Title 29, LaborRelease 119-102

§1308 Annual Report by the Corporation

Title 29 › CHAPTER 18 — EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM › SUBCHAPTER III — PLAN TERMINATION INSURANCE › Subtitle A — Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation › § 1308

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The corporation must send the President and Congress a report after each fiscal year ends. The report must show end-of-year financial statements and how money was used, and include an actuarial forecast for the funds under section 1305 covering five years with the assumptions and methods used. It must also summarize the Pension Insurance Modeling System microsimulation model and settings, compare the corporation’s average return with a benchmark (60% S&P 500 + 40% Lehman Aggregate Bond Index), and show the deficit or surplus under that benchmark.

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Title 29, §1308

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(a)As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year the corporation shall transmit to the President and the Congress a report relative to the conduct of its business under this subchapter for that fiscal year. The report shall include financial statements setting forth the finances of the corporation at the end of such fiscal year and the result of its operations (including the source and application of its funds) for the fiscal year and shall include an actuarial evaluation of the expected operations and status of the funds established under section 1305 of this title for the next five years (including a detailed statement of the actuarial assumptions and methods used in making such evaluation).
(b)The report under subsection (a) shall include—
(1)a summary of the Pension Insurance Modeling System microsimulation model, including the specific simulation parameters, specific initial values, temporal parameters, and policy parameters used to calculate the financial statements for the corporation;
(2)a comparison of—
(A)the average return on investments earned with respect to assets invested by the corporation for the year to which the report relates; and
(B)an amount equal to 60 percent of the average return on investment for such year in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, plus 40 percent of the average return on investment for such year in the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index (or in a similar fixed income index); and
(3)a statement regarding the deficit or surplus for such year that the corporation would have had if the corporation had earned the return described in paragraph (2)(B) with respect to assets invested by the corporation.

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Amendments

2006—Pub. L. 109–280 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

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29 U.S.C. § 1308

Title 29, Labor

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102