Title 29 — Labor
Part 1 · Chapter 18 — Employee Retirement Income Security Program
§ 1027. Retention of records
Statutory text
Every person subject to a requirement to file any report (including the documents described in subparagraphs (E) through (I) of section 1021(k) of this title) or to certify any information therefor under this subchapter or who would be subject to such a requirement but for an exemption or simplified reporting requirement under section 1024(a)(2) or (3) of this title shall maintain a copy of such report and records on the matters of which disclosure is required which will provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data from which the documents thus required may be verified, explained, or clarified, and checked for accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers, worksheets, receipts, and applicable resolutions, and shall keep such records available for examination for a period of not less than six years after the filing date of the documents based on the information which they contain, or six years after the date on which such documents would have been filed but for an exemption or simplified reporting requirement under section 1024(a)(2) or (3) of this title.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
Pub. L. 93–406 title I § 107 · 88 Stat. 829
Enacted · 29 U.S.C. § 1027
Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 107, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 850
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 107, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 850Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 107. retention of records Every person subject to a requirement to file any description 29 USC 1027. or report or to certify any information therefor under this title or who would be subject to such a requirement but for an exemption or simplified reporting requirement under section 104(a)(2) or (3) of this title shall maintain records on the matters of which disclosure is required which will provide in sufficient detail the necessary basic information and data from which the documents thus required may be verified, explained, or clarified, and checked for accuracy and completeness, and shall include vouchers, worksheets, receipts, and applicable resolutions, and shall keep such records available for examination for a period of not less than six years after the filing date of the documents based on the information which they contain, or six years after the date on which such documents would have been filed but for an exemption or simplified reporting requirement under section 104(a)(2) or (3).Pub. L. 105–34 title XV § 1503(d)(5) · 111 Stat. 788
Struck · 29 U.S.C. § 1027
Pub. L. 105–34 struck out “description or” after “requirement to file any”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 105–34 struck out “description or” after “requirement to file any”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(5) Section 107 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1027) is amended by striking “description or”.Department of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2015
Pub. L. 113–235 div. O title I § 111(c) · 128 Stat. 2130
Inserted · 29 U.S.C. § 1027
Pub. L. 113–235 inserted “(including the documents described in subparagraphs (E) through (I) of section 1021(k) of this title)” after “file any report” and “a copy of such report and” after “shall maintain”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 113–235 inserted “(including the documents described in subparagraphs (E) through (I) of section 1021(k) of this title)” after “file any report” and “a copy of such report and” after “shall maintain”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 111. The Secretary of Commerce may waive the requirement for bonds under 40 U.S.C. 3131 with respect to contracts for the construction, alteration, or repair of vessels, regardless of the terms of the contracts as to payment or title, when the contract is made under the Coast and Geodetic Survey Act of 1947 (33 U.S.C. 883a et seq.).Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 113–235 applicable with respect to plan years beginning after Dec. 31, 2014, see section 111(e) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note under section 1021 of this title.
3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments1997–2014 · 2 rounds
2014
Pub. L. 113–235 inserted “(including the documents described in subparagraphs (E) through (I) of section 1021(k) of this title)” after “file any report” and “a copy of such report and” after “shall maintain”.
1997
Pub. L. 105–34 struck out “description or” after “requirement to file any”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 2014 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 113–235 applicable with respect to plan years beginning after , see section 111(e) of Pub. L. 113–235, set out as a note under section 1021 of this title.