[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 146 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 38233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18316]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security Administration


Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; 
Nominations for Vacancies

    Section 512 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
(ERISA), 88 Stat. 895, 29 U.S.C. 1142, provides for the establishment 
of an Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans 
(the Council), which is to consist of 15 members to be appointed by the 
Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) as follows: Three representatives of 
employee organizations (at least one of whom shall be a representative 
of an organization whose members are participants in a multiemployer 
plan); three representatives of employers (at least one of whom shall 
be a representative of employers maintaining or contributing to 
multiemployer plans); one representative each from the fields of 
insurance, corporate trust, actuarial counseling, investment 
counseling, investment management, and accounting; and three 
representatives from the general public (one of whom shall be a person 
representing those receiving benefits from a pension plan). No more 
than eight members of the Council shall be members of the same 
political party.
    Members shall be persons qualified to appraise the programs 
instituted under ERISA. Appointments are for terms of three years. The 
prescribed duties of the Council are to advise the Secretary with 
respect to the carrying out of his or her functions under ERISA, and to 
submit to the Secretary, or his or her designee, recommendations with 
respect thereto. The Council will meet at least four times each year.
    The terms of five members of the Council expire on November 14, 
2009. The groups or fields they represent are as follows: (1) Employee 
organizations; (2) employers; (3) actuarial counseling; (4) investment 
counseling; and (5) the general public. The Department of Labor is 
committed to equal opportunity in the workplace and seeks a broad-based 
and diverse ERISA Advisory Council.
    Accordingly, notice is hereby given that any person or organization 
desiring to recommend one or more individuals for appointment to the 
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, to 
represent any of the groups or fields specified in the preceding 
paragraph, may submit recommendations to Larry Good, ERISA Advisory 
Council Executive Secretary, Frances Perkins Building, U.S. Department 
of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue, NW., Suite N-5623, Washington, DC 
20210, or to [email protected]. Recommendations must be submitted on 
or before September 15, 2009. Recommendations may be in the form of a 
letter, resolution or petition, signed by the person making the 
recommendation or, in the case of a recommendation by an organization, 
by an authorized representative of the organization. Recommendations 
should include the position for which the nominee is recommended and 
the nominee's contact information. The recommendation also must state 
that the candidate will accept appointment to the Council if offered.
    Nominees will be contacted to provide information on their 
political affiliation. Nominees should be aware of the time commitment 
for attending meetings and actively participating in the work of the 
Council. Historically, this has meant a commitment of 15-20 days per 
year.

    Signed at Washington, DC this 27th day of July 2009.
Michael L. Davis,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-18316 Filed 7-30-09; 8:45 am]
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