Title II of ERISA
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Title II of ERISA is the section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that establishes participation, vesting, and funding standards for private-sector pension plans.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Title II of ERISA canonical | 2 |
| Title II of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7847133 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title II of ERISA Context triple: [Title IV – Plan Termination Insurance, relatedTo, Title II of ERISA]
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A.
Title IV of ERISA
Title IV of ERISA is the section of U.S. federal pension law that establishes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the framework for insuring and handling the termination of defined benefit pension plans.
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B.
Title I of ERISA
Title I of ERISA is the section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that establishes key protections, fiduciary standards, and disclosure requirements for private-sector employee benefit plans.
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C.
ERISA
ERISA is a U.S. federal law that sets minimum standards and protections for most voluntarily established retirement and health benefit plans in private industry.
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D.
Title II
Title II is the section of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 that established and funded the federal Head Start early childhood education program for low-income children.
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E.
Title II
Title II is a major federal education funding program that supports improving teacher quality and professional development in K–12 schools across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Title II of ERISA Target entity description: Title II of ERISA is the section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that establishes participation, vesting, and funding standards for private-sector pension plans.
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A.
Title IV of ERISA
Title IV of ERISA is the section of U.S. federal pension law that establishes the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the framework for insuring and handling the termination of defined benefit pension plans.
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B.
Title I of ERISA
Title I of ERISA is the section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that establishes key protections, fiduciary standards, and disclosure requirements for private-sector employee benefit plans.
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C.
ERISA
ERISA is a U.S. federal law that sets minimum standards and protections for most voluntarily established retirement and health benefit plans in private industry.
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D.
Title II
Title II is the section of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 that established and funded the federal Head Start early childhood education program for low-income children.
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E.
Title II
Title II is a major federal education funding program that supports improving teacher quality and professional development in K–12 schools across the United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Title of a United States federal statute ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Title II of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
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linked to:
Title II of ERISA
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| appliesTo |
defined benefit pension plans
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defined contribution pension plans ⓘ employers maintaining tax-qualified pension plans ⓘ plan sponsors of private retirement plans ⓘ private-sector pension plans ⓘ tax-qualified retirement plans ⓘ |
| citationContext | often cited in conjunction with Internal Revenue Code sections on qualified plans ⓘ |
| contains |
limitations on plan amendments that decrease accrued benefits
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minimum funding requirements for defined benefit plans ⓘ participation requirements for pension plans ⓘ rules coordinating ERISA standards with the Internal Revenue Code ⓘ rules on benefit accrual and anti-backloading ⓘ vesting schedules and rules ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| dateEnacted | 1974 ⓘ |
| enforcedBy |
Internal Revenue Service
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U.S. Department of the Treasury ⓘ
linked to:
United States Department of the Treasury
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| establishes |
benefit accrual standards
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limitations on benefit reductions ⓘ minimum funding standards ⓘ minimum participation standards ⓘ minimum vesting standards ⓘ |
| excludes |
church plans not electing ERISA coverage
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governmental plans ⓘ |
| field |
employee benefits law
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pension law ⓘ tax law ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
|
| legalEffect | conditions tax qualification of pension plans on compliance with participation, vesting, and funding standards ⓘ |
| legalNature | federal statutory provisions amending the Internal Revenue Code ⓘ |
| objective |
to coordinate pension standards with federal tax incentives
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to ensure that employees earn nonforfeitable rights to pension benefits ⓘ to ensure that pension plans are adequately funded ⓘ |
| partOf | Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ⓘ |
| purpose | to protect participants in private pension plans through minimum standards for participation, vesting, and funding ⓘ |
| regulates |
eligibility to participate in pension plans
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funding of pension obligations ⓘ minimum distribution rules in coordination with the Internal Revenue Code ⓘ plan amendments affecting accrued benefits ⓘ plan benefit accrual formulas ⓘ vesting of pension benefits ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Title I of ERISA
ⓘ
Title IV of ERISA ⓘ |
| scope | applies primarily through amendments to the Internal Revenue Code ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Title II of ERISA Description of subject: Title II of ERISA is the section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act that establishes participation, vesting, and funding standards for private-sector pension plans.
Referenced by (3)
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linked to: Title II of ERISA