[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 188 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 50511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24583]



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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 15, 1996; Request for 
Nominations

    The announcement of vacancies to the ERISA Advisory Council is 
being extended through October 15, 1996. 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 Thursday, 
November 14, 1996. The groups or fields represented are as follows: 
employer organizations (multiemployer plans), investment management, 
corporate trust, employee organizations 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 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.E., Suite N-5677, Washington, D.C. 20210. 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 say of September, 1996.
Olena Berg,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Pension and Welfare Benefit Programs.
[FR Doc. 96-24583 Filed 9-25-96; 8:45 am]
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