring these procedures.

Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 26 USC 4975(c)(2) Name of Law: Internal Revenue Code
US Code: 29 USC 1108 Name of Law: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
	Not associated with rulemaking

Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	89 FR 56416	07/09/2024
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	90 FR 14166	03/28/2025
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? No

Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 1

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Acqusition and Sale of Trust REIT Shares by Individual Account Plans Sponsored by Trust REITs

ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate
Annual Number of Responses	2,695	140,700	-138,005
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	144	7,046	-6,902
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	10,214	465,717	-455,503

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Increase Due to:

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: There have been no program changes in this exemption since the prior submission; however, the Department has updated estimates underlying the analysis. The estimated number of affected trusts and participants have decreased, but the hourly wage rate has increased. In addition, the electronic disclosure assumption has been updated. As a result, the number of responses decreased by 138,005 responses, the hour burden has decreased by 6,902 hours, and the cost burden has decreased by $455,503.

Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Does this ICR request any personally identifiable information (see OMB Circular No. A-130 for an explanation of this term)? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Does this ICR include a form that requires a Privacy Act Statement (see 5 U.S.C. §552a(e)(3))? Please consult with your agency's privacy program when making this determination. No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? No

Agency Contact: James Butikofer 202 693-8434 Butikofer.James@dol.gov

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