Working Group Exploring the Possibility of Using Surplus Pension Assets To Secure Retiree Health Benefits Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 122 (Friday, June 25, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 34297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16200]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Working Group Exploring the Possibility of Using Surplus Pension 
Assets To Secure Retiree Health Benefits 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 Tuesday, July 13, 1999, of the Advisory 
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Working Group 
assigned to explore the possibility of using surplus pension assets to 
secure retiree health benefits.
    The session will take place in Room S-4215 A-B, U.S. Department of 
Labor Building, Second and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 
20210. the purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 1:00 p.m. 
to approximately 4:00 p.m., is for working group members to hear 
testimony on the accessibility of surplus pension plan assets currently 
and on policy considerations surrounding accessibility. The work 
group's intent is engage a diverse set of witnesses for testimonies.
    Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement 
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before July 7, 
1999, to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5677, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, D.C. 20210. Individuals or representatives of organizations 
wishing to address the Working Group should forward their request to 
the Executive Secretary or telephone (202) 219-8753. 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 July 7, at 
the address indicated in this notice.
    Organizations or individuals may also 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 July 7.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 20 day of June 1999.
Richard McGahey,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-16200 Filed 6-24-99; 8:45 am]
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