Title 29 — Labor
Chapter 18. Employee Retirement Income Security Program
200 sections
Subtitle A — General Provisions
Part 1 — reporting and disclosure
- 1021Duty of disclosure and reporting
- 1022Summary plan description
- 1023Annual reports
- 1024Filing with Secretary and furnishing information to participants and certain employers
- 1025Reporting of participant’s benefit rights
- 1026Reports made public information
- 1027Retention of records
- 1028Reliance on administrative interpretations
- 1029Forms
- 1030Alternative methods of compliance
- 1030aEliminating unnecessary plan requirements related to unenrolled participants
- 1031Repeal and effective date
- 1032Notice and disclosure requirements with respect to lump sums
Part 2 — participation and vesting
- 1051Coverage
- 1052Minimum participation standards
- 1053Minimum vesting standards
- 1054Benefit accrual requirements
- 1055Requirement of joint and survivor annuity and preretirement survivor annuity
- 1056Form and payment of benefits
- 1057Repealed. Pub. L. 109–280, title I, § 108(d)
- 1058Mergers and consolidations of plans or transfers of plan assets
- 1059Recordkeeping and reporting requirements
- 1060Multiple employer plans and other special rules
- 1061Effective dates
Part 3 — funding
- 1081Coverage
- 1082Minimum funding standards
- 1083Minimum funding standards for single-employer defined benefit pension plans
- 1084Minimum funding standards for multiemployer plans
- 1085Additional funding rules for multiemployer plans in endangered status or critical status
- 1085aMinimum funding standards
- 1085b, 1086Repealed. Pub. L. 109–280, title I, § 101(a)
Part 4 — fiduciary responsibility
- 1101Coverage
- 1102Establishment of plan
- 1103Establishment of trust
- 1104Fiduciary duties
- 1105Liability for breach of co-fiduciary
- 1106Prohibited transactions
- 1107Limitation with respect to acquisition and holding of employer securities and employer real property by certain plans
- 1108Exemptions from prohibited transactions
- 1109Liability for breach of fiduciary duty
- 1110Exculpatory provisions; insurance
- 1111Persons prohibited from holding certain positions
- 1112Bonding
- 1113Limitation of actions
- 1114Effective date
Part 5 — administration and enforcement
- 1131Criminal penalties
- 1132Civil enforcement
- 1133Claims procedure
- 1134Investigative authority
- 1135Regulations
- 1136Coordination and responsibility of agencies enforcing this subchapter and related Federal laws
- 1137Administration
- 1138Appropriations
- 1139Separability
- 1140Interference with protected rights
- 1141Coercive interference
- 1142Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
- 1143Research, studies, and reports
- 1143aStudies by Comptroller General
- 1144Other laws
- 1144aClarification of church welfare plan status under State insurance law
- 1145Delinquent contributions
- 1146Outreach to promote retirement income savings
- 1147National Summit on Retirement Savings
- 1148Authority to postpone certain deadlines by reason of Presidentially declared disaster or terroristic or military actions
- 1149Prohibition on false statements and representations
- 1150Applicability of State law to combat fraud and abuse
- 1151Administrative summary cease and desist orders and summary seizure orders against multiple employer welfare arrangements in financially hazardous condition
- 1152Coordination of enforcement regarding violations of certain health care provider requirements; complaint process
- 1153Retirement Savings Lost and Found
Part 6 — continuation coverage and additional standards for group health plans
Subpart A — Requirements Relating to Portability, Access, and Renewability
Subpart B — Other Requirements
- 1185Standards relating to benefits for mothers and newborns
- 1185aParity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits
- 1185bRequired coverage for reconstructive surgery following mastectomies
- 1185cCoverage of dependent students on medically necessary leave of absence
- 1185dAdditional market reforms
- 1185ePreventing surprise medical bills
- 1185fEnding surprise air ambulance bills
- 1185gContinuity of care
- 1185hMaintenance of price comparison tool
- 1185iProtecting patients and improving the accuracy of provider directory information
- 1185kOther patient protections
- 1185lAir ambulance report requirements
- 1185mIncreasing transparency by removing gag clauses on price and quality information
- 1185nReporting on pharmacy benefits and drug costs
- 1185oOversight of entities that provide pharmacy benefit management services
Subpart C — General Provisions
Part 8 — pension-linked emergency savings accounts
Subtitle A — Jurisdiction, Administration, and Enforcement
- 1201Procedures in connection with the issuance of certain determination letters by the Secretary of the Treasury covering qualifications under Internal Revenue Code
- 1202Procedures with respect to continued compliance with Internal Revenue requirements relating to participation, vesting, and funding standards
- 1202aEmployee plans compliance resolution system
- 1203Procedures in connection with prohibited transactions
- 1204Coordination between the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Labor
Part 1 — joint pension, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan task force
Part 2 — other studies
Subtitle C — Enrollment of Actuaries
Subtitle A — Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- 1301Definitions
- 1302Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- 1303Operation of corporation
- 1304Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate
- 1304aSponsor education and assistance
- 1305Pension benefit guaranty funds
- 1306Premium rates
- 1307Payment of premiums
- 1308Annual report by the corporation
- 1309Portability assistance
- 1310Authority to require certain information
- 1311Repealed. Pub. L. 109–280, title V, § 501(b)(1)
Subtitle B — Coverage
Subtitle C — Terminations
- 1341Termination of single-employer plans
- 1341aTermination of multiemployer plans
- 1342Institution of termination proceedings by the corporation
- 1343Reportable events
- 1344Allocation of assets
- 1345Recapture of payments
- 1346Reports to trustee
- 1347Restoration of plans
- 1348Termination date
- 1349Repealed. Pub. L. 100–203, title IX, § 9312(a)
- 1350Missing participants
Subtitle D — Liability
- 1361Amounts payable by corporation
- 1362Liability for termination of single-employer plans under a distress termination or a termination by corporation
- 1363Liability of substantial employer for withdrawal from single-employer plans under multiple controlled groups
- 1364Liability on termination of single-employer plans under multiple controlled groups
- 1365Annual report of plan administrator
- 1366Annual notification to substantial employers
- 1367Recovery of liability for plan termination
- 1368Lien for liability
- 1369Treatment of transactions to evade liability; effect of corporate reorganization
- 1370Enforcement authority relating to terminations of single-employer plans
- 1371Penalty for failure to timely provide required information
Part 1 — employer withdrawals
- 1381Withdrawal liability established; criteria and definitions
- 1382Determination and collection of liability; notification of employer
- 1383Complete withdrawal
- 1384Sale of assets
- 1385Partial withdrawals
- 1386Adjustment for partial withdrawal; determination of amount; reduction for partial withdrawal liability; procedures applicable
- 1387Reduction or waiver of complete withdrawal liability; procedures and standards applicable
- 1388Reduction of partial withdrawal liability
- 1389De minimis rule
- 1390Nonapplicability of withdrawal liability for certain temporary contribution obligation periods; exception
- 1391Methods for computing withdrawal liability
- 1392Obligation to contribute
- 1393Actuarial assumptions
- 1394Application of plan amendments; exception
- 1395Plan notification to corporation of potentially significant withdrawals
- 1396Special rules for plans under section 404(c) of title 26
- 1397Application of part in case of certain pre-1980 withdrawals; adjustment of covered plan
- 1398Withdrawal not to occur because of change in business form or suspension of contributions during labor dispute
- 1399Notice, collection, etc., of withdrawal liability
- 1400Approval of amendments
- 1401Resolution of disputes
- 1402Reimbursements for uncollectible withdrawal liability
- 1403Withdrawal liability payment fund
- 1404Alternative method of withdrawal liability payments
- 1405Limitation on withdrawal liability