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29 U.S.C. § 1305

Pension benefit guaranty funds

United States · Title 29 — LABOR · Status: effective

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29 U.S.C. § 1305, Pension benefit guaranty funds, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/466259
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There are established on the books of the Treasury of the United States four revolving funds to be used by the corporation in carrying out its duties under this subchapter. One of the funds shall be used with respect to basic benefits guaranteed under section 1322 of this title, one of the funds shall be used with respect to basic benefits guaranteed under section 1322a of this title, one of the funds shall be used with respect to nonbasic benefits guaranteed under section 1322 of this title (if any), and the remaining fund shall be used with respect to nonbasic benefits guaranteed under section 1322a of this title (if any), other than subsection (g)(2) thereof (if any). Whenever in this subchapter reference is made to the term “fund” the reference shall be considered to refer to the appropriate fund established under this subsection. Each fund established under this section shall be credited with the appropriate portion of— Subject to the provisions of subsection (a), each fund shall be available— Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)— the amounts of premiums received under section 1306 of this title with respect to the fund to be used for basic benefits under section 1322a of this title in a fiscal year in the period beginning with fiscal year 2016 and ending with fiscal year 2020 shall be placed in a noninterest-bearing account within such fund in the following amounts: A fifth fund shall be established for the reimbursement of uncollectible withdrawal liability under section 1402 of this title, and shall be credited with the appropriate— Such fund shall be credited with the appropriate— A seventh fund shall be established and credited with— Amounts in the fund shall be available for transfer to other funds established under this section with respect to a single-employer plan but shall not be available to pay— Any stock in a person liable to the corporation under this subchapter which is paid to the corporation by such person or a member of such person’s controlled group in satisfaction of such person’s liability under this subchapter may be voted only by the custodial trustees or outside money managers of the corporation.

Legislative history

The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 93-406(H.R. 2)1974-09-02
    Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 96-364(H.R. 3904)1980-09-26
    An act to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to improve retirement income security under private multiemployer pension plans by strengthening the funding requirements for those plans, to authorize plan preservation measures for financially troubled multiemployer pension plans, and to revise the manner in which the pension plan termination insurance provisions apply to multiemployer plans, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 99-272(H.R. 3128)1986-04-07
    Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-203(H.R. 3545)1987-12-22
    Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 103-465(H.R. 5110)1994-12-08
    Uruguay Round Agreements Act
  • Amended byPub. L. 112-141(H.R. 4348)2012-07-06
    MAP-21
  • Amended byPub. L. 113-235(H.R. 83)2014-12-16
    Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015
    House: 219–206Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 117-2(H.R. 1319)2021-03-11
    American Rescue Plan Act of 2021