Procedures Governing the Filing and Processing of Prohibited Transaction Exemption Applications

The Department of Labor (the Department) is adopting amendments to its existing procedure governing the filing and processing of applications for administrative exemptions from the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code), and the Federal Employees' Retirement System Act of 1986 (FERSA) (the Amendments). The Secretary of Labor (the Secretary) is authorized to grant exemptions from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code, and FERSA and to establish an exemption procedure to provide for such relief. The Amendments update and supersede the Department's existing prohibited transaction exemption procedures.