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29 U.S. Code § 1143. Research, studies, and reports
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(1) The Secretary is authorized to undertake research and surveys and
in connection therewith to collect, compile, analyze and publish data,
information, and statistics relating to employee benefit plans, including
retirement, deferred compensation, and welfare plans, and types of
plans not subject to this chapter.
(2) The Secretary is authorized and directed to undertake research
studies relating to pension plans, including but not limited to (A) the
effects of this subchapter upon the provisions and costs of pension
plans, (B) the role of private pensions in meeting the economic security
needs of the Nation, and (C) the operation of private pension plans
including types and levels of benefits, degree of reciprocity or
portability, and financial and actuarial characteristics and practices, and
methods of encouraging the growth of the private pension system.
(3) The Secretary may, as he deems appropriate or necessary,
undertake other studies relating to employee benefit plans, the matters
regulated by this subchapter, and the enforcement procedures provided
for under this subchapter.
(4) The research, surveys, studies, and publications referred to in this
subsection may be conducted directly, or indirectly through grant or
contract arrangements.
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The Secretary is authorized and directed to cooperate with the Congress
and its appropriate committees, subcommittees, and staff in supplying
data and any other information, and personnel and services, required by
the Congress in any study, examination, or report by the Congress relating
to pension benefit plans established or maintained by States or their
political subdivisions.
(Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 513, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 896.)

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