[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 75 (Monday, April 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10283]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Working Group Studying Small Business: How To Enhance and 
Encourage the Establishment of Pension Plans, Advisory Council on 
Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans; Notice of Meeting

    Pursuant to the authority contained in Section 512 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. 1142, a 
public meeting will be held Monday, May 4, 1998, of the Advisory 
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits Plans' new Working 
Group being formed to study the obstacles to why small businesses are 
not establishing retirement vehicles for their employees when so many 
different savings arrangements have been developed and how to encourage 
these same businesses to establish such pension plans.
    The session will take place in Room N-4437 C&D, U.S. Department of 
Labor Building, Second and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20210. The purpose of the open meeting, which will run from 1 p.m. to 
approximately 3:30 p.m., is for Working Group members to begin 
organizing its study for the year and, it is hoped, to begin taking 
testimony on the topic. Named to head the Working Group are Council 
members, Dr. Thomas J. Mackell Jr., executive vice president of Simms 
Capital Management, Inc., of Greenwich, Conn. as chair and Eddie C. 
Brown, president, Brown Capital Management in Baltimore, Md. as vice 
chair.
    Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement 
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies on or before May 1, 
1998, to Sharon Morrissey, Executive Secretary, ERISA Advisory Council, 
U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-5677, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20210. Individuals or representatives of organizations 
wishing to address the Working Group should forward their request to 
the Executive Secretary or telephone (202) 219-8753. Oral presentations 
will be limited to 10 minutes, but an extended statement may be 
submitted for the record. Individuals with disabilities, who need 
special accommodations, should contact Sharon Morrissey by May 1, at 
the address indicated in this notice.
    Organizations or individuals may also submit statements for the 
record without testifying. Twenty (20) copies of such statements should 
be sent to the Executive Secretary of the Advisory Council at the above 
address. Papers will be accepted and included in the record of the 
meeting if received on or before May 1.

    Signed at Washington, D.C. this 13th day of April, 1998.
Olena Berg,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-10283 Filed 4-17-98; 8:45 am]
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