<RULE>
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
<SUBAGY>Employee Benefits Security Administration </SUBAGY>
<CFR>29 CFR Part 2550 </CFR>
<RIN>RIN 1210-AC33 </RIN>
<SUBJECT>Selection of Annuity Providers—Safe Harbor for Individual Account Plans; Withdrawal</SUBJECT>
<HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD>
Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
<HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD>
Direct final rule; withdrawal.
<SUM>
<HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD>
Due to the receipt of significant adverse comments, the Department of Labor (Department) is withdrawing the July 1, 2025 direct final rule (DFR) published at 90 FR 28007.
</SUM>
<EFFDATE>
<HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD>
Effective August 11, 2025, the DFR published at 90 FR 28007 on July 1, 2025, is withdrawn.
</EFFDATE>
<FURINF>
<HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD>
Jason DeWitt, Office of Regulations and Interpretations, Employee Benefits Security Administration, (202) 693-8500. This is not a toll-free number. Individuals with hearing or speech impairments may access the telephone number above by TTY by calling the toll-free Federal Information Relay Service at (800) 877- 8339.
</FURINF>
<SUPLINF>
<HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD>
In the DFR, the Department stated that if significant adverse comments (as defined in the DFR) were received by July 31, 2025, the Department would publish a timely notification in the
<E T="04">Federal Register</E>
before the effective date either withdrawing the DFR or issuing a new final rule which responds to significant adverse comments. The Department received significant adverse comments and, therefore, withdraws the DFR.
<SIG>
<DATED>Signed at Washington, DC, this 8th day of August 2025.</DATED>
<NAME>Janet Dhillon,</NAME>
Acting Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.
</SIG>
</SUPLINF>
<FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2025-15288 Filed 8-11-25; 8:45 am]</FRDOC>
</RULE>
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