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TITLE 29--LABOR
CHAPTER 18--EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM
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SUBCHAPTER I--PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RIGHTS
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Subtitle A--General Provisions
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Sec. 1001. Congressional findings and declaration of policy
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Sec. 1001a. Additional Congressional findings and declaration of policy
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Sec. 1001b. Findings and declaration of policy
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Sec. 1002. Definitions
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Sec. 1003. Coverage
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Subtitle B--Regulatory Provisions
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part 1--reporting and disclosure
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Sec. 1021. Duty of disclosure and reporting
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Sec. 1022. Summary plan description
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Sec. 1023. Annual reports
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Sec. 1024. Filing with Secretary and furnishing information to participants
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Sec. 1025. Reporting of participant's benefit rights
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Sec. 1026. Reports made public information
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Sec. 1027. Retention of records
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Sec. 1028. Reliance on administrative interpretations
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Sec. 1029. Forms
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Sec. 1030. Alternative methods of compliance
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Sec. 1031. Repeal and effective date
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part 2--participation and vesting
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Sec. 1051. Coverage
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Sec. 1052. Minimum participation standards
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Sec. 1053. Minimum vesting standards
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Sec. 1054. Benefit accrual requirements
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Sec. 1055. Requirement of joint and survivor annuity and preretirement survivor annuity
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Sec. 1056. Form and payment of benefits
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Sec. 1057. Temporary variances from certain vesting requirements
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Sec. 1058. Mergers and consolidations of plans or transfers of plan assets
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Sec. 1059. Recordkeeping and reporting requirements
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Sec. 1060. Multiple employer plans
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Sec. 1061. Effective dates
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part 3--funding
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Sec. 1081. Coverage
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Sec. 1082. Minimum funding standards
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Sec. 1083. Variance from minimum funding standard
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Sec. 1084. Extension of amortization periods
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Sec. 1085. Alternative minimum funding standard
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Sec. 1085a. Security for waivers of minimum funding standard and extensions of amortization period
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Sec. 1085b. Security required upon adoption of plan amendment resulting in significant underfunding
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Sec. 1086. Effective dates
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part 4--fiduciary responsibility
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Sec. 1101. Coverage
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Sec. 1102. Establishment of plan
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Sec. 1103. Establishment of trust
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Sec. 1104. Fiduciary duties
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Sec. 1105. Liability for breach of co-fiduciary
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Sec. 1106. Prohibited transactions
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Sec. 1107. Limitation with respect to acquisition and holding of employer securities and employer real property by certain plans
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Sec. 1108. Exemptions from prohibited transactions
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Sec. 1109. Liability for breach of fiduciary duty
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Sec. 1110. Exculpatory provisions; insurance
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Sec. 1111. Persons prohibited from holding certain positions
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Sec. 1112. Bonding
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Sec. 1113. Limitation of actions
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Sec. 1114. Effective date
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part 5--administration and enforcement
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Sec. 1131. Criminal penalties
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Sec. 1132. Civil enforcement
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Sec. 1133. Claims procedure
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Sec. 1134. Investigative authority
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Sec. 1135. Regulations
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Sec. 1136. Coordination and responsibility of agencies enforcing this subchapter and related Federal laws
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Sec. 1137. Administration
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Sec. 1138. Appropriations
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Sec. 1139. Separability
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Sec. 1140. Interference with protected rights
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Sec. 1141. Coercive interference
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Sec. 1142. Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
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Sec. 1143. Research, studies, and reports
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Sec. 1143a. Studies by Comptroller General
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Sec. 1144. Other laws
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Sec. 1144a. Clarification of church welfare plan status under State insurance law
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Sec. 1145. Delinquent contributions
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Sec. 1146. Outreach to promote retirement income savings
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Sec. 1147. National Summit on Retirement Savings
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Sec. 1148. Authority to postpone certain deadlines by reason of Presidentially declared disaster or terroristic or military actions
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part 6--continuation coverage and additional standards for group health plans
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Sec. 1161. Plans must provide continuation coverage to certain individuals
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Sec. 1162. Continuation coverage
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Sec. 1163. Qualifying event
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Sec. 1164. Applicable premium
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Sec. 1165. Election
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Sec. 1166. Notice requirements
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Sec. 1167. Definitions and special rules
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Sec. 1168. Regulations
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Sec. 1169. Additional standards for group health plans
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part 7--group health plan requirements
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Subpart A--Requirements Relating to Portability, Access, and Renewability
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Sec. 1181. Increased portability through limitation on preexisting condition exclusions
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Sec. 1182. Prohibiting discrimination against individual participants and beneficiaries based on health status
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Sec. 1183. Guaranteed renewability in multiemployer plans and multiple employer welfare arrangements
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Subpart B--Other Requirements
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Sec. 1185. Standards relating to benefits for mothers and newborns
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Sec. 1185a. Parity in application of certain limits to mental health benefits
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Sec. 1185b. Required coverage for reconstructive surgery following mastectomies
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Subpart C--General Provisions
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Sec. 1191. Preemption; State flexibility; construction
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Sec. 1191a. Special rules relating to group health plans
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Sec. 1191b. Definitions
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Sec. 1191c. Regulations
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SUBCHAPTER II--JURISDICTION, ADMINISTRATION, ENFORCEMENT; JOINT PENSION TASK FORCE, ETC.
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Subtitle A--Jurisdiction, Administration, and Enforcement
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Sec. 1201. Procedures in connection with the issuance of certain determination letters by the Secretary of the Treasury covering qualifications under Internal Revenue Code
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Sec. 1202. Procedures with respect to continued compliance with Internal Revenue requirements relating to participation, vesting, and funding standards
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Sec. 1202a. Employee plans compliance resolution system
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Sec. 1203. Procedures in connection with prohibited transactions
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Sec. 1204. Coordination between the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Labor
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Subtitle B--Joint Pension, Profit-Sharing, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan Task Force; Studies
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part 1--joint pension, profit-sharing, and employee stock ownership plan task force
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Sec. 1221. Establishment
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Sec. 1222. Duties
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part 2--other studies
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Sec. 1231. Congressional study
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Sec. 1232. Protection for employees under Federal procurement, construction, and research contracts and grants
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Subtitle C--Enrollment of Actuaries
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Sec. 1241. Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
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Sec. 1242. Enrollment by Board; standards and qualifications; suspension or termination of enrollment
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SUBCHAPTER III--PLAN TERMINATION INSURANCE
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Subtitle A--Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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Sec. 1301. Definitions
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Sec. 1302. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
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Sec. 1303. Operation of corporation
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Sec. 1304. Repealed. Pub. L. 99-272, title XI, Sec. 11016(c)(6), Apr. 7, 1986, 100 Stat. 274
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Sec. 1305. Pension benefit guaranty funds
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Sec. 1306. Premium rates
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Sec. 1307. Payment of premiums
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Sec. 1308. Annual report by the corporation
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Sec. 1309. Portability assistance
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Sec. 1310. Authority to require certain information
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Sec. 1311. Repealed. Pub. L. 109-280, title V, Sec. 501(b)(1), Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 939
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Subtitle B--Coverage
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Sec. 1321. Coverage
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Sec. 1322. Single-employer plan benefits guaranteed
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Sec. 1322a. Multiemployer plan benefits guaranteed
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Sec. 1322b. Aggregate limit on benefits guaranteed; criteria applicable
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Sec. 1323. Plan fiduciaries
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Subtitle C--Terminations
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Sec. 1341. Termination of single-employer plans
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Sec. 1341a. Termination of multiemployer plans
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Sec. 1342. Institution of termination proceedings by the corporation
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Sec. 1343. Reportable events
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Sec. 1344. Allocation of assets
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Sec. 1345. Recapture of payments
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Sec. 1346. Reports to trustee
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Sec. 1347. Restoration of plans
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Sec. 1348. Termination date
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Sec. 1349. Repealed. Pub. L. 100-203, title IX, Sec. 9312(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330-361
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Sec. 1350. Missing participants
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Subtitle D--Liability
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Sec. 1361. Amounts payable by corporation
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Sec. 1362. Liability for termination of single-employer plans under a distress termination or a termination by corporation
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Sec. 1363. Liability of substantial employer for withdrawal from single-employer plans under multiple controlled groups
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Sec. 1364. Liability on termination of single-employer plans under multiple controlled groups
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Sec. 1365. Annual report of plan administrator
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Sec. 1366. Annual notification to substantial employers
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Sec. 1367. Recovery of liability for plan termination
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Sec. 1368. Lien for liability
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Sec. 1369. Treatment of transactions to evade liability; effect of corporate reorganization
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Sec. 1370. Enforcement authority relating to terminations of single-employer plans
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Sec. 1371. Penalty for failure to timely provide required information
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Subtitle E--Special Provisions for Multiemployer Plans
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part 1--employer withdrawals
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Sec. 1381. Withdrawal liability established; criteria and definitions
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Sec. 1382. Determination and collection of liability; notification of employer
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Sec. 1383. Complete withdrawal
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Sec. 1384. Sale of assets
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Sec. 1385. Partial withdrawals
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Sec. 1386. Adjustment for partial withdrawal; determination of amount; reduction for partial withdrawal liability; procedures applicable
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Sec. 1387. Reduction or waiver of complete withdrawal liability; procedures and standards applicable
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Sec. 1388. Reduction of partial withdrawal liability
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Sec. 1389. De minimis rule
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Sec. 1390. Nonapplicability of withdrawal liability for certain temporary contribution obligation periods; exception
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Sec. 1391. Methods for computing withdrawal liability
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Sec. 1392. Obligation to contribute
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Sec. 1393. Actuarial assumptions
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Sec. 1394. Application of plan amendments; exception
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Sec. 1395. Plan notification to corporation of potentially significant withdrawals
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Sec. 1396. Special rules for plans under section 404(c) of title 26
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Sec. 1397. Application of part in case of certain pre-1980 withdrawals; adjustment of covered plan
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Sec. 1398. Withdrawal not to occur because of change in business form or suspension of contributions during labor dispute
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Sec. 1399. Notice, collection, etc., of withdrawal liability
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Sec. 1400. Approval of amendments
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Sec. 1401. Resolution of disputes
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Sec. 1402. Reimbursements for uncollectible withdrawal liability
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Sec. 1403. Withdrawal liability payment fund
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Sec. 1404. Alternative method of withdrawal liability payments
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Sec. 1405. Limitation on withdrawal liability
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part 2--merger or transfer of plan assets or liabilities
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Sec. 1411. Mergers and transfers between multiemployer plans
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Sec. 1412. Transfers between a multiemployer plan and a single- employer plan
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Sec. 1413. Partition
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Sec. 1414. Asset transfer rules
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Sec. 1415. Transfers pursuant to change in bargaining representative
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part 3--reorganization; minimum contribution requirement for multiemployer plans
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Sec. 1421. Reorganization status
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Sec. 1422. Notice of reorganization and funding requirements
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Sec. 1423. Minimum contribution requirement
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Sec. 1424. Overburden credit against minimum contribution requirement
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Sec. 1425. Adjustments in accrued benefits
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Sec. 1426. Insolvent plans
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part 4--financial assistance
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Sec. 1431. Assistance by corporation
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part 5--benefits after termination
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Sec. 1441. Benefits under certain terminated plans
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part 6--enforcement
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Sec. 1451. Civil actions
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Sec. 1452. Penalty for failure to provide notice
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Sec. 1453. Election of plan status
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Subtitle F--Transition Rules and Effective Dates
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Sec. 1461. Effective date; special rules
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