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§1348 Termination date

Title 29 › Chapter CHAPTER 18— - EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - PLAN TERMINATION INSURANCE › Subtitle Subtitle C— - Terminations › § 1348

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Tells how to pick the official end date for single-employer and multiemployer plans based on the kind of termination. For single-employer plans, a standard termination under section 1341(b) uses the date given in the notice under section 1341(a)(2); a distress termination under section 1341(c) uses the date the plan administrator sets and the corporation agrees; a termination under section 1342 uses the date the corporation sets and the plan administrator agrees; if there is no agreement under section 1341(c) or 1342, the court sets the date. For multiemployer plans, a termination under section 1341a uses the date set in subsection (b) of that section; a termination under section 1342 uses the date agreed by the plan administrator and the corporation (or the trustee under section 1342(b)(2)), or the court’s date if they cannot agree.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §1348

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(a)For purposes of this subchapter the termination date of a single-employer plan is—
(1)in the case of a plan terminated in a standard termination in accordance with the provisions of section 1341(b) of this title, the termination date proposed in the notice provided under section 1341(a)(2) of this title,
(2)in the case of a plan terminated in a distress termination in accordance with the provisions of section 1341(c) of this title, the date established by the plan administrator and agreed to by the corporation,
(3)in the case of a plan terminated in accordance with the provisions of section 1342 of this title, the date established by the corporation and agreed to by the plan administrator, or
(4)in the case of a plan terminated under section 1341(c) or 1342 of this title in any case in which no agreement is reached between the plan administrator and the corporation (or the trustee), the date established by the court.
(b)For purposes of this subchapter, the date of termination of a multiemployer plan is—
(1)in the case of a plan terminated in accordance with the provisions of section 1341a of this title, the date determined under subsection (b) of that section; or
(2)in the case of a plan terminated in accordance with the provisions of section 1342 of this title, the date agreed to between the plan administrator and the corporation (or the trustee appointed under section 1342(b)(2) of this title, if any), or, if no agreement is reached, the date established by the court.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1986—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–272 in provisions preceding par. (1) substituted “termination date” for “date of termination”, redesignated pars. (1) to (3) as (2) to (4), respectively, added par. (1), in par. (2), as so redesignated, inserted “in a distress termination” after “terminated” and substituted “section 1341(c)” for “section 1341”, and in par. (4), as so redesignated, substituted “under section 1341(c) or 1342 of this title” for “in accordance with the provisions of either section”. 1980—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96–364, § 402(a)(8)(A), (B), designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and inserted applicability to a single-employer plan. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–364, § 402(a)(8)(C), added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1986 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–272 effective Jan. 1, 1986, with certain exceptions, see section 11019 of Pub. L. 99–272, set out as a note under section 1341 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–364 effective Sept. 26, 1980, except as specifically provided, see section 1461(e) of this title.

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 1348

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Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73