[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75133-75134]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29193]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security Administration


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

    In accordance with section 512(a)(1) of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the provisions of the Federal 
Advisory Committee Act and its implementing regulations issued by the 
General Services Administration (GSA), the charter for the Advisory 
Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans is renewed.
    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 than 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 of whom shall be a 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 a 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 accounting.
    The Advisory Council will report to the Secretary of Labor. 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 Larry I. Good, 
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) 693-8668.


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    Signed at Washington, DC, this 4th day of December 2008.
Bradford P. Campbell,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-29193 Filed 12-9-08; 8:45 am]
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