Title 29, LaborRelease 119-110
§1304a Sponsor Education and Assistance
Title 29 › CHAPTER 18 — EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM › SUBCHAPTER III — PLAN TERMINATION INSURANCE › Subtitle A — Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation › § 1304a
Summary
The Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate must be available to help CSEC plan sponsors and participants. That Advocate was created under section 1304. The help is part of its duties and is carried out under the Board of Directors’ general supervision as set out in section 1304(b). CSEC plan — the type of plan defined in subsection (f)(1) of section 1060.
Full Legal Text
Title 29, §1304a
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(a)Definition
In this section, the term “CSEC plan” has the meaning given that term in subsection (f)(1) of section 1060 of this title.
(b)Education
The Participant and Plan Sponsor Advocate established under section 1304 of this title shall make itself available to assist CSEC plan sponsors and participants as part of the duties it performs under the general supervision of the Board of Directors under section 1304(b) of this title.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Cooperative and Small Employer Charity Pension Flexibility Act, and not as part of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section applicable to years beginning after Dec. 31, 2013, see section 3 of Pub. L. 113–97, set out as an
Effective Date
of 2014 Amendment note under section 401 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
Reference
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Citation
29 U.S.C. § 1304a
Title 29, Labor
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110