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§1346 Reports to Trustee

Title 29 › CHAPTER 18 — EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM › SUBCHAPTER III — PLAN TERMINATION INSURANCE › Subtitle C — Terminations › § 1346

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Before a plan ends, the company and the plan administrator must give the trustee any information they have or can get about the plan. That includes benefit amounts for each participant; the amount of basic guaranteed benefits under section 1322 or 1322a for each participant; the present value at termination of the total basic benefits under those sections (calculated without regard to section 1322b); the fair market value of the plan's assets at termination; the calculations under section 1344 and the assumptions the plan's actuaries used to make those calculations; and any other information the trustee needs to close out the plan.

Full Legal Text

Title 29, §1346

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The corporation and the plan administrator of any plan to be terminated under this subtitle shall furnish to the trustee such information as the corporation or the plan administrator has and, to the extent practicable, can obtain regarding—
(1)the amount of benefits payable with respect to each participant under a plan to be terminated,
(2)the amount of basic benefits guaranteed under section 1322 or 1322a of this title which are payable with respect to each participant in the plan,
(3)the present value, as of the time of termination, of the aggregate amount of basic benefits payable under section 1322 or 1322a of this title (determined without regard to section 1322b of this title),
(4)the fair market value of the assets of the plan at the time of termination,
(5)the computations under section 1344 of this title, and all actuarial assumptions under which the items described in paragraphs (1) through (4) were computed, and
(6)any other information with respect to the plan the trustee may require in order to terminate the plan.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1980—Par. (2). Pub. L. 96–364, § 403(e)(1), inserted “basic” before “benefits” and “or 1322a” after “1322”. Par. (3). Pub. L. 96–364, § 403(e), inserted “basic” before “benefits” and “or 1322a” after “1322”, and substituted “1322b” for “1322(b)(5)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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.

Reference

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Citation

29 U.S.C. § 1346

Title 29, Labor

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102