[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 61 (Monday, March 30, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17500-17502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06079]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of Labor-Management Standards

29 CFR Part 403

RIN 1245-AA09


Labor Organization Annual Financial Reports for Trusts in Which a 
Labor Organization Is Interested, Form T-1; Correction

AGENCY: Office of Labor-Management Standards, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, Office of Labor-Management Standards 
is correcting a final rule that appeared in the Federal Register of 
March 6, 2020. That document revised the forms required by labor 
organizations under the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act 
(``LMRDA'' or ``Act''). Under the rule, specified labor organizations 
file annual reports (Form T-1 Trust Annual Report) concerning trusts in 
which they are interested. The Form T-1 Instructions published with the 
final rule, however, provided inaccurate examples concerning the 
applicability dates of the final rule. This document corrects those 
omissions.

DATES: Effective April 6, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Davis, Chief of the Division of 
Interpretations and Standards, Office of Labor-Management Standards, 
U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room N-5609, 
Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-0123 (this is not a toll-free number), 
(800) 877-8339 (TTY/TDD), [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The final rule that is the subject of this correction appeared in 
the Federal Register of March 6, 2020 (85 FR 13414); the final rule 
revised the forms required by labor organizations under the Labor-
Management Reporting and Disclosure Act (``LMRDA'' or ``Act''), 29 
U.S.C. 431(b). Under the rule, specified labor organizations file 
annual reports (Form T-1 Trust Annual Report) concerning trusts in 
which they are interested. The final rule also sets forth the 
Department's review of and response to comments on the proposed rule. 
Under this rule, the Department required a labor organization with 
total annual receipts of $250,000 or more (and, which therefore is 
obligated to file a Form LM-2 Labor Organization Annual Report) to also 
file a Form T-1, under certain circumstances, for each trust of the 
type defined by section 3(l) of the LMRDA, 29 U.S.C. 402(l) (defining 
``trust in which a labor organization is interested''). The rule 
provided appropriate instructions and revised relevant sections 
relating to such reports. The Form T-1 Instructions, however, provided 
inaccurate examples of the rule's applicability dates. See Form T-1 
Instructions, Part II (When to File) at 85 FR 13451. The second through 
fourth examples indicated, incorrectly, that the first Form T-1 
reports, in the examples, were due later than the operative language 
indicated they would in Part II of the Form T-1 Instructions. This 
correction remedies this error by inserting the appropriate dates to 
the examples, thereby ensuring consistency with the operative language 
in the instructions.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final rule contained errors within the Form T-1 
Instructions, at 85 FR 13451 (col. 2), which illustrates the 
prospective effect of the final rule.

Appendix [Corrected]

    In FR Doc. 2020-03958, in the Federal Register of Friday, March 6, 
2020, correct page 13451 to read as follows:
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    Signed in Washington, DC.
Arthur F. Rosenfeld,
Director, Office of Labor-Management Standards.
[FR Doc. 2020-06079 Filed 3-27-20; 8:45 am]
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