100 STAT. 2442
PUBLIC LAW 99-514—OCT. 22, 1986
J- - V "(3) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.—For purposes of this subsection, there shall be excluded from consideration— "(A) employees who are included in a unit of employees
covered by an agreement which the Secretary of Labor finds to be a collective bargaining agreement between employee representatives and one or more employers, if there is evidence that retirement benefits were the subject of ^ good faith bargaining between such employee representatives and such employer or employers, iitu «(g) jjj Yie case of a trust established or maintained pursuant to an agreement which the Secretary of Labor finds to be a collective bargaining agreement between air pilots represented in accordance with title II of the Railway Labor Act and one or more employers, all employees not covered by such agreement, and , •'* "(C) employees who are nonresident aliens and who receive no earned income (within the meaning of section 911(d)(2)) from the employer which constitutes income from ^,.> sources within the United States (within the meaning of section 861(a)(3)). Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to coverage of employees under a plan pursuant to an agreement under such subparagraph. Subparagraph (B) shall not apply in the case of a plan which provides contributions or benefits for employees whose principal duties are not customarily performed aboard aircraft in flight. "(4) EXCLUSION OF EMPLOYEES NOT MEETING AGE AND SERVICE REQUIREMENTS.— ?,:.^ir "(A) IN GENERAL.—If a plan—
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"(i) prescribes minimum age and service requirements as a condition of participation, and "(ii) excludes all employees not meeting such requirements from participation, then such employees shall be excluded from consideration for purposes of this subsection. "(B) REQUIREMENTS MAY BE MET SEPARATELY WITH RESPECT TO EXCLUDED GROUP.—If employees do not meet the mini-
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mum age or service requirements of subsection (a)(1) (without regard to subparagraph (B) thereof) and are covered under a plan of the employer which meets the requirements of paragraph (1) separately with respect to such employees, such employees may be excluded from consideration in determining whether any plan of the employer meets the requirements of paragraph (1). "(5) LINE OF BUSINESS EXCEPTION.—
"(A) IN GENERAL.—If, under section 414(r), an employer is treated as operating separate lines of business for a year, the employer may apply the requirements of this subsection for such year separately with respect to employees in each separate line of business. "(B) PLAN MUST BE NONDISCRIMINATORY.—Subparagraph
(A) shall not apply with respect to any plan maintained by an employer unless such plan benefits such employees as qualify under a classification set up by the employer and found by the Secretary not to be discriminatory in favor of highly compensated employees.
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