Link to an amendment published at 86 FR 1277, Jan. 8, 2021.
(a) The following terms are defined in
§ 4001.2 of this chapter: employer, ERISA, IRS, mass withdrawal, multiemployer plan, PBGC, plan, and plan year.
(b) For purposes of this part:
Initial withdrawal liability means the amount of withdrawal liability determined in accordance with
sections 4201 through 4225 of title IV without regard to the occurrence of a mass withdrawal.
Mass withdrawal liability means the sum of an employer's liability for de minimis amounts, liability for 20-year-limitation amounts, and reallocation liability.
Mass withdrawal valuation date means -
(1) In the case of a termination by mass withdrawal, the last day of the plan year in which the plan terminates; or
(2) in the case of a withdrawal of substantially all employers pursuant to an agreement or arrangement to withdraw, the last day of the plan year as of which substantially all employers have withdrawn.
Nonforfeitable benefit means a benefit described in
§ 4001.2 of this chapter plus, for purposes of this part, any adjustable benefit that has been reduced by the plan sponsor pursuant to
section 305(e)(8) of ERISA and
section 432(e)(8) of the Code that would otherwise have been includable as a nonforfeitable benefit.
Reallocation liability means the amount of unfunded vested benefits allocated to an employer in the event of a mass withdrawal.
Reallocation record date means a date selected by the plan sponsor, which shall be not earlier than the date of the plan's actuarial report for the year of the mass withdrawal and not later than one year after the mass withdrawal valuation date.
Redetermination liability means the sum of an employer's liability for de minimis amounts and the employer's liability for 20-year-limitation amounts.
Unfunded vested benefits means the amount by which the present value of a plan's vested nonforfeitable benefits (as defined for purposes of this section) exceeds the value of plan assets (including claims of the plan for unpaid initial withdrawal liability and redetermination liability), determined in accordance with
section 4281 of ERISA and part 4281, subpart B.
(c) For purposes of subpart B -
29 C.F.R. § 4219.2 — Definitions. · eCFR amendment effective 2021-01-08 · https://pensionresource.website/EAMain?content=EAMain.Law&id=cfr29-4219.2&asof=2021-01-08 · printed Oct 16, 2026