US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

29 U.S.C. § 1137

Administration

(a)
Subchapter II of chapter 5, and chapter 7, of title 5 (relating to administrative procedure), shall be applicable to this subchapter.
(b)
Omitted.
(c)
No employee of the Department of Labor or the Department of the Treasury shall administer or enforce this subchapter or title 26 with respect to any employee benefit plan under which he is a participant or beneficiary, any employee organization of which he is a member, or any employer organization in which he has an interest. This subsection does not apply to an employee benefit plan which covers only employees of the United States.

Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 50788 Stat. 894Pub. L. 101–239, title VII, § 7891(a)103 Stat. 2445(, , ; , , .)

Editorial Notes

Codification

section 5108 of Title 5Subsec. (b) of this section amended , Government Organization and Employees.

Amendments

Pub. L. 101–2391989—Subsec. (c). substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1989 Amendment

Pub. L. 101–239Pub. L. 99–514section 7891(f) of Pub. L. 101–239section 1002 of this titleAmendment by effective, except as otherwise provided, as if included in the provision of the Tax Reform Act of 1986, , to which such amendment relates, see , set out as a note under .

Regulations

section 1031 of this titleSecretary authorized, effective , to promulgate regulations wherever provisions of this subchapter call for the promulgation of regulations, see .