Public Law 93-406

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Public Law 93-406 is the formal designation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, a landmark U.S. federal law that sets minimum standards for most voluntarily established retirement and health plans in private industry.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
labor law ⓘ
pension law ⓘ
administeredBy Employee Benefits Security Administration ⓘ
Internal Revenue Service ⓘ
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ⓘ
U.S. Department of Labor ⓘ
alsoKnownAs ERISA of 1974 ⓘ
appliesTo most voluntarily established health plans in private industry ⓘ
most voluntarily established retirement plans in private industry ⓘ
private-sector employee benefit plans ⓘ
characterization landmark federal pension reform law ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 29 of the United States Code ⓘ
contains preemption clause for state laws relating to employee benefit plans ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
creates Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation ⓘ
dateEnacted 1974-09-02 ⓘ
enactedBy 93rd United States Congress ⓘ
establishes civil enforcement provisions for employee benefit plans ⓘ
fiduciary responsibility rules for plan fiduciaries ⓘ
minimum funding standards for pension plans ⓘ
minimum participation standards for pension plans ⓘ
minimum vesting standards for pension plans ⓘ
reporting and disclosure requirements for employee benefit plans ⓘ
excludes church plans (with certain exceptions) ⓘ
governmental plans ⓘ
hasLongName Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ⓘ
hasShortName ERISA ⓘ
jurisdiction federal ⓘ
legislativeResponseTo failures and underfunding of private pension plans prior to 1974 ⓘ
officeholderAtSigning President of the United States ⓘ
PBGCFunction to insure certain defined benefit pension plans ⓘ
primaryCodificationSection 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq. ⓘ
publicLawNumber 93-406 ⓘ
purpose to ensure the equitable character and financial soundness of employee benefit plans ⓘ
to improve the soundness and stability of private pension plans ⓘ
to protect beneficiaries of employee benefit plans ⓘ
to protect participants in employee benefit plans ⓘ
to provide appropriate remedies and sanctions ⓘ
to set minimum standards for employee benefit plans ⓘ
regulates defined benefit pension plans ⓘ
defined contribution pension plans ⓘ
welfare benefit plans ⓘ
signedBy Gerald Ford ⓘ
statutesAtLargeCitation 88 Stat. 829 ⓘ
subject employee benefit plans ⓘ
health benefit plans ⓘ
retirement plans ⓘ
title Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ⓘ
yearEnacted 1974 ⓘ

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ERISA → publicLawNumber → Public Law 93-406 ⓘ