[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35007-35008]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14700]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security Administration


Working Group on Defined Benefit Funding and Discount Rate Issues 
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 Thursday, June 26, 2003, of the Advisory 
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans Working Group 
assigned to study defined benefit plan funding and discount rate 
issues.
    The session will take place in Room S-2322, U.S. Department of 
Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210. The purpose 
of the open meeting, which will run from 9:15 a.m. to approximately 5 
p.m., is for working group members to hear testimony from witnesses 
about the appropriate discount rate for defined benefit plans, and 
related funding issues.
    Members of the public are encouraged to file a written statement 
pertaining to the topic by submitting 20 copies before June 18, 2003 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 contact the Executive 
Secretary by mail or call (202) 693-8668 before June 18. Oral 
presentations should be limited to 20 minutes, but an extended 
statement may be submitted for the record. Individuals with 
disabilities who need special accommodations should contact the 
Executive Secretary by mail or phone before June 18.
    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 before June 18. Papers received 
after that date will not be included in the record of the meeting.


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    Signed in Washington, DC, this 5th day of June, 2003.
Paul Zurawski,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-14700 Filed 6-10-03; 8:45 am]
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