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Removal of Interpretive Bulletins Relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
The Employee Benefits Security Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on July 1, 2025. It took effect on September 2, 2025. Comments closed on July 31, 2025.
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What the agency says
This DFR removes from the Code of Federal Regulations prospectively certain interpretive bulletins under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 that the Department of Labor (DOL) believes are obsolete. The obsolete interpretive bulletins were published shortly after ERISA's enactment in 1974 to provide compliance assistance for employee benefit plans, plan sponsors and fiduciaries. Because of subsequent guidance issued by the DOL, and the effect of Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1978, the DOL believes the interpretive bulletins are no longer needed, and if left on the books, add potential confusion and unnecessary complexity. Removing obsolete regulations eliminates the burden on the public of having to determine whether they need to comply with the regulations. This action is being taken pursuant to Executive Order 14192, titled Unleashing Prosperity Through Deregulation (90 FR 9065, Feb. 6, 2025). This action improves the daily lives of the American people by reducing unnecessary, burdensome, and costly Federal regulations.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-11613
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Direct final rule (DFR); request for comments
- Agency
- Labor Department; Employee Benefits Security Administration
- Published
- July 1, 2025
- Takes effect
- September 2, 2025
- Comments due
- July 31, 2025
- Dates
- The final rule is effective September 2, 2025, unless significant adverse comments are received by July 31, 2025. Significant adverse comments are ones which oppose the rule and raise, alone or in combination, a serious enough issue related to each of the independent grounds for the rule that a substantive response is required. If significant adverse comments are received, notification will be published in the Federal Register before the effective date either withdrawing the rule or issuing a new final rule which responds to significant adverse comments.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1210-AC32
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 29 CFR 2509
- Topics
- Employee benefit plans; Fiduciaries; Pensions; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 4
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