PUBLIC LAW 109–280—AUG. 17, 2006
120 STAT. 935
another pension plan (within the meaning of section 3(2)). ‘‘(5) CERTAIN PROVISIONS NOT TO APPLY.—Subsections (a)(1) and (a)(3) shall not apply to a plan described in paragraph (4).’’. (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 206(f) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1056(f)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘title IV’’ and inserting ‘‘section 4050’’; and (2) by striking ‘‘the plan shall provide that,’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to distributions made after final regulations implementing subsections (c) and (d) of section 4050 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (as added by subsection (a)), respectively, are prescribed.
Regulations. 29 USC 1056 note.
SEC. 411. DIRECTOR OF THE PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended— (1) by striking the second sentence of section 4002(a) and inserting the following: ‘‘In carrying out its functions under this title, the corporation shall be administered by a Director, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall act in accordance with the policies established by the board.’’; and (2) in section 4003(b), by— (A) striking ‘‘under this title, any member’’ and inserting ‘‘under this title, the Director, any member’’; and (B) striking ‘‘designated by the chairman’’ and inserting ‘‘designated by the Director or chairman’’. (b) COMPENSATION OF DIRECTOR.—Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item: ‘‘Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.’’. (c) JURISDICTION OF NOMINATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee on Finance of the Senate and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate shall have joint jurisdiction over the nomination of a person nominated by the President to fill the position of Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under section 4002 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1302) (as amended by this Act), and if one committee votes to order reported such a nomination, the other shall report within 30 calendar days, or be automatically discharged. (2) RULEMAKING OF THE SENATE.—This subsection is enacted by Congress— (A) as an exercise of rulemaking power of the Senate, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case of a nomination described in such sentence, and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and (B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of the Senate) at any time, in the same
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