91 FR 9213 — Requirement To Provide Paper Statements in Certain Cases-Amendments to Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbors ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Feb 25, 2026★ strong match
…eir required ERISA disclosures electronically.[3]
The first electronic safe harbor was published in 2002 (the 2002 safe harbor).[4] The 2002 safe harbor establishes tailored safeguards for electronic disclosure for two categories of participants and beneficiaries. The first category is for participants whose employment…
89 FR 43675 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2006-06 for Services Provided in Connection With the Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Plans ERISAFinal Rules (FR)May 17, 2024related by meaning
… the rights of plan participants and beneficiaries as required by ERISA section 408(a) and Internal Revenue Code (Code) section 4975(c)(2).[9]
B. Fiduciary Status of Bankruptcy Trustees and Prohibited Transactions
90 FR 3667 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2002-51 To Permit Certain Transactions Identified in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 15, 2025★ strong match
…riations Act, 2023, Public Law 117 328, 136 Stat. 4459 (2022).
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As described in Rev. Proc. 2021-30, or any successor guidance).
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The term pension plans include both defined contribution plans and defined benefit plans.
See
ERISA section 3(34) and 3(35).
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As no…
85 FR 31884 — Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under ERISA ERISAFinal Rules (FR)May 27, 2020
ded ERISA's delivery standards in 2002 by establishing a safe harbor for the use of electronic media to furnish disclosures (the 2002 safe harbor).[3] The 2002 safe harbor was not and is not the exclusive means by which a plan administrator may use electronic media to satisfy the general standard. However, plan adminis…
80 FR 22021 — Proposed Amendment to and Proposed Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 86-128 for Securities Transactions Involving Employee Benefit P… ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Apr 20, 2015★ strong match
…red accordingly. Additionally, within the definitions section, the following definitions are new or revised: Independent (Section VII(f)), plan (Section VII(j)), individual retirement account (Section VII(k)), Related Entity (Section VII(l)), Best Interest (Section VII(m)), and Commission (VII(n)).
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88 FR 76032 — Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83, 83-1, and 86-128 ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 3, 2023★ strong match
, including as part of a comment responding to the broader proposal. Comments are due by January 2, 2024 to ensure their consideration.
PRA Addressee: Address requests for copies of the ICR to James Butikofer, Office of Research and Analysis, U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration, 200 Cons…
90 FR 4192 — Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jan 15, 2025★ strong match
…ass exemption PTE 2002-51 is generally unavailable to VFC Program applicants that have, within the previous there years, taken advantage of the relief provided by the VFC Program and the exemption for a similar type of transaction. Comments were solicited on whether to eliminate the three-year use limitation in the exe…
81 FR 21181 — Amendment to and Partial Revocation of Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 86-128 for Securities Transactions Involving Employee Benefit Plans and Broker-De… ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016★ strong match
…rohibited transaction exemption, analyzing the economic impact of the proposals, and developing the revised paperwork burden analysis summarized below.
In connection with publication of this final amendment to and partial revocation of PTE 86-128 and this final amendment to and partial revocation of PTE 75-1, the Depar…
91 FR 46602 — Electronic Disclosure by Group Health Plans Under ERISA ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jul 23, 2026
…ay use electronic media to satisfy the general standard.[5]
Plan administrators may find that other procedures will allow them to meet ERISA's general delivery requirements. However, administrators who satisfy the conditions of the 2002 safe harbor are assured that the general delivery requirements have been satisfied.
88 FR 9408 — Amendment and Restatement of Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Feb 14, 2023★ strong match
…ction 305 as it affects EPCRS that should be taken into account by the Department in making further revisions to the VFC Program and PTE 2002-51. Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of February, 2023.
Lisa M. Gomez,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor.
Footnotes
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Un…
87 FR 70753 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2002-51 To Permit Certain Transactions Identified in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Nov 21, 2022★ strong match
…tisfied.
Proposed Amendment to PTE 2002-51
Under Code section 4975(c)(2) and in accordance with the procedures set forth in 29 CFR 2570, subpart B (76 FR 66637, October 27, 2011), the Department proposes to amend and restate PTE 2002-51 as set forth below.
Section I. Eligible Transactions
81 FR 21208 — Amendments to Class Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83 and 83-1 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 8, 2016★ strong match
…to PTE 2002-13, the Department explained that it had determined, after consulting with the Internal Revenue Service, that plans described in 4975(e)(1) of the Code are included within the scope of relief provided by PTEs 75-1 and 77-4, because they were issued jointly by the Department and the Service. For simplicity a…
89 FR 32346 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83, 83-1, and 86-128 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024★ strong match
…o rely on PTE 86-128 without meeting the Recapture of Profits provision pursuant to an amendment in 2002 (the 2002 Amendment). Before the 2002 Amendment, Section III(a) provided that “[t]he person engaging in the covered transaction [may not be] a trustee (other than a nondiscretionary trustee), or an administrator of …
84 FR 56894 — Default Electronic Disclosure by Employee Pension Benefit Plans Under ERISA ERISAProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Oct 23, 2019★ strong match
…r may use electronic media to satisfy the general standard. Plan administrators may find that other procedures will allow them to meet ERISA's general delivery requirements. However, administrators who satisfy the conditions of the safe harbor are assured that the general delivery requirements have been satisfied.
89 FR 32260 — Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 25, 2024related by meaning
…Reg BI Adopting Release”). (recognizing that “some broker-dealers may rely on existing policies and procedures that address conflicts through methods such as compliance and supervisory systems that are consistent with the Conflict of Interest Obligation” under Regulation Best Interest).
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See Rule 2…
85 FR 82798 — Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02, Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 18, 2020related by meaning
…SA section 3(21)(A)(ii); Code section 4975(e)(3)(B).
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Regulatory Planning and Review, 58 FR 51735 (Oct. 4, 1993).
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Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review, 76 FR 3821 (Jan. 21, 2011).
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82 FR 16902 — Definition of the Term “Fiduciary”; Conflict of Interest Rule-Retirement Investment Advice; Best Interest Contract Exemption (Prohibited Transaction Exemption … ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Apr 7, 2017related by meaning
…ally provided relief for certain transactions involving mutual fund principal underwriters that was revoked for transactions involving IRAs. The applicability date of that revocation is also delayed until January 1, 2018; accordingly, such transactions can continue until that time subject to the applicability of the Im…
82 FR 57664 — 18-Month Extension of Transition Period and Delay of Applicability Dates; Best Interest Contract Exemption (PTE 2016-01); Class Exemption for Principal Transac… ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Dec 7, 2017related by meaning
…kius LLP).” 2. On page 56559, second column, add the following language to the end of Congressional Review Act discussion: “Although the CRA generally requires that major rules become effective no sooner than 60 days after Congress receives the required report, the CRA allows the issuing agency to make a rule effective…
ERISADOL Technical ReleasesSep 13, 2013
…ned age 27, up to a maximum dollar amount for a coverage period. IRS Notice 2002-45, 2002-02 CB 93; Revenue Ruling 2002-41, 2002-2 CB 75. This reimbursement is excludable from the employee’s income. Amounts that remain at the end of the year generally can be used to reimburse expenses incurred in later years. HRAs gene…
81 FR 44773 — Best Interest Contract Exemption; Correction ERISAFinal Rules (FR)Jul 11, 2016related by meaning
(as defined in ERISA section 3(15)), member of family (as defined in Code section 4975(e)(6)) of, or partner in, the Adviser or Financial Institution. (3) The Financial Institution designates a person or persons, identified by name, title or function, responsible for addressing Material Conflicts of Interest and monito…