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        <RIN>1210-AC27</RIN>
        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>202410</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>1210</CODE>
            <NAME>Employee Benefits Security Administration</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EBSA</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>1200</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Labor</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>DOL</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Requirement to Provide Paper Statements in Certain Cases-Amendments to Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbors</RULE_TITLE>
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<p>This rulemaking would implement section 338(b) of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022.</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>29 CFR  2520.104b-1(c)</CFR>
            <CFR>29 CFR  2520.104b-31</CFR>
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        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Section 338(b) of SECURE Act 2.0 of 2022, Division O Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (Pub. L. 117-328)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST>
            <LEGAL_DLINE_INFO>
                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>NPRM</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>12/31/2024</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC></DLINE_DESC>
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        <LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>The Secretary shall, not later than 12/31/24, update 29 CFR 2520.104b-1(c) to provide that a plan may furnish the statements referred to in 105(a)(2)(E) of ERISA by electronic delivery only if, with respect to participants/ beneficiaries who first become eligible after 12/31/25, such plan furnishes them a notice on paper, prior to the electronic delivery of any statement, of their right to request that all required disclosures be furnished on paper in written form.</LEGAL_DLINE_OVERALL_DESC>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>06/00/2025</TTBL_DATE>
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        <RFA_REQUIRED>Undetermined</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>Undetermined</FEDERALISM>
        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Jeffrey</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Turner</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>J.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Director, Office of Regulations and Interpretations</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>1210</CODE>
                    <NAME>Employee Benefits Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>EBSA</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 693-8500</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>turner.jeffery@dol.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>N 5669, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-5655,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20210</ZIP>
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