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RIN: 1210-AA66

Publication ID: Fall 2001

Title: Elimination of Filing Requirements for Summary Plan Descriptions
Abstract: This rulemaking will remove from the CFR certain regulations that have been superseded by amendments to title I of ERISA effected by the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (PL 105-34) that eliminate the requirement for plan administrators to file summary plan descriptions (SPDs), summaries of material modifications (SMMs), and updated SPDs with the Department of Labor. Under the amendments plan administrators must continue to furnish participants and beneficiaries with copies of these documents. Separate rulemakings (RINs 1210-AA67 and 1210-AA68) will implement the Taxpayer Relief Act amendments that require plan administrators to furnish copies of SPDs and any other documents relating to the plan to the Department on request, and authorize the Secretary of Labor to assess a civil penalty for failure to do so.
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2520.104a-2 29 CFR 2520.104a-3 29 CFR 2520.104a-4 29 CFR 2520.104a-7
Legal Authority: 29 USC 1024 29 USC 1135 PL 105-34, sec 1503

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	08/05/1999	64 FR 42792
NPRM Comment Period End	10/04/1999
Final Action	12/00/2001

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
Agency Contact: Lisa M. Fields Pension Law Specialist Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration Room N5625, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Washington, DC 20210 Phone:202 693-8500