In testimony before the U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council, PRC Policy Analyst Jane Smith called for the creation of an online searchable database that would contain information to help individuals locate the retirement plans of former employers who have moved, changed names or merged with another company. The “Lost Pension Plan Registry” would be hosted on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s website alongside the already-existing Missing Participants Program for employers seeking to locate “lost” participants. A provision authorizing the PBGC to establish a registry is included in the Retirement Plan Simplification and Enhancement Act of 2013 (H.R. 2117) introduced by Congressman Richard Neal (D-MA). Also testifying about lost pension plans was Ellen Bruce, director of the New England Pension Assistance Project and the Pension Action Center at the University of Massachusetts Boston.