I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2951 
To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to modify Treasury Regulations 
relating to insurance-dedicated exchange-traded funds. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 30, 2021 
Mr. WENSTRUP (for himself and Mr. SUOZZI) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To direct the Secretary of the Treasury to modify Treasury 
Regulations relating to insurance-dedicated exchange- 
traded funds. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. INSURANCE-DEDICATED EXCHANGE-TRADED 
FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date which is 
5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) 
shall amend the regulation issued by the Department of 
the Treasury relating to ‘‘Income Tax; Diversification Re-
quirements for Variable Annuity, Endowment, and Life 
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Insurance Contracts’’, 54 Fed. Reg. 8728 (March 2, 
1989), and make any necessary corresponding amend-
ments to other regulations, in order to facilitate the use 
of exchange-traded funds as investment options under 
variable contracts within the meaning of section 817(d) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, in accordance with 
subsections (b) and (c) of this section. 
(b) DESIGNATE CERTAIN AUTHORIZED PARTICI-
PANTS AND MARKET MAKERS AS ELIGIBLE INVESTORS.— 
The Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s dele-
gate) shall amend Treas. Reg. section 1.817–5(f)(3) to 
provide that satisfaction of the requirements in Treas. 
Reg. section 1.817–5(f)(2)(i) with respect to an exchange- 
traded fund shall not be prevented by reason of beneficial 
interests in such a fund being held by 1 or more author-
ized participants or market makers. 
(c) DEFINE RELEVANT TERMS.—In amending Treas. 
Reg. section 1.817–5(f)(3) in accordance with subsections 
(b) of this section, the Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
Secretary’s delegate) shall provide definitions consistent 
with the following: 
(1) EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND.—The term ‘‘ex-
change-traded fund’’ means a regulated investment 
company, partnership, or trust— 
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(A) that is registered with the Securities 
and Exchange Commission as an open-end in-
vestment company or a unit investment trust; 
(B) the shares of which can be purchased 
or redeemed directly from the fund only by an 
authorized participant; and 
(C) the shares of which are traded 
throughout the day on a national stock ex-
change at market prices that may or may not 
be the same as the net asset value of the 
shares. 
(2) AUTHORIZED
PARTICIPANT.—The term 
‘‘authorized participant’’ means a financial institu-
tion that is a member or participant of a clearing 
agency registered under section 17A(b) of the Secu-
rities Exchange Act of 1934 that enters into a con-
tractual relationship with an exchange-traded fund 
pursuant to which the financial institution is per-
mitted to purchase and redeem shares directly from 
the fund and to sell such shares to third parties, but 
only if the contractual arrangement or applicable law 
precludes the financial institution from— 
(A) purchasing the shares for its own in-
vestment purposes rather than for the exclusive 
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purpose of creating and redeeming such shares 
on behalf of third parties; and 
(B) selling the shares to third parties who 
are not market makers or otherwise described 
in Treas. Reg. section 1.817–5(f) (1) and (3). 
(3) MARKET
MAKER.—The term ‘‘market 
maker’’ means a financial institution that is a reg-
istered broker or dealer under section 15(b) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that maintains li-
quidity for an exchange-traded fund on a national 
stock exchange by being always ready to buy and sell 
shares of such fund on the market, but only if the 
financial institution is contractually or legally pre-
cluded from selling or buying such shares to or from 
persons who are not authorized participants or oth-
erwise described in Treas. Reg. section 1.817–5(f) 
(2) and (3). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Subsections (b) and (c) shall 
apply to segregated asset account investments made on 
or after the date that is 5 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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