[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 184 (Friday, September 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49287-49288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23591]



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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, 1995 Request for 
Nominations

    The announcement of vacancies to the ERISA Advisory Council is 
being extended through October 18, 1995. 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 or 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 

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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 Tuesday, 
November 14, 1995. The groups or fields represented are as follows: 
employee organizations (multiemployer plans), accounting, insurance, 
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: Sharon Morrissey, Acting Executive 
Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, Frances Perkins Building, U.S. 
Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Suite N-5677, 
Washington, DC 20210. Recommendations must be delivered or mailed on or 
before October 18, 1995.
    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, D.C. this 19th of September, 1995.
Olena Berg,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs.
[FR Doc. 95-23591 Filed 9-21-95; 8:45 am]
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