International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015

Summary: International Insurance Capital Standards Accountability Act of 2015 This bill establishes at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System the Insurance Policy Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other Insurance Issues, a 21-member committee representing diverse expert perspectives from the U.S. insurance industry (including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and consumers).  The Secretary of the Treasury and the Board Chairman shall report annually to certain congressional committees on their efforts with the National Association of Insurance Commissioners regarding global insurance regulatory or supervisory forums. The Secretary, the Board Chairman, and the Director of the Federal Insurance Office, before supporting or consenting to the adoption of any key element in any international insurance proposal or international insurance capital standard, must study its impact upon U.S. markets and consumers.  The Secretary and the Board Chairman must also report, as well as testify to Congress on their efforts to increase transparency at meetings of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``International Insurance Capital 
Standards Accountability Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that--
            (1) the Secretary of the Treasury, Board of Governors of 
        the Federal Reserve System, and Director of the Federal 
        Insurance Office shall support increasing transparency at any 
        global insurance or international standard-setting regulatory 
        or supervisory forum in which they participate, including 
        supporting and advocating for greater public observer access to 
        working groups and committee meetings of the International 
        Association of Insurance Supervisors; and
            (2) to the extent that the Secretary of the Treasury, Board 
        of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Director of the 
        Federal Insurance Office take a position or reasonably intend 
        to take a position on an insurance proposal by a global 
        insurance regulatory or supervisory forum, the Secretary of the 
        Treasury, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and 
        Director of the Federal Insurance Office shall achieve 
        consensus positions with State insurance regulators through the 
        National Association of Insurance Commissioners, when they are 
        United States participants in negotiations on insurance issues 
        before the International Association of Insurance Supervisors, 
        Financial Stability Board, or any other international forum of 
        financial regulators or supervisors that considers such issues.

SEC. 3. INSURANCE POLICY ADVISORY COMMITTEE.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established the Insurance Policy 
Advisory Committee on International Capital Standards and Other 
Insurance Issues at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System.
    (b) Membership.--The Commission shall be composed of not more than 
21 members, all of whom represent a diverse set of expert perspectives 
from the various sectors of the United States insurance industry, 
including life insurance, property and casualty insurance and 
reinsurance, agents and brokers, academics, consumer advocates, or 
experts on issues facing underserved insurance communities and 
consumers.

SEC. 4. REPORTS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Reports and testimony by secretary of the treasury and 
        chairman of the federal reserve.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury and 
                the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, or their designee, 
                shall submit to the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 
                Committee of the Senate, and the Financial Services 
                Committee of the House of Representatives, an annual 
                report and provide annual testimony to the Banking, 
                Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee of the Senate, and 
                the Financial Services Committee of the House of 
                Representatives on the efforts of the Secretary and the 
                Chairman with the National Association of Insurance 
                Commissioners with respect to global insurance 
                regulatory or supervisory forums, including--
                            (i) a description of the insurance 
                        regulatory or supervisory standard-setting 
                        issues under discussion at international 
                        standard-setting bodies, including the 
                        Financial Stability Board and the International 
                        Association of Insurance Supervisors;
                            (ii) a description of the effects that 
                        proposals discussed at international insurance 
                        regulatory or supervisory forums of insurance 
                        could have on consumer and insurance markets in 
                        the United States;
                            (iii) a description of any position taken 
                        by the Secretary of the Treasury, Board of 
                        Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and 
                        Director of the Federal Insurance Office in 
                        international insurance discussions; and
                            (iv) a description of the efforts by the 
                        Secretary of the Treasury, Director of the 
                        Federal Insurance Office, and the Board of 
                        Governors of the Federal Reserve System to 
                        increase transparency at the Financial 
                        Stability Board with respect to insurance 
                        proposals and the International Association of 
                        Insurance Supervisors, including efforts to 
                        provide additional public access to working 
                        groups and committees of the International 
                        Association of Insurance Supervisors.
                    (B) Termination.--This paragraph shall terminate on 
                December 31, 2018.
            (2) Reports and testimony by national association of 
        insurance commissioners.--The National Association of Insurance 
        Commissioners may provide testimony to Congress on the issues 
        described in paragraph (1)(A).
            (3) Joint report by the chairman of the federal reserve and 
        the director of the federal insurance office.--
                    (A) In general.--The Secretary of the Treasury, 
                Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and the Director of 
                the Federal Insurance Office shall, in consultation 
                with the National Association of Insurance 
                Commissioners, complete a study on, and submit to 
                Congress a report on the results of the study, the 
                impact on consumers and markets in the United States 
                before supporting or consenting to the adoption of any 
                key elements in any international insurance proposal or 
                international insurance capital standard.
                    (B) Notice and comment.--
                            (i) Notice.--The Secretary of the Treasury, 
                        Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and the 
                        Director of the Federal Insurance Office shall 
                        provide notice before the date on which 
                        drafting the report is commenced and after the 
                        date on which the draft of the report is 
                        completed.
                            (ii) Opportunity for comment.--There shall 
                        be an opportunity for public comment for a 
                        period beginning on the date on which the 
                        report is submitted under subparagraph (A) and 
                        ending on the date that is 60 days after the 
                        date on which the report is submitted.
                    (C) Review by comptroller general.--The Secretary 
                of the Treasury, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, and 
                the Director of the Federal Insurance Office shall 
                submit to the Comptroller General of the United States 
                the report described in subparagraph (A) for review.
            (4) Report on reduction in transparency.--Not later than 
        180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Chairman 
        of the Federal Reserve and the Secretary of the Treasury, or 
        their designees, shall submit to Congress a report and provide 
        testimony to Congress on the efforts of the Chairman and the 
        Secretary to increase transparency at meetings of the 
        International Association of Insurance Supervisors.