81 FR 87593 - Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of Charter Renewal

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employee Benefits Security Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 233 (December 5, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 233 (Monday, December 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87593-87594]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29119]


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 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security Administration


Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; 
Notice of Charter Renewal

    In accordance with section 512(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act and its implementing regulations issued by the 
General Services Administration (GSA), the charter for the Advisory 
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans is renewed.
    The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans 
shall advise the Secretary of Labor on technical aspects of the 
provisions of ERISA and shall provide reports and/or recommendations 
each year on its findings to the Secretary of Labor. The Council shall 
be composed of fifteen members appointed by the Secretary. Not more 
than eight members of the Council shall be of the same political party. 
Three of the members shall be representatives of employee organizations 
(at least one of whom shall be a representative of any organization 
members of which are participants in a multiemployer plan); three of 
the members shall be representatives of employers (at least one of whom 
shall be a representative of employers maintaining or contributing to 
multiemployer plans); three members shall be representatives appointed 
from the general public (one of whom shall be a person representing 
those receiving benefits from a pension plan); and there shall be one 
representative each from the fields of insurance, corporate trust, 
actuarial counseling, investment counseling, investment management, and 
accounting.
    The Advisory Council will report to the Secretary of Labor. It will 
function solely as an advisory body and in compliance with the 
provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, and its charter will 
be filed under the Act. For further information, contact Larry I. Good, 
Executive Secretary, Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension 
Benefit Plans, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 693-8668.


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    Signed at Washington, DC.
Phyllis C. Borzi,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2016-29119 Filed 12-2-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4510-29-P