Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act

Bill: 109-hr-461
Sponsor: Rep. Emanuel, Rahm [D-IL-5]
Introduced: 2005-02-01 in the House
Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector
Subjects: Administrative procedure
Armed Forces and National Security
Brokers
Choice of law
Civil service retirement
Commerce
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Consumer education
Consumer protection
Data banks
Department of Defense
Directories
Disciplining of employees
Electronic data interchange
Families
Federal employees
Federal-state relations
Financial services
Fraud
Government Operations and Politics
Government life insurance
Government paperwork
Grievance procedures
Independent regulatory commissions
Information disclosure (Securities law)
Insurance
Insurance agents
Insurance companies
Investment advisers
Investments
Jurisdiction
Labor and Employment
Law
Legislation
Liability (Law)
Licenses
Life insurance
Military bases
Military dependents
Military pensions
Military personnel
Mutual funds
Personal budgets
Professional associations
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Restrictive trade practices
Sales promotion
Science, Technology, Communications
Securities and Exchange Commission
Securities industry
Securities regulation
Standards
State laws
Tax-deferred compensation plans
Telephone
User charges

Summary:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: 
Military Personnel Financial Services Protection Act - Amends the Investment Company Act of 1940 to make it unlawful: (1) for any registered investment company to issue any periodic payment plan certificate; or (2) for such company or any depositor or underwriter of such company, or other person, to sell such a certificate.
 
Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) any measures taken by a registered broker or dealer voluntarily to refund payments made by military service members on any such certificate; and (2) the sales practices of such brokers or dealers on military installations over the past five years.
 
Amends the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to require a registered securities association to establish and maintain: (1) a system for collecting and retaining broker/dealer registration information; and (2) a toll-free telephone listing, and a readily accessible process to respond promptly to registration information inquiries.
 
Amends the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to authorize the SEC to require an investment adviser to file with the SEC certain documentation. Directs the SEC to require such entity to maintain a toll&#150;free telephone listing or other readily accessible process to receive and promptly respond to registration, disciplinary, and other relevant inquiries.
 
Prohibits an insurer or producer from: (1) selling or soliciting, in person, any life insurance product to any member of the Armed Forces on a Federal military installation unless certain written disclosures have been provided before the sale; or (2) contracting with an insurance producer that solicits or sells life insurance on U.S. military installations unless the insurer has implemented a system for reporting any disciplinary actions against the producer to the appropriate State insurance commissioner.
 
Requires the Secretary of Defense to establish a registry of insurance agents and financial advisors that have been barred or banned from doing business on Federal military installations.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2005-02-01
text: Introduced in House