Working Group Studying Issues Surrounding the Trend in the Defined Benefit Market With a Focus on Employer-Sponsored Hybrid Plans Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plan; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 48 (Friday, March 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 12379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6165]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Working Group Studying Issues Surrounding the Trend in the 
Defined Benefit Market With a Focus on Employer-Sponsored Hybrid Plans 
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plan; 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, the 
Working Group recently established by the Advisory Council on Employee 
Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to study issues surrounding trends in 
the defined benefit market with a focus on employer-sponsored hybrid 
plans will hold a public meeting on Wednesday, April 7, 1999.
    The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 9:30 a.m. to 
approximately noon in Room N-3437 A-C, U.S. Department of Labor 
Building, Second and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20210, is 
for working group members to set their agenda for 1999 and to begin 
taking testimony on the topic. Named to chair the committee is Judith 
Mazo, senior vice president and director of research for the Segal 
Company in Washington, DC, and vice chair Rose Mary Abelson, assistant 
treasurer and director of investments and trust management for Northrup 
Grumman Corp. in Hawthorne, California.
    Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement 
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before April 2, 
1999, 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) 219-8753. 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 April 2, 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 April 2.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of March 1999.
Richard McGahey,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
[FR Doc. 99-6165 Filed 3-11-99; 8:45 am]
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