US Code Title 29 Chapter 18 Employee Retirement Income Security Program

Subchapter I - Protection of Employee Benefit Rights

§ 1001 - Congressional Findings and Declaration of Policy
§ 1001a - Additional Congressional Findings and Declaration of Policy
§ 1001b - Findings and Declaration of Policy
§ 1002 - Definitions
§ 1003 - Coverage

Part 1 - Reporting and Disclosure

§ 1021 - Duty of Disclosure and Reporting
§ 1022 - Summary Plan Description
§ 1023 - Annual Reports
§ 1024 - Filing With Secretary and Furnishing Information to Participants and Certain Employers
§ 1025 - Reporting of Participant's Benefit Rights
§ 1026 - Reports Made Public Information
§ 1027 - Retention of Records
§ 1028 - Reliance on Administrative Interpretations
§ 1029 - Forms
§ 1030 - Alternative Methods of Compliance
§ 1031 - Repeal and Effective Date

Part 2 - Participation and Vesting

§ 1051 - Coverage
§ 1052 - Minimum Participation Standards
§ 1053 - Minimum Vesting Standards
§ 1054 - Benefit Accrual Requirements
§ 1055 - Requirement of Joint and Survivor Annuity and Preretirement Survivor Annuity
§ 1056 - Form and Payment of Benefits
§ 1057 - Repealed. Pub. L. 109–280, Title I, §108(d), Formerly §107(d), Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 820, Renumbered Pub. L. 111–192, Title Ii, §202(a), June 25, 2010, 124 Stat. 1297
§ 1058 - Mergers and Consolidations of Plans or Transfers of Plan Assets
§ 1059 - Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements
§ 1060 - Multiple Employer Plans and Other Special Rules
§ 1061 - Effective Dates

Part 3 - Funding

§ 1081 - Coverage
§ 1082 - Minimum Funding Standards
§ 1083 - Minimum Funding Standards for Single-employer Defined Benefit Pension Plans
§ 1084 - Minimum Funding Standards for Multiemployer Plans
§ 1085 - Additional Funding Rules for Multiemployer Plans in Endangered Status or Critical Status
§§ 1085a-1085b-1086 - Repealed. Pub. L. 109–280, Title I, §101(a), Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 784

Part 4 - Fiduciary Responsibility

§ 1101 - Coverage
§ 1102 - Establishment of Plan
§ 1103 - Establishment of Trust
§ 1104 - Fiduciary Duties
§ 1105 - Liability for Breach of Co-fiduciary
§ 1106 - Prohibited Transactions
§ 1107 - Limitation With Respect to Acquisition and Holding of Employer Securities and Employer Real Property by Certain Plans
§ 1108 - Exemptions From Prohibited Transactions
§ 1109 - Liability for Breach of Fiduciary Duty
§ 1110 - Exculpatory Provisions; Insurance
§ 1111 - Persons Prohibited From Holding Certain Positions
§ 1112 - Bonding
§ 1113 - Limitation of Actions
§ 1114 - Effective Date

Part 5 - Administration and Enforcement

§ 1131 - Criminal Penalties
§ 1132 - Civil Enforcement
§ 1133 - Claims Procedure
§ 1134 - Investigative Authority
§ 1135 - Regulations
§ 1136 - Coordination and Responsibility of Agencies Enforcing This Subchapter and Related Federal Laws
§ 1137 - Administration
§ 1138 - Appropriations
§ 1139 - Separability
§ 1140 - Interference With Protected Rights
§ 1141 - Coercive Interference
§ 1142 - Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans
§ 1143 - Research, Studies, and Reports
§ 1143a - Studies by Comptroller General
§ 1144 - Other Laws
§ 1144a - Clarification of Church Welfare Plan Status Under State Insurance Law
§ 1145 - Delinquent Contributions
§ 1146 - Outreach to Promote Retirement Income Savings
§ 1147 - National Summit on Retirement Savings
§ 1148 - Authority to Postpone Certain Deadlines by Reason of Presidentially Declared Disaster or Terroristic or Military Actions
§ 1149 - Prohibition on False Statements and Representations
§ 1150 - Applicability of State Law to Combat Fraud and Abuse
§ 1151 - Administrative Summary Cease and Desist Orders and Summary Seizure Orders Against Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements in Financially Hazardous Condition

Part 6 - Continuation Coverage and Additional Standards for Group Health Plans

§ 1161 - Plans Must Provide Continuation Coverage to Certain Individuals
§ 1162 - Continuation Coverage
§ 1163 - Qualifying Event
§ 1164 - Applicable Premium
§ 1165 - Election
§ 1166 - Notice Requirements
§ 1167 - Definitions and Special Rules
§ 1168 - Regulations
§ 1169 - Additional Standards for Group Health Plans

Part 7 - Group Health Plan Requirements

§ 1181 - Increased Portability Through Limitation on Preexisting Condition Exclusions
§ 1182 - Prohibiting Discrimination Against Individual Participants and Beneficiaries Based on Health Status
§ 1183 - Guaranteed Renewability in Multiemployer Plans and Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements
§ 1185 - Standards Relating to Benefits for Mothers and Newborns
§ 1185a - Parity in Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits
§ 1185b - Required Coverage for Reconstructive Surgery Following Mastectomies
§ 1185c - Coverage of Dependent Students on Medically Necessary Leave of Absence
§ 1185d - Additional Market Reforms
§ 1191 - Preemption; State Flexibility; Construction
§ 1191a - Special Rules Relating to Group Health Plans
§ 1191b - Definitions
§ 1191c - Regulations

Subchapter II - Jurisdiction, Administration, Enforcement; Joint Pension Task Force, Etc.

§ 1201 - Procedures in Connection With the Issuance of Certain Determination Letters by the Secretary of the Treasury Covering Qualifications Under Internal Revenue Code
§ 1202 - Procedures With Respect to Continued Compliance With Internal Revenue Requirements Relating to Participation, Vesting, and Funding Standards
§ 1202a - Employee Plans Compliance Resolution System
§ 1203 - Procedures in Connection With Prohibited Transactions
§ 1204 - Coordination Between the Department of the Treasury and the Department of Labor

Part 1 - Joint Pension, Profit-sharing, and Employee Stock Ownership Plan Task Force

§ 1221 - Establishment
§ 1222 - Duties

Part 2 - Other Studies

§ 1231 - Congressional Study
§ 1232 - Protection for Employees Under Federal Procurement, Construction, and Research Contracts and Grants
§ 1241 - Joint Board for the Enrollment of Actuaries
§ 1242 - Enrollment by Board; Standards and Qualifications; Suspension or Termination of Enrollment

Subchapter III - Plan Termination Insurance

§ 1301 - Definitions
§ 1302 - Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
§ 1303 - Operation of Corporation
§ 1304 - Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate
§ 1305 - Pension Benefit Guaranty Funds
§ 1306 - Premium Rates
§ 1307 - Payment of Premiums
§ 1308 - Annual Report by the Corporation
§ 1309 - Portability Assistance
§ 1310 - Authority to Require Certain Information
§ 1311 - Repealed. Pub. L. 109–280, Title V, §501(b)(1), Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 939
§ 1321 - Coverage
§ 1322 - Single-employer Plan Benefits Guaranteed
§ 1322a - Multiemployer Plan Benefits Guaranteed
§ 1322b - Aggregate Limit on Benefits Guaranteed; Criteria Applicable
§ 1323 - Plan Fiduciaries
§ 1341 - Termination of Single-employer Plans
§ 1341a - Termination of Multiemployer Plans
§ 1342 - Institution of Termination Proceedings by the Corporation
§ 1343 - Reportable Events
§ 1344 - Allocation of Assets
§ 1345 - Recapture of Payments
§ 1346 - Reports to Trustee
§ 1347 - Restoration of Plans
§ 1348 - Termination Date
§ 1349 - Repealed. Pub. L. 100–203, Title Ix, §9312(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–361
§ 1350 - Missing Participants
§ 1361 - Amounts Payable by Corporation
§ 1362 - Liability for Termination of Single-employer Plans Under a Distress Termination or a Termination by Corporation
§ 1363 - Liability of Substantial Employer for Withdrawal From Single-employer Plans Under Multiple Controlled Groups
§ 1364 - Liability on Termination of Single-employer Plans Under Multiple Controlled Groups
§ 1365 - Annual Report of Plan Administrator
§ 1366 - Annual Notification to Substantial Employers
§ 1367 - Recovery of Liability for Plan Termination
§ 1368 - Lien for Liability
§ 1369 - Treatment of Transactions to Evade Liability; Effect of Corporate Reorganization
§ 1370 - Enforcement Authority Relating to Terminations of Single-employer Plans
§ 1371 - Penalty for Failure to Timely Provide Required Information

Part 1 - Employer Withdrawals

§ 1381 - Withdrawal Liability Established; Criteria and Definitions
§ 1382 - Determination and Collection of Liability; Notification of Employer
§ 1383 - Complete Withdrawal
§ 1384 - Sale of Assets
§ 1385 - Partial Withdrawals
§ 1386 - Adjustment for Partial Withdrawal; Determination of Amount; Reduction for Partial Withdrawal Liability; Procedures Applicable
§ 1387 - Reduction or Waiver of Complete Withdrawal Liability; Procedures and Standards Applicable
§ 1388 - Reduction of Partial Withdrawal Liability
§ 1389 - De Minimis Rule
§ 1390 - Nonapplicability of Withdrawal Liability for Certain Temporary Contribution Obligation Periods; Exception
§ 1391 - Methods for Computing Withdrawal Liability
§ 1392 - Obligation to Contribute
§ 1393 - Actuarial Assumptions
§ 1394 - Application of Plan Amendments; Exception
§ 1395 - Plan Notification to Corporation of Potentially Significant Withdrawals
§ 1396 - Special Rules for Plans Under Section 404(c) of Title 26
§ 1397 - Application of Part in Case of Certain Pre-1980 Withdrawals; Adjustment of Covered Plan
§ 1398 - Withdrawal Not to Occur Because of Change in Business Form or Suspension of Contributions During Labor Dispute
§ 1399 - Notice, Collection, Etc., of Withdrawal Liability
§ 1400 - Approval of Amendments
§ 1401 - Resolution of Disputes
§ 1402 - Reimbursements for Uncollectible Withdrawal Liability
§ 1403 - Withdrawal Liability Payment Fund
§ 1404 - Alternative Method of Withdrawal Liability Payments
§ 1405 - Limitation on Withdrawal Liability

Part 2 - Merger or Transfer of Plan Assets or Liabilities

§ 1411 - Mergers and Transfers Between Multiemployer Plans
§ 1412 - Transfers Between a Multiemployer Plan and a Single-employer Plan
§ 1413 - Partition
§ 1414 - Asset Transfer Rules
§ 1415 - Transfers Pursuant to Change in Bargaining Representative

Part 3 - Reorganization; Minimum Contribution Requirement for Multiemployer Plans

§ 1421 - Reorganization Status
§ 1422 - Notice of Reorganization and Funding Requirements
§ 1423 - Minimum Contribution Requirement
§ 1424 - Overburden Credit Against Minimum Contribution Requirement
§ 1425 - Adjustments in Accrued Benefits
§ 1426 - Insolvent Plans

Part 4 - Financial Assistance

§ 1431 - Assistance by Corporation

Part 5 - Benefits After Termination

§ 1441 - Benefits Under Certain Terminated Plans

Part 6 - Enforcement

§ 1451 - Civil Actions
§ 1452 - Penalty for Failure to Provide Notice
§ 1453 - Election of Plan Status
§ 1461 - Effective Date; Special Rules

Last modified: October 26, 2015