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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employee Benefits Security 

Administration 

Publication of Year 2004 Form M–1 

With Electronic Filing Option

AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security 

Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice on the availability of the 

Year 2004 Form M–1 with Electronic 

Filing Option. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

availability of the Year 2004 Form M–

1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer 

Welfare Arrangements and Certain 

Entities Claiming Exception. A copy of 

this new form is attached. It is 

substantively identical to the 2003 Form 

M–1. The Form M–1 may again be filed 

electronically over the Internet.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

inquiries regarding the Form M–1 filing 

requirement, contact Amy J. Turner or 

Kevin Horahan, Office of Health Plan 

Standards and Compliance Assistance, 

at (202) 693–8335. For inquiries 

regarding electronic filing capability, 

contact the EBSA computer help desk at 

(202) 693–8600. Questions on 

completing the form are being directed 

to the EBSA Form M–1 help desk at 

(202) 693–8360.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The Form M–1 is required to be filed 

under section 101(g) and section 734 of 

the Employee Retirement Income 

Security Act of 1974, as amended 

(ERISA), and 29 CFR 2520.101–2. 

II. The Year 2004 Form M–1 

This document announces the 

availability of the Year 2004 Form M–

1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer 

Welfare Arrangements (MEWAs) and 

Certain Entities Claiming Exception 

(ECEs). A copy of the new form is 

attached. 

This year’s Form M–1 is substantively 

identical to the Year 2003 Form M–1. 

Additionally, the electronic filing 

option has been retained and filers are 

encouraged to use this method. The 

Year 2004 Form M–1 is due March 1, 

2005, with an extension until May 1, 

2005 available. 

The Employee Benefits Security 

Administration (EBSA) is committed to 

working together with administrators to 

help them comply with this filing 

requirement. Additional copies of the 

Form M–1 are available on the Internet 

at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa. In addition, 

after printing, copies will be available 

by calling the EBSA toll-free publication 

hotline at 1–866–444–EBSA (3272). 

Questions on completing the form are 

being directed to the EBSA help desk at 

(202) 693–8360.

Statutory Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1021–1025, 

1027, 1029–31, 1059, 1132, 1134, 1135, 

1181–1183, 1181 note, 1185, 1185a–b, 1191, 

1191a–c; Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 1–

2003, 68 FR 5374 (February 2, 2003).

Signed at Washington, DC this 13th day of 

December, 2004. 

Ann L. Combs, 

Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits 

Security Administration.

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