Meetings: Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans Advisory Council,

[Federal Register: July 21, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 139)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

Working Group Studying Retirement Plan Leakage--Cashing In Your Future from ERISA Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans; Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting

Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 512 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1142, a public meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 12, 1998, of the Retirement Plan Leakage--Cashing in Your Future--Working Group of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans. The group is studying pre-retirement distributions, including in-service distribution, hardship loans and participant loans from ERISA employer- sponsored pension plans.

The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to approximately noon in Room N-4437 C&D, U.S. Department of Labor Building, Second and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, is for Working Group members to continue taking testimony on the import of these ``pension preservation'' issues.

Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before August 4, 1998, to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5677, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20210. Individuals or representatives of organizations wishing to address the Working Group should forward their request to the Executive Secretary or telephone (202) 219-8733. Oral presentations will be limited to 10 minutes, but an extended statement may be submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities, who need special accommodations, should contact Sharon Morrissey by August 4, 1998, at the address indicated in this notice.

Organizations or individuals also may submit statements for the record without testifying. Twenty (20) copies of such statements should be sent to the Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council at the above address. Papers will be accepted and included in the record of the meeting if received on or before August 4.

Signed at Washington, DC this 15th day of July, 1998. Meredith Miller, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Administration.

[FR Doc. 98-19348Filed7-20-98; 8:45 am]

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