---
kind: "section"
citation: "29 C.F.R. § 4262.13"
title: "29"
number: "4262.13"
heading: "Restrictions on special financial assistance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/29/4262.13"
---

# §4262.13. Restrictions on special financial assistance.

- (a) **In general.** A plan that receives special financial assistance must be administered in accordance with the restrictions in this section and in [§ 4262.14](/cfr/29/4262.14.md).
- (b) **Restrictions and use of SFA.** Special financial assistance received, and any earnings thereon—
  - (1) May be used by the plan only to make benefit payments and pay administrative expenses;
  - (2) Must be segregated from other plan assets as described in [§ 4262.14(a)](/cfr/29/4262.14.md?p=a);
  - (3) May be used before other plan assets are used to make benefit payments and pay administrative expenses; and
  - (4) Must be invested in investment grade bonds or other investments as permitted by PBGC in [§ 4262.14](/cfr/29/4262.14.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1302(b)(3), 1432.

### Source

Source: 87 FR 41006, July 8, 2022, unless otherwise noted.