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• EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT FEDERAL LEGISLATION
  
  (US Code Title 29, Chapter 18, associated Internal Revenue Code and miscellaneous provisions) adopted in 1974 that established legal guidelines for private pension plan administration and investment practices including regulations relating to plan funding, participation, vesting, termination, disclosure, federal tax treatment and fiduciary responsibility of plan administrators.
  
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