The American Retirement Association wrote to the Department of Labor to provide comments with respect to the proposed extension of the applicability date for the Conflict of Interest Regulation and related exemptions. The American Retirement Association recommended that the applicability date be delayed until January 1, 2018 and that transitional relief with regard to the Best Interest Contract Exemption be extended until July 1, 2018 and recommended that the Department take such actions as are necessary to ensure the effective date of the delay precedes the existing applicability date to avoid the unnecessary expense and disruption that would be caused by uncertain and shifting compliance standards.