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- Technical Release 2023-01P
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- Request for Information on Possible Agency Actions to Protect Life Savings and Pensions from Threats of Climate-Related Financial Risk
- Procedures Governing the Filing and Processing of Prohibited Transaction Exemption Applications
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- Proposed SECURE Act and Related Revisions to the Form 5500
- Notice of Reopening Comment Period - Proposed Amendments to Class Prohibited Transaction Exemptions To Remove Credit Ratings Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
- Reporting on Pharmacy Benefits and Prescription Drug Costs
- Pension Benefit Statements: Lifetime Income Illustrations – Interim Final Rule
- Fiduciary Duties Regarding Proxy Voting and Shareholder Rights
- Pooled Plan Provider Registration
- Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees
- 2020 Proposed MHPAEA Self-Compliance Tool
- Financial Factors in Selecting Plan Investments
- Prohibited Transactions Involving Pooled Employer Plans under the SECURE Act and Other Multiple Employer Plans
- Interim Final Rule with Request for Comments Revisions to Annual Return/Report—Multiple-Employer Plans
- Electronic Filing of Notices for Apprenticeship and Training Plans and Statements for Pension Plans for Certain Select Employees
- ACA Implementation FAQs Part XVII - MHPAEA Transparency
- Standards for Brokerage Windows in Participant-Directed Individual Account Plans - Request for Information
- ACA Implementation FAQs Part XIX - Reference Pricing
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of the 408(b)2 Disclosure Requirements
- Target Date Disclosure Proposed Regulation
- Amendment Relating to Reasonable Contract or Arrangement Under Section 408(b)(2) - Fee Disclosure Guide - Proposed Rule
- Notice of Proposed Amendment to PTE 80–26 For Certain Interest Free Loans to Employee Benefit Plans
- Proposed Amendments to Class PTEs To Remove Credit Ratings Pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
- Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking – Pension Benefit Statements
- Proposed Information Collection for Survey Regarding Pension Benefit Statements
- Abandoned Plan Amendments - Proposed Rule
- Technical Release 2012-02
- Stop Loss - Request For Information
- Ex Parte Cease and Desist and Summary Seizure Orders — Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements - Proposed Rule
- Filings Required of Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and Certain Other Related Entities - Proposed Rule
- Notice of Proposed Revision of the Form M-1
- Technical Release 2012-01
- Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary - Proposed Rule
- Amendment to Interim Final Rule – Coverage of Preventive Services
- Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes - Amendment to Interim Final Rule
- Requirements for Fee Disclosure to Plan Fiduciaries and Participants - Notice of Extension of Applicability Dates
- Electronic Disclosure by Employee Benefit Plans - Request For Information
- Value Based Insurance Design under PHS Act section 2713 - Request for Information
- Amendment to the Grandfathered Health Plans - Interim Final Rule
- Annual Funding Notice for Defined Benefit Plans - Proposed Rule
- Federal External Review Process - Request for Information
- Hearing on Reasonable Contracts or Arrangements for Welfare Benefit Plans Under Section 408(b)(2) - Welfare Plan Fee Disclosure
- Definition of the Term "Fiduciary" Proposed Rule
- Prohibited Transaction Exemption Procedures - Proposed Rule
- Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes - Interim Final Rule
- Coverage of Preventive Services - Interim Final Rule
- Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, and Patient Protections - Interim Final Rule
- Grandfathered Health Plans - Interim Final Rule
- Dependent Coverage of Children to Age 26 - Interim Final Rule
- Reasonable Contract or Arrangement Under Section 408(b)(2) - Fee Disclosure - Interim Final Rule
- Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act - Interim Final Rule
- Investment Advice - Participants and Beneficiaries 2010 NPRM
- CHIP Model Notice for Employers
- Lifetime Income Options for Participants and Beneficiaries in Retirement Plans - Request for Information
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - Interim Final Rule
- Civil Penalties Under ERISA Section 502(c)(8) - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act - Request For Information
- DOL/SEC Hearing On Target Date Funds And Similar Investment Options
- Final Rules and Class Exemption for Investment Advice to Participants and Beneficiaries - Request for comment on final rules and proposed extension of effective and applicability dates
- Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act - Request For Information
- Proposed Class Exemption for Investment Advice to Participants and Beneficiaries of Self-Directed Individual Account Plans and IRAs
- Investment Advice - Participant and Beneficiaries - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
- Fiduciary Requirements For Disclosure In Participant-Directed Individual Account Plans
- Reasonable Contract Or Arrangement Under Section 408(b)(2) Fee Disclosure Regulatory Initiative
- Model Notice Of Multiemployer Plan In Critical Status
- Amendment Of Regulation Relating To Definition Of "Plan Assets"
- Civil Penalties Under ERISA Section 502(c)(4)
- Proposed Class Exemption for Plan Fiduciaries When Plan Service Arrangements Fail to Comply with ERISA section 408(b)(2)
- Selection Of Annuity Providers For Individual Account Plans
- Multiemployer Pension Plan Information Made Available on Request
- Fee Disclosures To 401(k) Plan Participants
- Statutory Exemption For Cross-Trading Of Securities
- Qualified Domestic Relations Orders Interim Final Rule
- Safe Harbor for Distributions to Missing Non-spouse Beneficiaries of Terminated Plans
- Investment Advice To Individual Retirement And Similar Plans