[Federal Register: September 17, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 180)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration

 
Working Group Studying; Retirement Plan Leakage--Cashing In Your 
Future from ERISA Employer-Sponsored Pension Plans 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 on Tuesday, October 6, 1998, of the 
Retirement Plan Leakage--Cashing in 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, DC 20210, is 
for Working Group members to draft their report and/or recommendations 
on the import of these ``pension preservation'' issues for the 
Secretary of Labor.
    Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement 
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before October 1, 
1998, 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

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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 October 
1, 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 October 1.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 10th day of September, 1998.
Meredith Miller,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits 
Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-24860 Filed 9-16-98; 8:45 am]
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