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type: "LegalText"
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title: "29 U.S.C. § 1133"
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description: "Claims procedure"
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kind: "code_section"
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title_number: 29
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title_name: "LABOR"
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chapter_number: "18"
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chapter_name: "EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY PROGRAM"
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section: "1133"
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citation: "29 U.S.C. § 1133"
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release_date: "2026-06-26"
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source: "official"
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# 29 U.S.C. § 1133 - Claims procedure
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## Text
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In accordance with regulations of the Secretary, every employee benefit plan shall—
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(1) provide adequate notice in writing to any participant or beneficiary whose claim for benefits under the plan has been denied, setting forth the specific reasons for such denial, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the participant, and
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(2) afford a reasonable opportunity to any participant whose claim for benefits has been denied for a full and fair review by the appropriate named fiduciary of the decision denying the claim.
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(Pub. L. 93–406, title I, § 503, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 893.)
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## Notes
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
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RegulationsSecretary authorized, effective Sept. 2, 1974, to promulgate regulations wherever provisions of this subchapter call for the promulgation of regulations, see section 1031 of this title.
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