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📄Regulatory Notice on Definition of Plan Assets for Employee Contributions

The Department of Labor (DOL) is submitting this Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)-sponsored information collection request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA). Public comments on the ICR are invited.

📊Amendments to PTEs 2016-10 and 2016-11

This document provides notice of an amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions (PTEs) 2016-10, granted to Royal Bank of Canada (together with its Current and Future Affiliates, RBC), and 2016-11, granted to Northern Trust Corporation (together with its Current and Future Affiliates, Northern) that extends the effective periods of the exemptions for up to six months if RBC and Northern meet certain conditions. The amendment to PTE 2016-10 is referred to herein as the RBC QPAM Amendment, and the amendment to PTE 2016-11 is referred to herein as the Northern QPAM Amendment (collectively, the Amendments).

🏢FERC Updates Notice on Transit Subsidy Program Records Compliance

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, all agencies are required to publish in the Federal Register a notice of their systems of records. Notice is hereby given that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is publishing notice of modifications to an existing FERC system of records titled "FERC Transit Subsidy Program (TSP) Records (FERC-41)" previously titled "FERC Transit Subsidy Program (TSP) (FERC-41)."

⚖️Northern QPAMs' Exemption Proposal

This document provides notice of the pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed individual exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). The proposed exemption would allow certain entities with specified relationships to Northern Trust Fiduciary Services (Guernsey) Limited (NTFS) (hereinafter, the Northern QPAMs, as further defined in section I(e) of the operative language) to rely on the exemptive relief provided by Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (PTE 84-14 or the QPAM Exemption), notwithstanding the judgment of conviction (the Conviction) against NTFS for aiding and abetting tax fraud entered in France in the Paris Court of Appeal, French Special Prosecutor No. 1120392066, French Investigative Judge No. JIRSIF/11/12.

📜New OPM Records System for VA Employee Benefits Appeals

In accordance with the Privacy Act of 1974, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) proposes to establish a new system of records titled, "OPM/Internal--31, VA Recoupment and Reduction Appeals to OPM." OPM will use this system to process appeals from current and former civil service Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employees who received an order by the VA to recoup or reduce their awards, bonuses, relocation expenses, or retirement benefits, and chose to appeal that order to the Director of OPM.

⚖️UBS Receives Exemption from Certain Prohibited Transactions

This exemption provides conditional prospective relief that allows current and future asset managers under the UBS corporate umbrella (UBS QPAMs) to continue to rely on PTE 84-14 for the five-year period from June 12, 2024, through June 11, 2029, notwithstanding four judgments of conviction involving entities within the UBS and CSAG (Credit Suisse AG) corporate umbrellas. The exemption also provides conditional retroactive relief to UBS QPAMs covering their reliance on PTE 84-14 during the one-year period from June 12, 2023, through June 11, 2024.

📊SEC Solicits Comments on Proposed Extension of Form 11-K Reporting

📄Amendment to PTE 2002-51

This document amends Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2002-51, an exemption for certain transactions identified in the Department of Labor's Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program (VFC Program or Program). The VFC Program is designed to encourage correction of fiduciary breaches and compliance with the law by permitting persons to avoid potential Department of Labor civil enforcement actions and civil penalties if they voluntarily correct eligible transactions in a manner that meets the requirements of the Program. PTE 2002-51 is a related class exemption that allows excise tax relief from excise taxes imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, for certain eligible transactions corrected pursuant to the VFC Program. This amendment to PTE 2002-51 is being finalized in connection with the Department's amendment and restatement of the VFC Program, published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register (2025 VFC Program). These amendments simplify and expand the VFC Program and exemptive relief to make the Program and exemption easier to use and more useful for employers and others who wish to avail themselves of the relief provided. The amendment to PTE 2002-51 affects plans, participants and beneficiaries of such plans, and certain other persons engaging in such transactions.

📄Regulatory Notice on Railroad Retirement Annuity Applications and Compliance

🏢Exemption for Boilermakers Fund from ERISA Prohibited Transactions

This document gives notice of an individual exemption from certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The exemption permits the purchase of a parcel of improved real property (the Property) by the Boilermakers Western States Apprenticeship Fund (the Plan or Applicant) from the "Navajo Nation" Lodge 4 of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmith, Forgers, and Helpers (Lodge 4) whose members may be participants in the Plan.