29 USC § 1404 - Alternative method of withdrawal liability payments

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identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s1404"
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title: "29 USC § 1404 - Alternative method of withdrawal liability payments"
title_number: 29
title_name: "LABOR"
section_number: "1404"
section_name: "Alternative method of withdrawal liability payments"
chapter_number: 18
chapter_name: "EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "PLAN TERMINATION INSURANCE"
part_number: "1"
part_name: "employer withdrawals"
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, § 4224, as added Pub. L. 96–364, title I, § 104(2), Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1242.)"
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# § 1404. Alternative method of withdrawal liability payments

A multiemployer plan may adopt rules providing for other terms and conditions for the satisfaction of an employer’s withdrawal liability if such rules are consistent with this chapter and with such regulations as may be prescribed by the corporation.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 93–406, title IV, § 4224, as added Pub. L. 96–364, title I, § 104(2), Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1242.)

## 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  and Tables.