Director, Office of Regulations and Interpretations

1210-AC04 202110 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1210 Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Amendment of Abandoned Plan Program

On December 12, 2012, the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) proposed amendments to three regulations previously published under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 that facilitate the termination of, and distribution of benefits from, individual account pension plans that have been abandoned by their sponsoring employers. 77 FR 74063 (RIN 1210-AB47). On the same date, EBSA also published Notice of Proposed Amendment to PTE 2006-06. 77 FR 74056 (ZRIN EBSA-2012-0015). The principal purpose of the proposed amendments was to permit bankruptcy trustees to use the Department’s Abandoned Plan Program to terminate and wind up the plans of sponsors in liquidation under chapter 7 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. On September 30, 2019, EBSA withdrew this entry from the semiannual regulatory agenda due to agency reprioritization. Following a review of agency priorities, this entry is being returned to EBSA’s semiannual regulatory agenda.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Undetermined No 29 CFR 2520.103-13 29 CFR 2550.404a-3 29 CFR 2578.1 29 U.S.C. 1135 No Interim Final Rule 01/00/2022 No Undetermined Undetermined Undetermined No No Jeffrey Turner J. Director, Office of Regulations and Interpretations 1210 Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA 202 693-8500 turner.jeffery@dol.gov N 5669, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-5655, Washington DC 20210