Federal

Title 29 — Labor

844 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1 — Design and duties of bureau generally
• § 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
• § 101 — Issuance of restraining orders and injunctions; limitation; public policy
• § 102 — Public policy in labor matters declared
• § 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
• § 103 — Nonenforceability of undertakings in conflict with public policy; “yellow dog” contracts
• § 1030 — Alternative methods of compliance
• § 1030a — Eliminating unnecessary plan requirements related to unenrolled participants
• § 1031 — Repeal and effective date
• § 1032 — Notice and disclosure requirements with respect to lump sums
• § 104 — Enumeration of specific acts not subject to restraining orders or injunctions
• § 105 — Doing in concert of certain acts as constituting unlawful combination or conspiracy subjecting person to injunctive remedies
• § 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• § 1057 — Repealed.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
• § 106 — Responsibility of officers and members of associations or their organizations for unlawful acts of individual officers, members, and agents
• § 1060 — Multiple employer plans and other special rules
• § 1061 — Effective dates
• § 107 — Issuance of injunctions in labor disputes; hearing; findings of court; notice to affected persons; temporary restraining order; undertakings
• § 108 — Noncompliance with obligations involved in labor disputes or failure to settle by negotiation or arbitration as preventing injunctive relief
• § 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 — Minimum funding standards
• § 1085b, 1086 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–280, title I, § 101(a) , Aug. 17, 2006 , 120 Stat. 784
• § 109 — Granting of restraining order or injunction as dependent on previous findings of fact; limitation on prohibitions included in restraining orders and injunctions
• § 11 — Bureau established
• § 110 — Review by court of appeals of issuance or denial of temporary injunctions; record
• § 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
• § 111, 112 — Repealed. June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21 , 62 Stat. 862 , eff. Sept. 1, 1948
• § 1110 — Exculpatory provisions; insurance
• § 1111 — Persons prohibited from holding certain positions
• § 1112 — Bonding
• § 1113 — Limitation of actions
• § 1114 — Effective date
• § 113 — Definitions of terms and words used in chapter
• § 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
• § 114 — 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
• § 115 — Repeal of conflicting acts
• § 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
• § 1152 — Coordination of enforcement regarding violations of certain health care provider requirements; complaint process
• § 1153 — Retirement Savings Lost and Found
• § 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
• § 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
• § 1185e — Preventing surprise medical bills
• § 1185f — Ending surprise air ambulance bills
• § 1185g — Continuity of care
• § 1185h — Maintenance of price comparison tool
• § 1185i — Protecting patients and improving the accuracy of provider directory information
• § 1185k — Other patient protections
• § 1185l — Air ambulance report requirements
• § 1185m — Increasing transparency by removing gag clauses on price and quality information
• § 1185n — Reporting on pharmacy benefits and drug costs
• § 1185o — Oversight of entities that provide pharmacy benefit management services
• § 1191 — Preemption; State flexibility; construction
• § 1191a — Special rules relating to group health plans
• § 1191b — Definitions
• § 1191c — Regulations
• § 1191d — Standardized reporting format
• § 1193 — Pension-linked emergency savings accounts
• § 1193a — Preemption of State anti-garnishment laws
• § 1193b — Reporting and disclosure requirements
• § 1193c — Report to Congress on emergency savings accounts
• § 12 — Director of bureau; appointment
• § 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
• § 1221 — Establishment
• § 1222 — Duties
• § 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
• § 13 — Powers and duties of bureau
• § 1301 — Definitions
• § 1302 — Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
• § 1303 — Operation of corporation
• § 1304 — Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate
• § 1304a — Sponsor education and assistance
• § 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
• § 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
• § 14 — Assistant director of bureau; appointment; duties
• § 1400 — Approval of amendments