[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 244 (Wednesday, December 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65578-65595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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Publication of Year 2001 Form M-1; Notice

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration


Publication of Year 2001 Form M-1

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: Notice on the availability of the Year 2001 Form M-1.

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SUMMARY: This document announces the availability of the Year 2001 Form 
M-1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements and 
Certain Entities Claiming Exception. A copy of this new form is 
attached.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy J. Turner, Pension and Welfare 
Benefits Administration, Department of Labor, at (202) 693-8335.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The Form M-1 is required to be filed under section 101(g) and 
section 734 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as 
amended (ERISA), and 29 CFR 2520.101-2.

II. The Year 2001 Form M-1

    This document announces the availability of the Year 2001 Form M-1, 
Annual Report for Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) and 
Certain Entities Claiming Exception (ECEs). A copy of the new form is 
attached.
    This year's Form M-1 is substantively identical to the Year 2000 
Form M-1. In addition, the filing deadlines for the Year 2001 Form M-1 
parallel those for last year's form. Specifically, the Year 2001 Form 
M-1 is generally due March 1, 2002, with an extension until May 1, 2002 
available. These Year 2001 deadlines were also previously published; 
they are included in the Department of Labor's regulations implementing 
the Form M-1 filing requirement and they were set forth in last year's 
Form M-1.
    PWBA is committed to working together with administrators to help 
them comply with this filing requirement. Additional copies of the Form 
M-1 are available on the Internet at: http://www.dol.gov/dol/pwba. In 
addition, after printing, copies will be available by calling the PWBA 
toll-free publication hotline at 1-800-998-7542. Questions on 
completing the form are being directed to the PWBA help desk at (202) 
693-8360.

    Statutory Authority: Sec. 29 U.S.C. 1024, 1027, 1059, 
1132(c)(5), 1135, 1181-1183, 1185, 1185a, 1185b, 1191, 1191a, 1191b, 
1191c; Sec. 101, Pub. L. 104-191, 101 Stat. 1936 (29 U.S.C. 1181); 
Secretary of Labor's Order No. 1-87, 52 FR 13139, April 21, 1987.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of December, 2001.
Ann L. Combs,
Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration.
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