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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2130 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a corporate responsibility 
investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 3, 2011 
Mr. LANGEVIN (for himself, Mrs. LOWEY, and Mr. MCGOVERN) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for a 
corporate responsibility investment option under the 
Thrift Savings Plan. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Employees Re-
sponsible Investment Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Department of Labor has asserted that 
socially responsible investments meet the fiduciary 
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standards set in the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act. 
(2) Eighty-four percent of mutual fund inves-
tors would be more likely to invest in a fund if one 
of its principles was to invest in companies that en-
gage in ethical business practices in terms of oper-
ations and reporting. 
(3) Seventy-one percent of investors agree that 
companies that operate with higher levels of integ-
rity carry less investment risk, and 67 percent of in-
vestors believe that these companies deliver better 
investment returns. 
(4) In 2007, $2,700,000,000,000 was invested 
in socially responsible funds in the United States. 
SEC. 3. CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY STOCK INDEX FUND. 
(a) DEFINITION.—Section 8438(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(11) the term ‘Corporate Responsibility Stock 
Index Fund’ refers to the fund established under 
subsection (b)(1)(G).’’. 
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(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8438(b)(1) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (E), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) a Corporate Responsibility Stock Index 
Fund as provided under paragraph (6).’’. 
(2) FUND REQUIREMENTS.—Section 8438(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(6)(A) The Board shall select a minimum of one 
index which is a commonly recognized, passively managed 
index comprised of stocks (domestic or otherwise) that 
have been analyzed based on criteria consistent with the 
purposes of this paragraph. Such criteria shall at a min-
imum include corporate governance, environmental prac-
tices, workplace relations and benefits, product safety and 
impact, international operations and human rights, in-
volvement with repressive regimes, and community rela-
tions. The (or, if more than one, each) index’s financial 
track record must be comparable to that of the other op-
tions available under the Thrift Savings Plan. 
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‘‘(B) The Corporate Responsibility Stock Index Fund 
shall be invested in a portfolio designed to replicate the 
performance of the index in subparagraph (A) (or, if more 
than one, their overall average performance). The portfolio 
shall be designed such that, to the extent practicable, the 
percentage of the Corporate Responsibility Stock Index 
Fund that is invested in each stock is the same as the 
percentage determined by dividing the aggregate market 
value of all shares of that stock by the aggregate market 
value of all shares of all stocks included in such index (or 
indexes).’’. 
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