Notice2024-15189
Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Nominations for Vacancies
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Published
July 11, 2024
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Labor DepartmentEmployee Benefits Security Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 56903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15189]
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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), consisting of 15 members appointed by the Secretary of
Labor (the Secretary) as follows:
<bullet> 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);
<bullet> three representatives of employers (at least one of whom
shall be a representative of employers maintaining or contributing to
multiemployer plans);
<bullet> three representatives from the general public (one of whom
shall be a person representing those receiving benefits from a pension
plan); and
<bullet> one representative each from the fields of insurance,
corporate trust, actuarial counseling, investment counseling,
investment management, and accounting.
No more than eight members of the Council shall be members of the
same political party.
Council members must be qualified to appraise the programs
instituted under ERISA. Appointments are for three-year terms. The
Council's prescribed duties are to advise the Secretary with respect to
carrying out their functions under ERISA, and to submit to the
Secretary, or their designee, related recommendations. The Council will
meet at least four times each year.
The terms of five Council members expire at the end of this year.
The groups or fields they represent are as follows:
(1) Employee organizations;
(2) employers;
(3) the general public;
(4) actuarial counseling; and
(5) investment counseling.
The Department of Labor is committed to equal opportunity in the
workplace and seeks a broad-based and diverse Council. Selection of
Council membership will be consistent with achieving the greatest
impact, scope, and credibility among diverse stakeholders. The
diversity in such membership includes, but is not limited to, race,
gender, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
If you or your organization wants to nominate one or more people
for appointment to the Council to represent one of the groups or fields
specified above, submit nominations to George Pantazopoulos, Council
Executive Secretary, as email attachments to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#febbacb7adbfbf9a88978d918c87bd918b909d9792be9a9192d0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2b7a0bba1b3b396849b819d808bb19d879c919b9eb2969d9edc959d84">[email protected]</span></a> or by mail to U.S. Department of Labor,
200 Constitution Ave. NW, Suite N-5623, Washington, DC 20210.
Nominations must be received on or before August 26, 2024. If sending
electronically, please use an attachment in rich text, Word, or pdf
format. If sending by regular mail, please allow three weeks for mail
delivery to the Department of Labor. Nominations may be in the form of
a letter, resolution, or petition signed by the person making the
nomination or, in the case of a nomination by an organization, by an
authorized representative of the organization. The Department of Labor
encourages you to include additional supporting letters of nomination.
The Department of Labor will not consider self-nominees who have no
supporting letters.
Nominations, including supporting letters, should:
<bullet> State the person's qualifications to serve on the Council
(including any particular specialized knowledge or experience relevant
to the nominee's proposed Council position);
<bullet> state that the candidate will accept appointment to the
Council if offered;
<bullet> include which of the five positions (representing groups
or fields) you are nominating the candidate to fill;
<bullet> include the nominee's full name, work affiliation, mailing
address, phone number, and email address;
<bullet> include the nominator's full name, work affiliation,
mailing address, phone number, and email address;
<bullet> include the nominator's signature, whether sent by email
or otherwise.
Please do not include any information that you do not want publicly
disclosed.
The Department of Labor will contact nominees for information on
their political affiliation and their status as registered lobbyists.
Anyone currently subject to federal registration requirements as a
lobbyist is not eligible for appointment. 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 at least 20 days per year. The Department of Labor has a process for
vetting nominees under consideration for appointment.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 5th day of July, 2024.
Lisa M. Gomez,
Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
[FR Doc. 2024-15189 Filed 7-10-24; 8:45 am]
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