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2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2478 |
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5 | 5 | | To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to postpone the date of |
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6 | 6 | | payment or satisfaction upon redemption of certain securities in the |
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7 | 7 | | case of the financial exploitation of specified adults, and for other pur- |
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8 | 8 | | poses. |
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9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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10 | 10 | | MARCH27, 2025 |
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11 | 11 | | Mrs. W |
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12 | 12 | | AGNER(for herself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. STEIL, |
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13 | 13 | | Mrs. K |
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14 | 14 | | IM, Ms. PEREZ, and Mr. LAWLER) introduced the following bill; |
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15 | 15 | | which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services |
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16 | 16 | | A BILL |
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17 | 17 | | To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to postpone |
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18 | 18 | | the date of payment or satisfaction upon redemption |
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19 | 19 | | of certain securities in the case of the financial exploi- |
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20 | 20 | | tation of specified adults, and for other purposes. |
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21 | 21 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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22 | 22 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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24 | 24 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Exploitation 4 |
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25 | 25 | | Prevention Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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29 | 29 | | SEC. 2. REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN SECURITIES POST-1 |
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30 | 30 | | PONED. 2 |
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31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Section 22 of the Investment 3 |
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33 | 33 | | Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–22) is amended by 4 |
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34 | 34 | | adding at the end the following: 5 |
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35 | 35 | | ‘‘(h) R |
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36 | 36 | | EQUIREMENTSWITHRESPECT TONON-INSTI-6 |
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37 | 37 | | TUTIONALDIRECTAT-FUNDACCOUNTS.— 7 |
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38 | 38 | | ‘‘(1) E |
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39 | 39 | | LECTION.— 8 |
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40 | 40 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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41 | 41 | | N GENERAL.—A registered open-end 9 |
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42 | 42 | | investment company and a transfer agent de-10 |
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43 | 43 | | scribed under paragraph (2) may elect to com-11 |
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44 | 44 | | ply with the requirements under paragraph (2) 12 |
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45 | 45 | | and subsection (i) by notifying the Commission 13 |
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46 | 46 | | of such election. 14 |
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47 | 47 | | ‘‘(B) E |
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48 | 48 | | FFECT OF ELECTION .—Paragraph 15 |
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49 | 49 | | (2) and subsection (i) shall only apply to a reg-16 |
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50 | 50 | | istered open-end investment company and a 17 |
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51 | 51 | | transfer agent that have made the election 18 |
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52 | 52 | | under subparagraph (A). 19 |
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53 | 53 | | ‘‘(2) R |
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54 | 54 | | EQUIREMENTS.—In the case of a cus-20 |
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55 | 55 | | tomer who is a holder of a non-institutional account 21 |
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56 | 56 | | held directly with a registered open-end investment 22 |
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57 | 57 | | company and serviced by a transfer agent (a ‘direct- 23 |
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58 | 58 | | at-fund account’), the company and transfer agent 24 |
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59 | 59 | | shall— 25 |
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63 | 63 | | ‘‘(A) request from such customer the name 1 |
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64 | 64 | | and contact information of at least one indi-2 |
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65 | 65 | | vidual who— 3 |
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66 | 66 | | ‘‘(i) is at the time of such request an 4 |
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67 | 67 | | adult; and 5 |
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68 | 68 | | ‘‘(ii) may be contacted with respect to 6 |
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69 | 69 | | such account; 7 |
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70 | 70 | | ‘‘(B) document and retain the information 8 |
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71 | 71 | | received pursuant to subparagraph (A); and 9 |
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72 | 72 | | ‘‘(C) disclose to such customer in writing 10 |
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73 | 73 | | (including through electronic delivery) that such 11 |
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74 | 74 | | company or transfer agent may contact an indi-12 |
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75 | 75 | | vidual specified pursuant to subparagraph (A) 13 |
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76 | 76 | | with respect to the account of such customer 14 |
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77 | 77 | | to— 15 |
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78 | 78 | | ‘‘(i) address possible financial exploi-16 |
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79 | 79 | | tation of such customer; 17 |
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80 | 80 | | ‘‘(ii) confirm the contact information 18 |
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81 | 81 | | or health status of the customer; or 19 |
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82 | 82 | | ‘‘(iii) identify any legal guardian, ex-20 |
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83 | 83 | | ecutor, trustee, or holder of a power of at-21 |
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84 | 84 | | torney of the customer. 22 |
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85 | 85 | | ‘‘(i) R |
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86 | 86 | | EDEMPTION OF CERTAINSECURITIESPOST-23 |
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87 | 87 | | PONED.— 24 |
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91 | 91 | | ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 1 |
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92 | 92 | | (e), a registered open-end investment company or a 2 |
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93 | 93 | | transfer agent acting on behalf of such company 3 |
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94 | 94 | | may postpone the date of payment or satisfaction 4 |
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95 | 95 | | upon redemption of any redeemable security in ac-5 |
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96 | 96 | | cordance with its terms for more than seven days 6 |
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97 | 97 | | after the tender of such security to such company or 7 |
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98 | 98 | | its agent designated for that purpose for redemption 8 |
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99 | 99 | | if such company or agent reasonably believes that— 9 |
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100 | 100 | | ‘‘(A) the redemption is requested by a se-10 |
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101 | 101 | | curity holder who is a specified adult; and 11 |
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102 | 102 | | ‘‘(B) financial exploitation has occurred, is 12 |
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103 | 103 | | occurring, or has been attempted with respect 13 |
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104 | 104 | | to such redemption. 14 |
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105 | 105 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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106 | 106 | | URATION.— 15 |
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107 | 107 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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108 | 108 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 16 |
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109 | 109 | | subparagraphs (B) and (C), a registered open- 17 |
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110 | 110 | | end investment company or a transfer agent 18 |
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111 | 111 | | acting on behalf of such company may postpone 19 |
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112 | 112 | | the date of payment or satisfaction upon re-20 |
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113 | 113 | | demption of a redeemable security under para-21 |
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114 | 114 | | graph (1) for a period of not more than 15 22 |
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115 | 115 | | business days. 23 |
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116 | 116 | | ‘‘(B) E |
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117 | 117 | | XTENSION UPON DETERMINATION 24 |
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118 | 118 | | OF EXPLOITATION.—The period described in 25 |
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122 | 122 | | subparagraph (A) may be extended by an addi-1 |
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123 | 123 | | tional 10 business days if the registered open- 2 |
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124 | 124 | | end investment company or a transfer agent 3 |
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125 | 125 | | acting on behalf of such company— 4 |
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126 | 126 | | ‘‘(i) reasonably believes that— 5 |
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127 | 127 | | ‘‘(I) the redemption is requested 6 |
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128 | 128 | | by a security holder who is a specified 7 |
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129 | 129 | | adult; and 8 |
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130 | 130 | | ‘‘(II) financial exploitation has 9 |
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131 | 131 | | occurred, is occurring, or has been at-10 |
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132 | 132 | | tempted with respect to such redemp-11 |
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133 | 133 | | tion; 12 |
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134 | 134 | | ‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (D), not 13 |
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135 | 135 | | later than 2 days after making a deter-14 |
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136 | 136 | | mination under clause (i), notifies the indi-15 |
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137 | 137 | | viduals specified by such security holder 16 |
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138 | 138 | | under subsection (h)(2)(A) in writing (in-17 |
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139 | 139 | | cluding through electronic delivery) of the 18 |
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140 | 140 | | extension of the period described in sub-19 |
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141 | 141 | | paragraph (A) under this subparagraph 20 |
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142 | 142 | | and the reason for such extension; 21 |
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143 | 143 | | ‘‘(iii) initiates an internal review of 22 |
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144 | 144 | | the facts and circumstances relating to the 23 |
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145 | 145 | | determination under clause (i); 24 |
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149 | 149 | | ‘‘(iv) holds amounts related to the de-1 |
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150 | 150 | | layed payment or satisfaction upon re-2 |
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151 | 151 | | demption of the redeemable security in a 3 |
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152 | 152 | | demand deposit account; and 4 |
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153 | 153 | | ‘‘(v) documents and retains records 5 |
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154 | 154 | | related to carrying out clause (iv) and in-6 |
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155 | 155 | | cludes such records in the first required 7 |
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156 | 156 | | account statement of the security holder 8 |
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157 | 157 | | provided after the date on which the deter-9 |
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158 | 158 | | mination is made under clause (i). 10 |
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159 | 159 | | ‘‘(C) E |
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160 | 160 | | XTENSION BY GOVERNMENT .—A 11 |
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161 | 161 | | State regulator, administrative agency of com-12 |
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162 | 162 | | petent jurisdiction, or court of competent juris-13 |
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163 | 163 | | diction may extend the period described in sub-14 |
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164 | 164 | | paragraph (A). 15 |
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165 | 165 | | ‘‘(D) N |
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166 | 166 | | OTIFICATION.— 16 |
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167 | 167 | | ‘‘(i) E |
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168 | 168 | | XCEPTION.—Subparagraph 17 |
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169 | 169 | | (B)(ii) shall not apply if a registered open- 18 |
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170 | 170 | | end investment company or transfer agent 19 |
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171 | 171 | | acting on behalf of such company reason-20 |
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172 | 172 | | ably believes that an individual required to 21 |
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173 | 173 | | be notified under such subparagraph is, 22 |
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174 | 174 | | has been, or will subject the security holder 23 |
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175 | 175 | | who identified such individual under sub-24 |
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176 | 176 | | section (h)(2)(A) to financial exploitation. 25 |
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180 | 180 | | ‘‘(ii) REASONABLE EFFORTS .—An 1 |
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181 | 181 | | open-end investment company or transfer 2 |
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182 | 182 | | agent acting on behalf of such company 3 |
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183 | 183 | | shall be considered in compliance with sub-4 |
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184 | 184 | | paragraph (B)(ii) if such company or 5 |
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185 | 185 | | transfer agent makes a reasonable effort to 6 |
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186 | 186 | | contact the individuals specified by a secu-7 |
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187 | 187 | | rity holder under subsection (h)(2)(A). 8 |
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188 | 188 | | ‘‘(E) I |
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189 | 189 | | NTERNAL PROCEDURES .—An open- 9 |
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190 | 190 | | end investment company or transfer agent act-10 |
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191 | 191 | | ing on behalf of such company shall establish 11 |
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192 | 192 | | procedures to carry out the requirements under 12 |
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193 | 193 | | this subsection, including procedures— 13 |
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194 | 194 | | ‘‘(i) related to the identification and 14 |
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195 | 195 | | reporting of matters related to the finan-15 |
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196 | 196 | | cial exploitation of specified adults; 16 |
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197 | 197 | | ‘‘(ii) to determine whether to release 17 |
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198 | 198 | | or reinvest delayed redemption proceeds, 18 |
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199 | 199 | | taking into account the facts and cir-19 |
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200 | 200 | | cumstances of each case, should the inter-20 |
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201 | 201 | | nal review under subparagraph (B)(iii) 21 |
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202 | 202 | | support the reasonable belief described in 22 |
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203 | 203 | | subparagraph (B)(i); 23 |
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204 | 204 | | ‘‘(iii) identifying each employee of the 24 |
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205 | 205 | | company or transfer agent with authority 25 |
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209 | 209 | | to establish, extend, or terminate a period 1 |
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210 | 210 | | described in paragraph (1) or subpara-2 |
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211 | 211 | | graph (A); 3 |
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212 | 212 | | ‘‘(iv) in the case of a transfer agent, 4 |
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213 | 213 | | that are reasonably designed to ensure that 5 |
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214 | 214 | | the employees of such transfer agent com-6 |
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215 | 215 | | ply with this subsection; and 7 |
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216 | 216 | | ‘‘(v) in the case of an open-end invest-8 |
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217 | 217 | | ment company, establishing periodic re-9 |
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218 | 218 | | porting requirements under which a trans-10 |
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219 | 219 | | fer agent acting on behalf of such company 11 |
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220 | 220 | | shall notify such company of— 12 |
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221 | 221 | | ‘‘(I) each extension under sub-13 |
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222 | 222 | | paragraph (B) authorized by such 14 |
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223 | 223 | | transfer agent; 15 |
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224 | 224 | | ‘‘(II) each finding by the transfer 16 |
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225 | 225 | | agent under subparagraph (B)(i); 17 |
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226 | 226 | | ‘‘(III) each notification under 18 |
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227 | 227 | | subparagraph (B)(ii) carried out by 19 |
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228 | 228 | | such transfer agent; and 20 |
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229 | 229 | | ‘‘(IV) the results of each internal 21 |
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230 | 230 | | review initiated by the transfer agent 22 |
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231 | 231 | | under subparagraph (B)(iii). 23 |
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232 | 232 | | ‘‘(F) I |
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233 | 233 | | NFORMATION INCLUDED IN CERTAIN 24 |
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234 | 234 | | STATEMENTS.—An open-end investment com-25 |
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238 | 238 | | pany shall include in each prospectus or state-1 |
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239 | 239 | | ment of additional information a notification 2 |
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240 | 240 | | that the company or transfer agent acting on 3 |
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241 | 241 | | behalf of such company may postpone redemp-4 |
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242 | 242 | | tion of certain securities under this subsection. 5 |
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243 | 243 | | ‘‘(G) R |
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244 | 244 | | ECORD RETENTION .—An open-end 6 |
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245 | 245 | | investment company or transfer agent acting on 7 |
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246 | 246 | | behalf of such company shall— 8 |
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247 | 247 | | ‘‘(i) document and retain records of— 9 |
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248 | 248 | | ‘‘(I) each postponement of re-10 |
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249 | 249 | | demption under subparagraph (A), 11 |
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250 | 250 | | (B), and (C); 12 |
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251 | 251 | | ‘‘(II) each finding under subpara-13 |
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252 | 252 | | graph (B)(i); 14 |
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253 | 253 | | ‘‘(III) the name and position of 15 |
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254 | 254 | | each employee described in subpara-16 |
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255 | 255 | | graph (E)(iii); 17 |
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256 | 256 | | ‘‘(IV) each notification carried 18 |
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257 | 257 | | out under subparagraph (B)(ii); and 19 |
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258 | 258 | | ‘‘(V) the results of each internal 20 |
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259 | 259 | | review initiated under subparagraph 21 |
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260 | 260 | | (B)(iii); and 22 |
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261 | 261 | | ‘‘(ii) make such records available to 23 |
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262 | 262 | | the Commission at the request of the Com-24 |
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263 | 263 | | mission. 25 |
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267 | 267 | | ‘‘(3) SPECIFIED ADULT DEFINED .—In this sub-1 |
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268 | 268 | | section, the term ‘specified adult’ means— 2 |
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269 | 269 | | ‘‘(A) an individual age 65 or older; or 3 |
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270 | 270 | | ‘‘(B) an individual age 18 or older who a 4 |
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271 | 271 | | registered open-end investment company or a 5 |
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272 | 272 | | transfer agent acting on behalf of such com-6 |
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273 | 273 | | pany reasonably believes has a mental or phys-7 |
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274 | 274 | | ical impairment that renders the individual un-8 |
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275 | 275 | | able to protect the individual’s own interests.’’. 9 |
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276 | 276 | | (b) R |
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277 | 277 | | ECOMMENDATIONS .— 10 |
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278 | 278 | | (1) I |
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279 | 279 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 11 |
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280 | 280 | | the date of the enactment of this section, the Securi-12 |
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281 | 281 | | ties and Exchange Commission, in consultation with 13 |
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282 | 282 | | the entities specified in paragraph (2), shall submit 14 |
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283 | 283 | | to Congress a report that includes recommendations 15 |
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284 | 284 | | regarding the regulatory and legislative changes nec-16 |
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285 | 285 | | essary to address the financial exploitation of secu-17 |
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286 | 286 | | rity holders who are specified adults (as defined in 18 |
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287 | 287 | | subsection (i)(3) of section 22 of the Investment 19 |
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288 | 288 | | Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–22), as added 20 |
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289 | 289 | | by this section). 21 |
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290 | 290 | | (2) C |
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291 | 291 | | ONSULTATION.—The entities specified in 22 |
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292 | 292 | | this paragraph are as follows: 23 |
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293 | 293 | | (A) The Commodity Futures Trading 24 |
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294 | 294 | | Commission. 25 |
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298 | 298 | | (B) The Director of the Bureau of Con-1 |
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299 | 299 | | sumer Financial Protection. 2 |
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300 | 300 | | (C) The Financial Industry Regulatory Au-3 |
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301 | 301 | | thority. 4 |
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302 | 302 | | (D) The North American Securities Ad-5 |
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303 | 303 | | ministrators Association. 6 |
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304 | 304 | | (E) The Board of Governors of the Fed-7 |
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305 | 305 | | eral Reserve System. 8 |
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306 | 306 | | (F) The Comptroller of the Currency. 9 |
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307 | 307 | | (G) The Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-10 |
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308 | 308 | | poration. 11 |
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