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            <NAME>Employee Benefits Security Administration</NAME>
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            <NAME>Department of Labor</NAME>
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<p>This regulatory action is in response to Executive Order 14219, entitled Ensuring Lawful Governance and Implementing the President's "Department of Government Efficiency" Deregulatory Initiative, and in light of the stay of effective date in <em>Federation of Americans for Consumer Choice v. U.S. Department of Labor </em>, No. 6:24-CV-163-JDK (E.D. Tex.) and&nbsp; <em>American Council of Life Insurers v. U.S. Department of Labor </em>, No. 4:24-CV-00482-O (N.D. Tex.) and will ensure that the regulation is based on the best reading of the statute.&nbsp;</p>
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        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Economically Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>First Time Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Final Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>Undetermined</MAJOR>
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            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>Undetermined</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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            <CFR>29 CFR 2510.3-21</CFR>
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            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>U.S.C. 1135 (ERISA sec. 505)</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>Reorganization Plan Nol 4 of 1978</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
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                <TTBL_ACTION>Rulemaking</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>05/00/2026</TTBL_DATE>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Undetermined</GOVT_LEVEL>
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        <PRINT_PAPER>No</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>No</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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                <FIRST_NAME>Karen</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Lloyd</LAST_NAME>
                <MIDDLE_NAME>E.</MIDDLE_NAME>
                <TITLE>Office of Regulations and Interpretations</TITLE>
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                    <CODE>1210</CODE>
                    <NAME>Employee Benefits Security Administration</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>EBSA</ACRONYM>
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                <PHONE>202 693-8510</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>lloyd.karen@dol.gov</EMAIL>
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                    <STREET_ADDRESS>200 Constitution Avenue NW, FP Building, Room N-5655,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20210</ZIP>
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