Improvements to Rules on Recoupment of Benefit Overpayments
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- What it does
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is proposing to improve its rules on recoupment of benefit overpayments under PBGC's insurance program for single-employer terminated plans trusteed by PBGC. These proposed improvements include changing the recoupment methodology to a flat rate of 5 percent of a participant's monthly benefit and eliminating recoupment from a participant's surviving beneficiary.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's summary, as published in the Federal Register.
- What it would change
1 part of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
- Before this
No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1212-AB47 since Jan. 1, 2025.
- What happens next and when
Comments must be submitted on or before September 4, 2026 to be assured of consideration.
The agency's dates, word for word.
The record as published
| Document number | 2026-13639 |
|---|---|
| Action | Proposed rule. |
| Agencies | Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation |
| Published | July 6, 2026 |
| Comments close | Sept. 4, 2026 |
| Regulation identifier (RIN) | 1212-AB47 |
| Docket | PBGC-2026-0166 |
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