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legal/us/code/title-29/chapter-18/section-1397.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "29 U.S.C. § 1397"
+description: "Application of part in case of certain pre-1980 withdrawals; adjustment of covered plan"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 29
+title_name: "LABOR"
+chapter_number: "18"
+chapter_name: "EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM"
+section: "1397"
+citation: "29 U.S.C. § 1397"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc29@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t29/s1397"
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+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 29 U.S.C. § 1397 - Application of part in case of certain pre-1980 withdrawals; adjustment of covered plan
+
+## Text
+
+(a) For the purpose of determining the amount of unfunded vested benefits allocable to an employer for a partial or complete withdrawal from a plan which occurs after September 25, 1980, and for the purpose of determining whether there has been a partial withdrawal after such date, the amount of contributions, and the number of contribution base units, of such employer properly allocable—
+
+(1) to work performed under a collective bargaining agreement for which there was a permanent cessation of the obligation to contribute before September 26, 1980, or
+
+(2) to work performed at a facility at which all covered operations permanently ceased before September 26, 1980, or for which there was a permanent cessation of the obligation to contribute before that date,
+
+shall not be taken into account.
+
+(b) A plan may, in a manner not inconsistent with regulations, which shall be prescribed by the corporation, adjust the amount of unfunded vested benefits allocable to other employers under a plan maintained by an employer described in subsection (a).
+
+(Pub. L. 93–406, title IV, § 4217, as added Pub. L. 96–364, title I, § 104(2), Sept. 26, 1980, 94 Stat. 1235; amended Pub. L. 98–369, div. A, title V, § 558(b)(1)(A), (B), July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 899.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1984—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–369, § 558(b)(1)(A), (B), substituted “September 25, 1980” for “April 28, 1980” in provisions preceding par. (1) and “September 26, 1980” for “April 29, 1980” in pars. (1) and (2).