29 USC § 1323 - Plan fiduciaries

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s1323"
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title: "29 USC § 1323 - Plan fiduciaries"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "1323"
section_name: "Plan fiduciaries"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PLAN TERMINATION INSURANCE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-73"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 93–406, title IV, § 4023, as added Pub. L. 96–364, title IV, § 402(a)(5), Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1298.)"
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# § 1323. Plan fiduciaries

section 1321 of this title

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a fiduciary of a plan to which  applies is not in violation of the fiduciary’s duties as a result of any act or of any withholding of action required by this subchapter.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–406, title IV, § 4023, as added Pub. L. 96–364, title IV, § 402(a)(5), Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1298.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning , known as the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Titles I, III, and IV of such Act are classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1001 of the title and Tables.

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 1323, , , , related to contingent liability coverage, prior to repeal by , , .

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

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