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29 U.S.C. § 1304a — Sponsor education and assistance

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29 U.S.C. § 1304a — Sponsor education and assistance

**(a) Definition** In this section, the term “CSEC plan” has the meaning given that term in subsection (f)(1) of [section 1060 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1060&num=0&edition=prelim). **(b) Education** The Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate established under [section 1304 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1304&num=0&edition=prelim) shall make itself available to assist CSEC plan sponsors and participants as part of the duties it performs under the general supervision of the Board of Directors under [section 1304(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1304/b&num=0&edition=prelim).

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29 U.S.C. § 1304 — Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate

**(a) In general** The board of directors of the corporation shall select a Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate from the candidates nominated by the advisory committee to the corporation under [section 1302(h)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1302/h/1&num=0&edition=prelim) and without regard to the provisions of title 5 relating to appointments in the competitive service or Senior Executive Service. **(b) Duties** The Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate shall— (1) act as a liaison between the corporation, sponsors of defined benefit pension plans insured by the corporation, and participants in pension plans trusteed by the corporation; (2) advocate for the full attainment of the rights of participants in plans trusteed by the corporation; (3) assist pension plan sponsors and participants in resolving disputes with the corporation; (4) identify areas in which participants and plan sponsors have persistent problems in dealings with the corporation; (5) to the extent possible, propose changes in the administrative practices of the corporation to mitigate problems; (6) identify potential legislative changes which may be appropriate to mitigate problems; and (7) refer instances of fraud, waste, and abuse, and violations of law to the Office of the Inspector General of the corporation. **(c) Removal** If the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate is removed from office or is transferred to another position or location within the corporation or the Department of Labor, the board of the 11 So in original. The word “the” probably should not appear. directors of the corporation shall communicate in writing the reasons for any such removal or transfer to Congress not less than 30 days before the removal or tr

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26 U.S.C. § 401 — Qualified pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans

**(a) Requirements for qualification** A trust created or organized in the United States and forming part of a stock bonus, pension, or profit-sharing plan of an employer for the exclusive benefit of his employees or their beneficiaries shall constitute a qualified trust under this section— (1) if contributions are made to the trust by such employer, or employees, or both, or by another employer who is entitled to deduct his contributions under section 404(a)(3)(B) (relating to deduction for contributions to profit-sharing and stock bonus plans), or by a charitable remainder trust pursuant to a qualified gratuitous transfer (as defined in section 664(g)(1)), for the purpose of distributing to such employees or their beneficiaries the corpus and income of the fund accumulated by the trust in accordance with such plan; (2) if under the trust instrument it is impossible, at any time prior to the satisfaction of all liabilities with respect to employees and their beneficiaries under the trust, for any part of the corpus or income to be (within the taxable year or thereafter) used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of his employees or their beneficiaries (but this paragraph shall not be construed, in the case of a multiemployer plan, to prohibit the return of a contribution within 6 months after the plan administrator determines that the contribution was made by a mistake of fact or law (other than a mistake relating to whether the plan is described in section 401(a) or the trust which is part of such plan is exempt from taxation under section 501(a), or the return of any withdrawal liability payment determined to be an overpayment within 6 months of such determination)); (3) if the plan of which such trust is a part satisfies the requireme

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29 U.S.C. § 1060 — Multiple employer plans and other special rules

**(a) Plan maintained by more than one employer** Notwithstanding any other provision of this part or part 3, the following provisions of this subsection shall apply to a plan maintained by more than one employer: (1) [Section 1052 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1052&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be applied as if all employees of each of the employers were employed by a single employer. (2) Sections 1053 and 1054 of this title shall be applied as if all such employers constituted a single employer, except that the application of any rules with respect to breaks in service shall be made under regulations prescribed by the Secretary. (3) The minimum funding standard provided by [section 1082 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section1082&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be determined as if all participants in the plan were employed by a single employer. **(b) Maintenance of plan of predecessor employer** For purposes of this part and part 3— (1) in any case in which the employer maintains a plan of a predecessor employer, service for such predecessor shall be treated as service for the employer, and (2) in any case in which the employer maintains a plan which is not the plan maintained by a predecessor employer, service for such predecessor shall, to the extent provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, be treated as service for the employer. **(c) Plan maintained by controlled group of corporations** For purposes of sections 1052, 1053, and 1054 of this title, all employees of all corporations which are members of a controlled group of corporations (within the meaning of [section 1563(a) of title 26](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?re

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29 U.S.C. § 1304a — Sponsor education and assistance

Page 637 TITLE 29—LABOR § 1305 1 So in original. The word ‘‘the’’ probably should not appear. (4) identify areas in which participants and plan sponsors have persistent problems in dealings with the corporation; (5) to the extent possible, propose changes in the administrative practices of the corpora- tion to mitigate problems; (6) identify potential legislative changes which may be appropriate to mitigate prob- lems; and (7) refer instances of fraud, waste, and abuse, and violations of law to the Office of the In- spector General of the corporation. (c) Removal If the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate is removed from office or is transferred to an- other position or location within the corpora- tion or the Department of Labor, the board of the 1 directors of the corporation shall commu- nicate in writing the reasons for any such re- moval or transfer to Congress not less than 30 days before the removal or transfer. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a personnel action otherwise authorized by law, other than transfer or removal. (d) Compensation The annual rate of basic pay for the Partici- pant and Plan Sponsor Advocate shall be the same rate as the highest rate of basic pay estab- lished for the Senior Executive Service under section 5382 of title 5 or, if the board of directors of the corporation so determines, at a rate fixed under section 9503 of such title. (e) Annual report (1) In general Not later than December 31 of each calendar year, the Participant and Plan Sponsor Advo- cate shall report to the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee of the Senate, the Committee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Com- mittee on Ways and Means of t

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