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22 118THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION S. 1481
55 To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to postpone the date of
66 payment or satisfaction upon redemption of certain securities in the
77 case of the financial exploitation of specified adults, and for other pur-
88 poses.
99 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
1010 MAY9, 2023
1111 Mr. H
1212 AGERTY(for himself and Mr. TESTER) introduced the following bill;
1313 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Hous-
1414 ing, and Urban Affairs
1515 A BILL
1616 To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to postpone
1717 the date of payment or satisfaction upon redemption
1818 of certain securities in the case of the financial exploi-
1919 tation of specified adults, and for other purposes.
2020 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2121 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2222 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2323 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Exploitation 4
2424 Prevention Act of 2023’’. 5
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2828 SEC. 2. REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN SECURITIES POST-1
2929 PONED. 2
3030 (a) I
3131 NGENERAL.—Section 22 of the Investment 3
3232 Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–22) is amended by 4
3333 adding at the end the following: 5
3434 ‘‘(h) R
3535 EQUIREMENTSWITHRESPECT TONON-INSTI-6
3636 TUTIONALDIRECTAT-FUNDACCOUNTS.— 7
3737 ‘‘(1) E
3838 LECTION.— 8
3939 ‘‘(A) I
4040 N GENERAL.—A registered open-end 9
4141 investment company and a transfer agent de-10
4242 scribed in paragraph (2) may elect to comply 11
4343 with the requirements under paragraph (2) and 12
4444 subsection (i) by notifying the Commission of 13
4545 that election. 14
4646 ‘‘(B) E
4747 FFECT OF ELECTION .—Paragraph 15
4848 (2) and subsection (i) shall only apply to a reg-16
4949 istered open-end investment company and a 17
5050 transfer agent that have made an election 18
5151 under subparagraph (A). 19
5252 ‘‘(2) R
5353 EQUIREMENTS.—In the case of a cus-20
5454 tomer who is a holder of a non-institutional account 21
5555 held directly with a registered open-end investment 22
5656 company and serviced by a transfer agent (com-23
5757 monly known as a ‘direct-at-fund account’), the com-24
5858 pany and transfer agent shall— 25
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6262 ‘‘(A) request from that customer the name 1
6363 and contact information of at least 1 individual 2
6464 who— 3
6565 ‘‘(i) is, at the time of that request, an 4
6666 adult; and 5
6767 ‘‘(ii) may be contacted with respect to 6
6868 that account; 7
6969 ‘‘(B) document and retain the information 8
7070 received under subparagraph (A); and 9
7171 ‘‘(C) disclose to that customer in writing 10
7272 (including through electronic delivery) that such 11
7373 company or transfer agent may contact an indi-12
7474 vidual specified under subparagraph (A) with 13
7575 respect to the account of that customer to— 14
7676 ‘‘(i) address possible financial exploi-15
7777 tation of that customer; 16
7878 ‘‘(ii) confirm the contact information 17
7979 or health status of that customer; or 18
8080 ‘‘(iii) identify any legal guardian, ex-19
8181 ecutor, trustee, or holder of a power of at-20
8282 torney with respect to the customer. 21
8383 ‘‘(i) R
8484 EDEMPTION OF CERTAINSECURITIESPOST-22
8585 PONED.— 23
8686 ‘‘(1) I
8787 N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 24
8888 (e), a registered open-end investment company or a 25
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9292 transfer agent acting on behalf of such a company 1
9393 may postpone the date of payment or satisfaction 2
9494 upon redemption of any redeemable security in ac-3
9595 cordance with its terms for more than seven days 4
9696 after the tender of such security to such company or 5
9797 its agent designated for that purpose for redemption 6
9898 if such company or agent reasonably believes that— 7
9999 ‘‘(A) that redemption is requested by a se-8
100100 curity holder who is a specified adult; and 9
101101 ‘‘(B) financial exploitation has occurred, is 10
102102 occurring, or has been attempted with respect 11
103103 to that redemption. 12
104104 ‘‘(2) D
105105 URATION.— 13
106106 ‘‘(A) I
107107 N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 14
108108 subparagraphs (B) and (C), a registered open- 15
109109 end investment company or a transfer agent 16
110110 acting on behalf of such company may postpone 17
111111 the date of payment or satisfaction upon re-18
112112 demption of a redeemable security under para-19
113113 graph (1) for a period of not more than 15 20
114114 business days. 21
115115 ‘‘(B) E
116116 XTENSION UPON DETERMINATION 22
117117 OF EXPLOITATION.—The period described in 23
118118 subparagraph (A) may be extended by an addi-24
119119 tional 10 business days if the registered open- 25
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123123 end investment company or a transfer agent 1
124124 acting on behalf of such a company— 2
125125 ‘‘(i) reasonably believes that— 3
126126 ‘‘(I) the redemption is requested 4
127127 by a security holder who is a specified 5
128128 adult; and 6
129129 ‘‘(II) financial exploitation has 7
130130 occurred, is occurring, or has been at-8
131131 tempted with respect to such redemp-9
132132 tion; 10
133133 ‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (D), not 11
134134 later than 2 days after making a deter-12
135135 mination under clause (i), notifies the indi-13
136136 viduals specified by that security holder 14
137137 under subsection (h)(2)(A) in writing (in-15
138138 cluding through electronic delivery) of the 16
139139 extension of the period described in sub-17
140140 paragraph (A) under this subparagraph 18
141141 and the reason for that extension; 19
142142 ‘‘(iii) initiates an internal review of 20
143143 the facts and circumstances relating to the 21
144144 determination under clause (i); 22
145145 ‘‘(iv) holds amounts relating to the 23
146146 delayed payment or satisfaction upon re-24
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150150 demption of the redeemable security in a 1
151151 demand deposit account; and 2
152152 ‘‘(v) documents and retains records 3
153153 related to carrying out clause (iv) and in-4
154154 cludes those records in the first required 5
155155 account statement of the security holder 6
156156 provided after the date on which the deter-7
157157 mination is made under clause (i). 8
158158 ‘‘(C) E
159159 XTENSION BY GOVERNMENT .—A 9
160160 State regulator, administrative agency of com-10
161161 petent jurisdiction, or court of competent juris-11
162162 diction may extend the period described in sub-12
163163 paragraph (A). 13
164164 ‘‘(D) N
165165 OTIFICATION.— 14
166166 ‘‘(i) E
167167 XCEPTION.—Subparagraph 15
168168 (B)(ii) shall not apply if a registered open- 16
169169 end investment company or transfer agent 17
170170 acting on behalf of such a company reason-18
171171 ably believes that an individual required to 19
172172 be notified under that subparagraph is, 20
173173 has been, or will subject the security holder 21
174174 who identified that individual under sub-22
175175 section (h)(2)(A) to financial exploitation. 23
176176 ‘‘(ii) R
177177 EASONABLE EFFORTS .—An 24
178178 open-end investment company or transfer 25
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182182 agent acting on behalf of such a company 1
183183 shall be considered in compliance with sub-2
184184 paragraph (B)(ii) if that company or 3
185185 transfer agent makes a reasonable effort to 4
186186 contact the individuals specified by a secu-5
187187 rity holder under subsection (h)(2)(A). 6
188188 ‘‘(E) I
189189 NTERNAL PROCEDURES .—An open- 7
190190 end investment company or transfer agent act-8
191191 ing on behalf of such a company shall establish 9
192192 procedures to carry out the requirements under 10
193193 this subsection, including procedures— 11
194194 ‘‘(i) relating to the identification and 12
195195 reporting of matters relating to the finan-13
196196 cial exploitation of specified adults; 14
197197 ‘‘(ii) to determine whether to release 15
198198 or reinvest delayed redemption proceeds, 16
199199 taking into account the facts and cir-17
200200 cumstances of each case, should the inter-18
201201 nal review under subparagraph (B)(iii) 19
202202 support the reasonable belief described in 20
203203 subparagraph (B)(i); 21
204204 ‘‘(iii) identifying each employee of the 22
205205 company or transfer agent with authority 23
206206 to establish, extend, or terminate a period 24
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210210 described in paragraph (1) or subpara-1
211211 graph (A); 2
212212 ‘‘(iv) in the case of a transfer agent, 3
213213 that are reasonably designed to ensure that 4
214214 the employees of the transfer agent comply 5
215215 with this subsection; and 6
216216 ‘‘(v) in the case of an open-end invest-7
217217 ment company, establishing periodic re-8
218218 porting requirements under which a trans-9
219219 fer agent acting on behalf of the company 10
220220 shall notify the company of— 11
221221 ‘‘(I) each extension under sub-12
222222 paragraph (B) authorized by the 13
223223 transfer agent; 14
224224 ‘‘(II) each finding by the transfer 15
225225 agent under subparagraph (B)(i); 16
226226 ‘‘(III) each notification under 17
227227 subparagraph (B)(ii) carried out by 18
228228 the transfer agent; and 19
229229 ‘‘(IV) the results of each internal 20
230230 review initiated by the transfer agent 21
231231 under subparagraph (B)(iii). 22
232232 ‘‘(F) I
233233 NFORMATION INCLUDED IN CERTAIN 23
234234 STATEMENTS.—An open-end investment com-24
235235 pany shall include in each prospectus or state-25
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239239 ment of additional information a notification 1
240240 that the company or a transfer agent acting on 2
241241 behalf of the company may postpone redemp-3
242242 tion of certain securities under this subsection. 4
243243 ‘‘(G) R
244244 ECORD RETENTION .—An open-end 5
245245 investment company or transfer agent acting on 6
246246 behalf of such a company shall— 7
247247 ‘‘(i) document and retain records of— 8
248248 ‘‘(I) each postponement of re-9
249249 demption under subparagraphs (A), 10
250250 (B), and (C); 11
251251 ‘‘(II) each finding under subpara-12
252252 graph (B)(i); 13
253253 ‘‘(III) the name and position of 14
254254 each employee described in subpara-15
255255 graph (E)(iii); 16
256256 ‘‘(IV) each notification carried 17
257257 out under subparagraph (B)(ii); and 18
258258 ‘‘(V) the results of each internal 19
259259 review initiated under subparagraph 20
260260 (B)(iii); and 21
261261 ‘‘(ii) make the records described in 22
262262 clause (i) available to the Commission at 23
263263 the request of the Commission. 24
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267267 ‘‘(3) SPECIFIED ADULT DEFINED .—In this sub-1
268268 section, the term ‘specified adult’ means an indi-2
269269 vidual who— 3
270270 ‘‘(A) is not younger than 65 years of age; 4
271271 or 5
272272 ‘‘(B) is not younger than 18 years of age 6
273273 and who a registered open-end investment com-7
274274 pany or a transfer agent acting on behalf of 8
275275 such a company reasonably believes has a men-9
276276 tal or physical impairment that renders the in-10
277277 dividual unable to protect the interests of the 11
278278 individual.’’. 12
279279 (b) R
280280 ECOMMENDATIONS .— 13
281281 (1) I
282282 N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 14
283283 the date of enactment of this Act, the Securities and 15
284284 Exchange Commission, in consultation with the enti-16
285285 ties specified in paragraph (2), shall submit to Con-17
286286 gress a report that includes recommendations re-18
287287 garding the regulatory and legislative changes nec-19
288288 essary to address the financial exploitation of secu-20
289289 rity holders who are specified adults (as defined in 21
290290 subsection (i)(3) of section 22 of the Investment 22
291291 Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–22), as added 23
292292 by this section). 24
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296296 (2) CONSULTATION.—The entities specified in 1
297297 this paragraph are as follows: 2
298298 (A) The Commodity Futures Trading 3
299299 Commission. 4
300300 (B) The Director of the Bureau of Con-5
301301 sumer Financial Protection. 6
302302 (C) The Financial Industry Regulatory Au-7
303303 thority. 8
304304 (D) The North American Securities Ad-9
305305 ministrators Association. 10
306306 (E) The Board of Governors of the Fed-11
307307 eral Reserve System. 12
308308 (F) The Comptroller of the Currency. 13
309309 (G) The Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-14
310310 poration. 15
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