[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 200 (Friday, October 16, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 55648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27832]



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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Working Group Studying, Retirement Plan Leakage: Cashing Out Your 
Future From ERISA Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans Advisory Council on 
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; 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 Friday, November 13, 1998, of the 
Retirement Plan Leakage: Cashing Out 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 
distributions, 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, D.C. 20210, is 
for Working Group members to complete their report and/or 
recommendations 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 November 
5, 1998, 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 
November 5, 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 November 5.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 9th day of October, 1998.
Meredith Miller,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-27832 Filed 10-15-98; 8:45 am]
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