Reopening Comment Period for the Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 (the QPAM Exemption)

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration 29 CFR Part 2550 [Application No. D-12022] Z-RIN 1210 ZA07 AGENCY: Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. ACTION: Notice of proposed amendment to class exemption; reopening of comment period. SUMMARY: As discussed in the DATES section below, the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is announcing that it is reopening the comment period for the proposed amendment to prohibited transaction class exemption 84-14 (the QPAM Exemption). DATES: The public comment period for the proposed amendment to the class exemption published on July 27, 2022, at 87 FR 45204 , will reopen on the date of publication of this notice and close on April 6, 2023. ADDRESSES: Please submit all written comments to the Office of Exemption Determinations through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at www.regulations.gov at Docket ID number: EBSA-2022-0008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Scott Hesse, Office of Exemption Determinations, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Telephone: (202) 693-8546 (this is not a toll-free number). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department published a proposed amendment to prohibited transaction class exemption 84-14 (the Proposed QPAM Exemption Amendment) on July 27, 2022, with a 60-day comment period that was set to expire on September 26, 2022. [ 1 ] The Department received two letters requesting an extension of the …