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1. 80 FR 35220 — Partitions of Eligible Multiemployer Plans
   PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Jun 19, 2015
   … a partition order. Financial assistance means financial assistance from PBGC under section 4261 of ERISA. Insolvent has the same meaning as insolvent under section 4245(b) of ERISA. Interested party means, with respect to a plan— (1) Each participant in the plan; (2) Each beneficiary of a deceased participant; (3) Eac…
2. ERISA § 4070(a) (29 U.S.C. § 1370) — Enforcement authority relating to terminations of single-employer plans
   PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
   (a) (a) In general Any person who is with respect to a single-employer plan a fiduciary, contributing sponsor, member of a contributing sponsor's controlled group, participant, or beneficiary, and is adversely affected by an act or practice of any party (other than the corporation) in violation of any provision of sect…
3. ERISA § 4003(a) (29 U.S.C. § 1303) — Operation of corporation
   PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
   (a) (a) Investigatory authority; audit of statistically significant number of terminating plans The corporation may make such investigations as it deems necessary to enforce any provision of this subchapter or any rule or regulation thereunder, and may require or permit any person to file with it a statement in writing…
4. 90 FR 39320 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements
   PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Aug 15, 2025★ strong match
   …arity of its rules and on statutory changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). PBGC's legal authority for this rulemaking comes from section 4002(b)(3) of ERISA which authorizes PBGC to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of title IV of ERISA. It also comes from section 4006 of ERIS…
5. ERISA § 4402(a) (29 U.S.C. § 1461) — Effective date; special rules
   PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
   (a) (a) The provisions of this subchapter take effect on September 2, 1974.
6. 90 FR 6894 — Miscellaneous Corrections, Clarifications, and Improvements
   PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jan 21, 2025★ strong match
   …printed page 6895) and on statutory changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). Legal authority for this action comes from section 4002(b)(3) of ERISA which authorizes PBGC to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of title IV of ERISA. It also comes from section 4006 of ERISA (Premium …
7. 83 FR 46642 — Mergers and Transfers Between Multiemployer Plans
   PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Sep 14, 2018
   …rger means a merger of two or more multiemployer plans facilitated by PBGC under section 4231(e) of ERISA, including a merger that is facilitated with financial assistance under section 4231(e)(2) of ERISA. Fair market value of assets has the same meaning as the term has for minimum funding purposes under section 304 o…
8. ERISA § 4010(e) (29 U.S.C. § 1310) — Authority to require certain information
   PBGCCode / StatuteJan 24, 2020related by meaning
   (e) (e) Notice to Congress The corporation shall, on an annual basis, submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, a summary report in the…
9. 81 FR 36229 — Mergers and Transfers Between Multiemployer Plans
   PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Jun 6, 2016
   … the transaction. Endangered status has the same meaning as the term has under section 305(b)(1) of ERISA and section 432(b)(1) of the Code, and includes “seriously endangered status” as described in section 305(b)(1) of ERISA and section 432(b)(1) of the Code. Facilitated merger means a merger of two or more multiempl…
10. ERISA § 4002(h) (29 U.S.C. § 1302) — Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
    PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2025related by meaning
    (h) (h) Advisory committee to corporation
11. ERISA § 4219(b)(2)(B)(iii) (29 U.S.C. § 1399) — Notice, collection, etc., of withdrawal liability
    PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
    (b)(2)(B)(iii) (iii) the reason for any change in the determination of the employer's liability or schedule of liability payments.
12. ERISA § 4021(c)(3) (29 U.S.C. § 1321) — Coverage
    PBGCCode / StatuteJan 24, 2020related by meaning
    (c)(3) (3) In the case of a plan established and maintained by more than one professional service employer, the plan shall not be treated as a plan described in subsection (b)(13) if, at any time after September 2, 1974, the plan has more than 25 active participants.
13. 86 FR 36598 — Special Financial Assistance by PBGC
    PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Jul 12, 2021
    …and information that plans receiving SFA will need to maintain and retain to comply with title I of ERISA. Other Provisions Section 4262 of ERISA contains other provisions that apply to SFA and plans receiving SFA. These provisions are enumerated under § 4262.17 of the regulation: SFA must not be capped by the guarante…
14. 88 FR 76660 — Technical Amendments: Special Financial Assistance Withdrawal Liability Condition; SECURE 2.0 Act; and Other Updates
    PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Nov 7, 2023
    …is rulemaking comes from section 4002(b)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which authorizes PBGC to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of title IV of ERISA, and section 4262 of ERISA (Special Financial Assistance by the Corporation), which permits PBGC, in consultation with the…
15. ERISA § 4050(e) (29 U.S.C. § 1350) — Missing participants
    PBGCCode / StatuteJan 6, 2017related by meaning
    (e) (e) Regulatory authority The corporation shall prescribe such regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including rules relating to what will be considered a diligent search, the amount payable to the corporation, and the amount to be paid by the corporation.
16. 84 FR 53084 — Administrative Review of Agency Decisions
    PBGCProposed Rules (FR)Proposed Oct 4, 2019★ strong match
    ERISA has not been met, (ii) A determination that the requirements for demonstrating distress under section 4041(c)(2)(B) of ERISA have not been met, (iii) A determination with respect to the sufficiency of plan assets for benefit liabilities or for guaranteed benefits, and (iv) A determination with respect to a plan …
17. 29 C.F.R. § 4001.2(3) — Definitions.
    PBGCRegulationsJul 8, 2024
    ) that is not a multiemployer plan (as defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) and that is covered by title IV of ERISA. Standard termination means the voluntary termination, in accordance with section 4041(b) of ERISA and part 4041, subpart B, of this chapter, of a single-employer plan that is able to provide for all …
18. 85 FR 10279 — Administrative Review of Agency Decisions
    PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Feb 24, 2020★ strong match
    ERISA have not been met; (iii) A determination with respect to the sufficiency of plan assets for benefit liabilities or for guaranteed benefits; and (iv) A determination with respect to a plan terminating under section 4041(b) of ERISA or with respect to the distribution of residual assets under section 4044(d) of ER…
19. ERISA § 4011 (29 U.S.C. § 1311) — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–280, title V, §501(b)(1), Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 939
    PBGCCode / StatuteJan 3, 2007related by meaning
    Repealed. Pub. L. 109–280, title V, §501(b)(1), Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 939
20. 89 FR 48291 — Valuation Assumptions and Methods
    PBGCFinal Rules (FR)Jun 6, 2024
    …r this action comes from section 4002(b)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), which authorizes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to issue regulations to carry out the purposes of title IV of ERISA, and section 4044 of ERISA (Allocation of Assets). It also comes from section 4…