[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54734]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27377]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans 
Notice of Renewal

    In accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act and Office of Management and Budget Circular A-63 and after 
consultation with the General Services Administration (GSA), the 
Secretary of Labor has determined that the renewal of the Advisory 
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans is in the public 
interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the 
Department of section 512(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
    The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans 
shall advise the Secretary of Labor on technical aspects of the 
provisions of ERISA and shall provide reports and/or recommendations by 
November 14 of each year on its findings to the Secretary of Labor.
    The Council shall be composed of fifteen members appointed by the 
Secretary. Not more the eight members of the Council shall be of the 
same political party. Three of the members shall be representatives of 
employee organizations, at least one whom shall be representative of 
any organization members of which are participants in a multiemployer 
plan); three of the members shall be representatives of employers (at 
least one of whom shall be representative of employers maintaining or 
contributing to multiemployer plans); three members shall be 
representatives appointed from the general public (one of whom shall be 
a person representing those receiving benefits from a pension plan); 
and there shall be one representative each from the fields of 
insurance, corporate trust, actuarial counseling, investment 
counseling, investment management, and the accounting field.
    The Advisory Council will report to the Assistant Secretary of the 
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration. It will function solely as 
an advisory body and in compliance with the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act, and its charter will be filed under the Act. 
For further information, contact Sharon K. Morrissey, Executive 
Secretary, Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit 
Plans, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 219-8921.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of October, 1998.
Alexis M. Herman,
Secretary of Labor.
[FR Doc. 98-27377 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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