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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Publication of Year 2001 Form M–1

AGENCY: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Department of Labor.

ACTION: Notice on the availability of the

Year 2001 Form M–1.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

availability of the Year 2001 Form M–

1, Annual Report for Multiple Employer

Welfare Arrangements and Certain

Entities Claiming Exception. A copy of

this new form is attached.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amy J. Turner, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration, Department of

Labor, at (202) 693–8335.

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 2001 Form M–1

This document announces the

availability of the Year 2001 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 2000 Form M–1. In

addition, the filing deadlines for the

Year 2001 Form M–1 parallel those for

last year’s form. Specifically, the Year

2001 Form M–1 is generally due March

1, 2002, with an extension until May 1,

2002 available. These Year 2001

deadlines were also previously

published; they are included in the

Department of Labor’s regulations

implementing the Form M–1 filing

requirement and they were set forth in

last year’s Form M–1.

PWBA 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/dol/pwba. In

addition, after printing, copies will be

available by calling the PWBA toll-free

publication hotline at 1–800–998–7542.

Questions on completing the form are

being directed to the PWBA help desk

at (202) 693–8360.

Statutory Authority: Sec. 29 U.S.C. 1024,

1027, 1059, 1132(c)(5), 1135, 1181–1183,

1185, 1185a, 1185b, 1191, 1191a, 1191b,

1191c; Sec. 101, Pub. L. 104–191, 101 Stat.

1936 (29 U.S.C. 1181); Secretary of Labor’s

Order No. 1–87, 52 FR 13139, April 21, 1987.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 13th day of

December, 2001.

Ann L. Combs,

Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration.

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