Providing Complete Information to Retirement Investors Act

Bill: 118-hr-5340
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Banks, Jim [R-IN-3]
Introduced: 2023-09-05
Policy area: Labor and Employment
Subjects: Employee benefits and pensions

Financial services and investments

Securities
Latest action: action_date: 2023-09-26
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 183.

Summaries:

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 183 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5340 [Report No. 118–224] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 5, 2023 Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce September 26, 2023 Additional sponsor: Mrs. Houchin September 26, 2023 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on September 5, 2023 A BILL To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that pension plans provide notice to participants and beneficiaries on risks associated with certain investments, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Providing Complete Information to Retirement Investors Act . 2. Brokerage window disclosures (a) In general Section 404(c) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1104(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) Notice requirements for brokerage windows (A) In general In the case of a pension plan which provides for individual accounts and which provides a participant or beneficiary the opportunity to choose from designated investment alternatives, a participant or beneficiary shall not be treated as exercising control over assets in the account of the participant or beneficiary unless, with respect to any investment arrangement that is not a designated investment alternative, each time before such a participant or beneficiary directs an investment into, out of, or within such investment arrangement, such participant is notified of, and acknowledges, each element of the notice described under paragraph (B). (B) Notice The notice described under this paragraph is a four part information that is substantially similar to the following information: 1. Your retirement plan offers designated investment alternatives prudently selected and monitored by fiduciaries for the purpose of enabling you to construct an appropriate retirement savings portfolio. In selecting and monitoring designated investment alternatives, your plan’s fiduciary considers the risk of loss and the opportunity for gain (or other return) compared with reasonably available investment alternatives. 2. The investments available through this investment arrangement are not designated investment alternatives, and have not been prudently selected and are not monitored by a plan fiduciary. 3. Depending on the investments you select through this investment arrangement, you may experience diminished returns, higher fees, and higher risk than if you select from the plan’s designated investment alternatives. 4. The following is a hypothetical illustration of the impact of return at 4 percent, 6 percent, and 8 percent on your account balance projected to age 67. (C) Illustration The notice described under paragraph (B) shall also include a graph displaying the projected retirement balances of such participant or beneficiary at age 67 if the account of such individual were to achieve an annual return equal to each of the following: (i) 4 percent. (ii) 6 percent. (iii) 8 percent. . (b) Designated investment alternative defined Section 3 of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1002 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (46) Designated investment alternative (A) In general The term designated investment alternative means any investment alternative designated by a responsible fiduciary of an individual account plan described in subsection 404(c) into which participants and beneficiaries may direct the investment of assets held in, or contributed to, their individual accounts. (B) Exception The term designated investment alternative does not include brokerage windows, self-directed brokerage accounts, or similar plan arrangements that enable participants and beneficiaries to select investments beyond those designated by a responsible plan fiduciary. . (c) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2025.

September 26, 2023 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: I 118th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 5340 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 5, 2023 Mr. Banks introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to ensure that pension plans provide notice to participants and beneficiaries on risks associated with certain investments, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Providing Complete Information to Retirement Investors Act . 2. Brokerage window disclosures (a) In general Section 404(c) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ( 29 U.S.C. 1104(c) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (7) Notice requirements for brokerage windows (A) In general In the case of a pension plan which provides for individual accounts and which provides a participant or beneficiary the opportunity to choose from designated investment alternatives, a participant or beneficiary shall not be treated as exercising control over assets in the account of the participant or beneficiary unless, with respect to any investment arrangement that is not a designated investment alternative, each time before such a participant or beneficiary directs an investment into, out of, or within such investment arrangement, such participant is notified of, and acknowledges, each element of the notice described under paragraph (B). (B) Notice The notice described under this paragraph is a four part information that is substantially similar to the following information: 1. Your retirement plan offers designated investment alternatives prudently selected and monitored by fiduciaries for the purpose of enabling you to construct an appropriate retirement savings portfolio. In selecting and monitoring designated investment alternatives, your plan’s fiduciary considers the risk of loss and the opportunity for gain (or other return) compared with reasonably available investment alternatives. 2. The investments available through this investment arrangement are not designated investment alternatives, and have not been prudently selected and are not monitored by a plan fiduciary. 3. Depending on the investments you select through this investment arrangement, you may experience diminished returns, higher fees, and higher risk than if you select from the plan’s designated investment alternatives. 4. The following is a hypothetical illustration of the impact of return at 4 percent, 6 percent, and 8 percent on your retirement balance projected to age 67. (C) Illustration The notice described under paragraph (B) shall also include a graph displaying the projected retirement balances of such participant or beneficiary at age 67 if the account of such individual were to achieve an annual return equal to each of the following: (i) 4 percent. (ii) 6 percent. (iii) 8 percent. . (b) Designated investment alternative defined Section 3 of such Act ( 29 U.S.C. 1002 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (46) Designated investment alternative (A) In general The term designated investment alternative means any investment alternative designated by a responsible fiduciary of an individual account plan described in subsection 404(c) into which participants and beneficiaries may direct the investment of assets held in, or contributed to, their individual accounts. (B) Exception The term designated investment alternative does not include brokerage windows, self-directed brokerage accounts, or similar plan arrangements that enable participants and beneficiaries to select investments beyond those designated by a responsible plan fiduciary. . (c) Effective date The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on January 1, 2025.