---
kind: "section"
citation: "31 U.S.C. § 9501"
title: "31"
title_heading: "Money and Finance"
number: "9501"
heading: "Purpose"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/31/9501"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Miscellaneous"
  - "Chapter 95 — Government Pension Plan Protection"
---

# §9501. Purpose


The purpose of this chapter is to protect the interests of the United States and of the participants and their beneficiaries in Government pension plans by requiring complete disclosure of the financial condition of those plans.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 97–258, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1050.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 9501 | 31:68. | Sept. 12, 1950, ch. 946, 64 Stat. 832, § 120; added Nov. 4, 1978, Pub. L. 95–595, § 1, 92 Stat. 2541. |

The words “United States” are substituted for “Nation” for clarity and consistency. The words “and certain other pension plans” are omitted as unnecessary.