[§1086. Repealed. Pub. L. 109–280, title I, § 101(a), Aug. 17, 2006, 120 Stat. 784 — repealed] — Inbound Citations

Citations to 29 U.S.C. § 1086 as a whole

• 29 U.S.C. § 1061(c)(1)

  Go to provision →
  (1) In the case of a plan maintained on January 1, 1974, pursuant to one or more agreements which the Secretary finds to be collective bargaining agreements between employee organizations and one or more employers, no plan shall be treated as not meeting the requirements of sections 1054 and 1055 of this title by reason of a supplementary or special plan provision (within the meaning of paragraph (2)) for any plan year before the year which begins after the earlier of—

  (A) the date on which the last of such agreements relating to the plan terminates (determined without regard to any extension thereof agreed to after September 2, 1974), or

  (B) December 31, 1980.

  For purposes of subparagraph (A) and section 1086(c)¹ of this title, any plan amendment made pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement relating to the plan which amends the plan solely to conform to any requirement contained in this chapter or title 26 shall not be treated as a termination of such collective bargaining agreement. This paragraph shall not apply unless the Secretary determines that the participation and vesting rules in effect on September 2, 1974, are not less favorable to participants, in the aggregate, than the rules provided under sections 1052, 1053, and 1054 of this title.