---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 4220.1"
title: "29"
number: "4220.1"
heading: "Purpose and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/4220.1"
---

# §4220.1. Purpose and scope.

- (a) **General.** This part establishes procedures under which a plan sponsor shall request the PBGC to approve a plan amendment under [section 4220](/cfr/29/4220.md) of ERISA. This part applies to all multiemployer plans covered by title IV of ERISA that adopt amendments pursuant to the authorization of [sections 4201-4219](/cfr/29/4201-4219.md) of ERISA (except for amendments adopted pursuant to [section 4211(c)(5)](/cfr/29/4211.md?p=c-5)). (The covered amendments are set forth in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.) The subsequent modification of a plan amendment adopted by authorization of those sections is also covered by this part. This part does not, however, cover a plan amendment that merely repeals a previously adopted amendment, returning the plan to the statutorily prescribed rule.
- (b) **Covered amendments.** Amendments made pursuant to the following sections of ERISA are covered by this part:
  - (1) **Section 4203 (b)(1)(B)(ii).**
  - (2) **Section 4203(c)(4).**
  - (3) **Section 4205(c)(1).**
  - (4) **Section 4205(d).**
  - (5) **Section 4209(b).**
  - (6) **Section 4210(b)(2).**
  - (7) **Section 4211(c)(1).**
  - (8) **Section 4211(c)(4)(D).**
  - (9) **Section 4211(d)(1).**
  - (10) **Section 4211(d)(2).**
  - (11) **Section 4219(c)(1)(C)(ii)(I).**
  - (12) **Section 4219(c)(1)(C)(iii).**
- (c) **Exception.** Submission of a request for approval under this part is not required for a plan amendment for which the PBGC has published a notice in the Federal Register granting class approval.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1302(b)(3), 1400.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 34108, July 1, 1996, unless otherwise noted.