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29 CFR § 4050.205 - Filing with PBGC.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t29/s4050.205"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "29 CFR § 4050.205 - Filing with PBGC."
title_number: 29
title_name: "Labor"
section_number: "4050.205"
section_name: "Filing with PBGC."
chapter_name: "PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "PLAN TERMINATIONS"
part_number: "4050"
part_name: "MISSING PARTICIPANTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "29 U.S.C. 1302(b)(3), 1350."
regulatory_source: "82 FR 60818, Dec. 22, 2017, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "4050"
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# 4050.205 Filing with PBGC.

(a) *What to file.* A subpart B plan must file with PBGC the information specified in the missing participants forms and instructions, and if the plan is a transferring plan, payment of—

(1) The benefit transfer amount for the missing distributee; and

(2) Any fee provided for in the missing participants forms and instructions.

(b) *When to file.* The plan must file the information and payments referred to in paragraph (a) of this section in accordance with the missing participants forms and instructions.

(c) *Place, method and date of filing; time periods.* (1) For rules about where to file, see § 4000.4 of this chapter.

(2) For rules about permissible methods of filing with PBGC under this subpart, see subpart A of part 4000 of this chapter.

(3) For rules about the date that a submission under this subpart was filed with PBGC, see subpart C of part 4000 of this chapter.

(4) For rules about any time period for filing under this subpart, see subpart D of part 4000 of this chapter.

(d) *Supplemental information.* Within 30 days after a written request by PBGC (or such other time as may be specified in the request), the plan administrator of a subpart B plan required to file under paragraph (a) of this section must file with PBGC supplemental information for any proper purpose under the missing participants program.

(e) *Reliance.* As administrator of the missing participants program, PBGC will rely on determinations made and information reported by plans in connection with the program.