The Pension Protection Act of 2006 established new disclosure provisions relating to funding-based limits on benefit accruals and certain forms of benefit distributions, plan actuarial and financial reports, withdrawal liability of contributing employers, and participants’ rights and obligations under automatic contribution arrangements. The PPA gave the DOL authority to assess civil monetary penalties of up to $1,000 per day per violation against plan administrators for violations of the new disclosure requirements. The DOL has now issued final regulation setting forth the administrative procedures for assessing and contesting such penalties, but the new regulations do not address the substantive provisions of the new disclosure requirements.
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