29 U.S.C. Chapter 18 — EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM
- § 1001— Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 1001a— Additional Congressional findings and declaration of policy
- § 1001b— Findings and declaration of policy
- § 1002— Definitions
- § 1003— Coverage
- § 1021— Duty of disclosure and reporting
- § 1022— Summary plan description
- § 1023— Annual reports
- § 1024— Filing with Secretary and furnishing information to participants and certain employers
- § 1025— Reporting of participant’s benefit rights
- § 1026— Reports made public information
- § 1027— Retention of records
- § 1028— Reliance on administrative interpretations
- § 1029— Forms
- § 1030— Alternative methods of compliance
- § 1030a— Eliminating unnecessary plan requirements related to unenrolled participants
- § 1031— Repeal and effective date
- § 1032— Notice and disclosure requirements with respect to lump sums
- § 1051— Coverage
- § 1052— Minimum participation standards
- § 1053— Minimum vesting standards
- § 1054— Benefit accrual requirements
- § 1055— Requirement of joint and survivor annuity and preretirement survivor annuity
- § 1056— Form and payment of benefits
- § 1058— Mergers and consolidations of plans or transfers of plan assets
- § 1059— Recordkeeping and reporting requirements
- § 1060— Multiple employer plans and other special rules
- § 1061— Effective dates
- § 1081— Coverage
- § 1082— Minimum funding standards
- § 1083— Minimum funding standards for single-employer defined benefit pension plans
- § 1084— Minimum funding standards for multiemployer plans
- § 1085— Additional funding rules for multiemployer plans in endangered status or critical status
- § 1085a— Minimum funding standards
- § 1101— Coverage
- § 1102— Establishment of plan
- § 1103— Establishment of trust
- § 1104— Fiduciary duties
- § 1105— Liability for breach of co-fiduciary
- § 1106— Prohibited transactions
- § 1107— Limitation with respect to acquisition and holding of employer securities and employer real property by certain plans
- § 1108— Exemptions from prohibited transactions
- § 1109— Liability for breach of fiduciary duty
- § 1110— Exculpatory provisions; insurance
- § 1111— Persons prohibited from holding certain positions
- § 1112— Bonding
- § 1113— Limitation of actions
- § 1114— Effective date
- § 1131— Criminal penalties
- § 1132— Civil enforcement
- § 1133— Claims procedure
- § 1134— Investigative authority
- § 1135— Regulations
- § 1136— Coordination and responsibility of agencies enforcing this subchapter and related Federal laws
- § 1137— Administration
- § 1138— Appropriations
- § 1139— Separability
- § 1140— Interference with protected rights
- § 1141— Coercive interference
- § 1142— Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
- § 1143— Research, studies, and reports
- § 1143a— Studies by Comptroller General
- § 1144— Other laws
- § 1144a— Clarification of church welfare plan status under State insurance law
- § 1145— Delinquent contributions
- § 1146— Outreach to promote retirement income savings
- § 1147— National Summit on Retirement Savings
- § 1148— Authority to postpone certain deadlines by reason of Presidentially declared disaster or terroristic or military actions
- § 1149— Prohibition on false statements and representations
- § 1150— Applicability of State law to combat fraud and abuse
- § 1151— Administrative summary cease and desist orders and summary seizure orders against multiple employer welfare arrangements in financially hazardous condition
- § 1152— Coordination of enforcement regarding violations of certain health care provider requirements; complaint process
- § 1153— Retirement Savings Lost and Found
- § 1161— Plans must provide continuation coverage to certain individuals
- § 1162— Continuation coverage
- § 1163— Qualifying event
- § 1164— Applicable premium
- § 1165— Election
- § 1166— Notice requirements
- § 1167— Definitions and special rules
- § 1168— Regulations
- § 1169— Additional standards for group health plans
- § 1181— Increased portability through limitation on preexisting condition exclusions
- § 1182— Prohibiting discrimination against individual participants and beneficiaries based on health status
- § 1183— Guaranteed renewability in multiemployer plans and multiple employer welfare arrangements
- § 1185— Standards relating to benefits for mothers and newborns
- § 1185a— Parity in mental health and substance use disorder benefits
- § 1185b— Required coverage for reconstructive surgery following mastectomies
- § 1185c— Coverage of dependent students on medically necessary leave of absence
- § 1185d— Additional market reforms
- § 1185e— Preventing surprise medical bills
- § 1185f— Ending surprise air ambulance bills
- § 1185g— Continuity of care
- § 1185h— Maintenance of price comparison tool
- § 1185i— Protecting patients and improving the accuracy of provider directory information
- § 1185k— Other patient protections
- § 1185l— Air ambulance report requirements
- § 1185m— Increasing transparency by removing gag clauses on price and quality information
- § 1185n— Reporting on pharmacy benefits and drug costs
- § 1185o— Oversight of entities that provide pharmacy benefit management services
- § 1191— Preemption; State flexibility; construction
- § 1191a— Special rules relating to group health plans
- § 1191b— Definitions
- § 1191c— Regulations
- § 1191d— Standardized reporting format
- § 1193— Pension-linked emergency savings accounts
- § 1193a— Preemption of State anti-garnishment laws
- § 1193b— Reporting and disclosure requirements
- § 1193c— Report to Congress on emergency savings accounts
- § 1201— Procedures in connection with the issuance of certain determination letters by the Secretary of the Treasury covering qualifications under Internal Revenue Code
- § 1202— Procedures with respect to continued compliance with Internal Revenue requirements relating to participation, vesting, and funding standards
- § 1202a— Employee plans compliance resolution system
- § 1203— Procedures in connection with prohibited transactions
- § 1204— Coordination between the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Labor
- § 1221— Establishment
- § 1222— Duties
- § 1231— Congressional study
- § 1232— Protection for employees under Federal procurement, construction, and research contracts and grants
- § 1241— Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
- § 1242— Enrollment by Board; standards and qualifications; suspension or termination of enrollment
- § 1301— Definitions
- § 1302— Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
- § 1303— Operation of corporation
- § 1304— Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate
- § 1304a— Sponsor education and assistance
- § 1305— Pension benefit guaranty funds
- § 1306— Premium rates
- § 1307— Payment of premiums
- § 1308— Annual report by the corporation
- § 1309— Portability assistance
- § 1310— Authority to require certain information
- § 1321— Coverage
- § 1322— Single-employer plan benefits guaranteed
- § 1322a— Multiemployer plan benefits guaranteed
- § 1322b— Aggregate limit on benefits guaranteed; criteria applicable
- § 1323— Plan fiduciaries
- § 1341— Termination of single-employer plans
- § 1341a— Termination of multiemployer plans
- § 1342— Institution of termination proceedings by the corporation
- § 1343— Reportable events
- § 1344— Allocation of assets
- § 1345— Recapture of payments
- § 1346— Reports to trustee
- § 1347— Restoration of plans
- § 1348— Termination date
- § 1350— Missing participants
- § 1361— Amounts payable by corporation
- § 1362— Liability for termination of single-employer plans under a distress termination or a termination by corporation
- § 1363— Liability of substantial employer for withdrawal from single-employer plans under multiple controlled groups
- § 1364— Liability on termination of single-employer plans under multiple controlled groups
- § 1365— Annual report of plan administrator
- § 1366— Annual notification to substantial employers
- § 1367— Recovery of liability for plan termination
- § 1368— Lien for liability
- § 1369— Treatment of transactions to evade liability; effect of corporate reorganization
- § 1370— Enforcement authority relating to terminations of single-employer plans
- § 1371— Penalty for failure to timely provide required information
- § 1381— Withdrawal liability established; criteria and definitions
- § 1382— Determination and collection of liability; notification of employer
- § 1383— Complete withdrawal
- § 1384— Sale of assets
- § 1385— Partial withdrawals
- § 1386— Adjustment for partial withdrawal; determination of amount; reduction for partial withdrawal liability; procedures applicable
- § 1387— Reduction or waiver of complete withdrawal liability; procedures and standards applicable
- § 1388— Reduction of partial withdrawal liability
- § 1389— De minimis rule
- § 1390— Nonapplicability of withdrawal liability for certain temporary contribution obligation periods; exception
- § 1391— Methods for computing withdrawal liability
- § 1392— Obligation to contribute
- § 1393— Actuarial assumptions
- § 1394— Application of plan amendments; exception
- § 1395— Plan notification to corporation of potentially significant withdrawals
- § 1396— Special rules for plans under section 404(c) of title 26
- § 1397— Application of part in case of certain pre-1980 withdrawals; adjustment of covered plan
- § 1398— Withdrawal not to occur because of change in business form or suspension of contributions during labor dispute
- § 1399— Notice, collection, etc., of withdrawal liability
- § 1400— Approval of amendments
- § 1401— Resolution of disputes
- § 1402— Reimbursements for uncollectible withdrawal liability
- § 1403— Withdrawal liability payment fund
- § 1404— Alternative method of withdrawal liability payments
- § 1405— Limitation on withdrawal liability
- § 1411— Mergers and transfers between multiemployer plans
- § 1412— Transfers between a multiemployer plan and a single-employer plan
- § 1413— Partitions of eligible multiemployer plans
- § 1414— Asset transfer rules
- § 1415— Transfers pursuant to change in bargaining representative
- § 1426— Insolvent plans
- § 1431— Assistance by corporation
- § 1432— Special financial assistance by the corporation
- § 1441— Benefits under certain terminated plans
- § 1451— Civil actions
- § 1452— Penalty for failure to provide notice
- § 1453— Election of plan status
- § 1461— Effective date; special rules