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[FR Doc No: 94-21413]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

 

Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; 
Extension of Announcement of Vacancies to October 18, 1994 Request for 
Nominations

    The announcement of vacancies to the ERISA Advisory Council is 
being extended through October 18, 1994. Earlier candidates whose 
nominations have been acknowledged need not reapply.
    Section 512 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(ERISA) 88 Stat. 895, 29 U.S.C. 1142, provides for the establishment of 
an ``Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans'' 
(The Council) which is to consist of 15 members to be appointed by the 
Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) as follows: Three representatives of 
employee organizations (at least one of whom shall be representative of 
an organization whose members are participants in a multiemployer 
plan); three representatives of employers (at least one of whom shall 
be representative of employers maintaining or contributing to 
multiemployer plans); one representative each from the fields of 
insurance, corporate trust, actuarial counseling, investment 
counseling, investment management, and accounting; and three 
representatives from the general public (one of whom shall be a person 
representing those receiving benefits from a pension plan). Not more 
than eight members of the Council shall be members of the same 
political party.
    Members shall be persons qualified to appraise the programs 
instituted under ERISA. Appointments are for terms of three years. The 
prescribed duties of the Council are to advise the Secretary with 
respect to the carrying out of his functions under ERISA, and to submit 
to the Secretary, or his designee, recommendations with respect 
thereto. The Council will meet at least four times each year, and 
recommendations of the Council to the Secretary will be included in the 
Secretary's annual report to the Congress on ERISA.
    The terms of five members of the council expire on Monday, November 
14, 1994. The groups or fields represented are as follows: employee 
organizations (multiemployer plans), actuarial counseling, investment 
counseling field, employers, and the general public (pensioners). 
Accordingly, notice is hereby given that any person or organization 
desiring to recommend one or more individuals for appointment to the 
ERISA Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans to 
represent any of the groups or fields specified in the preceding 
paragraph, may submit recommendations to, Attention: William E. Morrow, 
Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, Frances Perkins Building, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Suite N-5677, 
Washington, DC 20210. Recommendations must be delivered or mailed on or 
before October 18, 1994. Recommendations may be in the form of a 
letter, resolution or petition, signed by the person making the 
recommendation or, in the case of a recommendation by an organization, 
by an authorized representative of the organization. Each 
recommendation should identify the candidate by name, occupation or 
position, telephone number and address. It should also include a brief 
description of the candidate's qualifications, the group or field which 
he or she would represent for the purposes of Section 512 of ERISA, the 
candidates' political party affiliation, and whether the candidate is 
available and would accept.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 25th day of August, 1994.
Olena Berg,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs.
[FR Doc. 94-21413 Filed 8-30-94; 8:45 am]
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