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22 119THCONGRESS
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44 STSESSION H. R. 2478
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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
1010 MARCH27, 2025
1111 Mrs. W
1212 AGNER(for herself, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. STEIL,
1313 Mrs. K
1414 IM, Ms. PEREZ, and Mr. LAWLER) introduced the following bill;
1515 which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
1616 A BILL
1717 To amend the Investment Company Act of 1940 to postpone
1818 the date of payment or satisfaction upon redemption
1919 of certain securities in the case of the financial exploi-
2020 tation of specified adults, and for other purposes.
2121 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
2222 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
2323 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
2424 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Financial Exploitation 4
2525 Prevention Act of 2025’’. 5
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2929 SEC. 2. REDEMPTION OF CERTAIN SECURITIES POST-1
3030 PONED. 2
3131 (a) I
3232 NGENERAL.—Section 22 of the Investment 3
3333 Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–22) is amended by 4
3434 adding at the end the following: 5
3535 ‘‘(h) R
3636 EQUIREMENTSWITHRESPECT TONON-INSTI-6
3737 TUTIONALDIRECTAT-FUNDACCOUNTS.— 7
3838 ‘‘(1) E
3939 LECTION.— 8
4040 ‘‘(A) I
4141 N GENERAL.—A registered open-end 9
4242 investment company and a transfer agent de-10
4343 scribed under paragraph (2) may elect to com-11
4444 ply with the requirements under paragraph (2) 12
4545 and subsection (i) by notifying the Commission 13
4646 of such election. 14
4747 ‘‘(B) E
4848 FFECT OF ELECTION .—Paragraph 15
4949 (2) and subsection (i) shall only apply to a reg-16
5050 istered open-end investment company and a 17
5151 transfer agent that have made the election 18
5252 under subparagraph (A). 19
5353 ‘‘(2) R
5454 EQUIREMENTS.—In the case of a cus-20
5555 tomer who is a holder of a non-institutional account 21
5656 held directly with a registered open-end investment 22
5757 company and serviced by a transfer agent (a ‘direct- 23
5858 at-fund account’), the company and transfer agent 24
5959 shall— 25
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6363 ‘‘(A) request from such customer the name 1
6464 and contact information of at least one indi-2
6565 vidual who— 3
6666 ‘‘(i) is at the time of such request an 4
6767 adult; and 5
6868 ‘‘(ii) may be contacted with respect to 6
6969 such account; 7
7070 ‘‘(B) document and retain the information 8
7171 received pursuant to subparagraph (A); and 9
7272 ‘‘(C) disclose to such customer in writing 10
7373 (including through electronic delivery) that such 11
7474 company or transfer agent may contact an indi-12
7575 vidual specified pursuant to subparagraph (A) 13
7676 with respect to the account of such customer 14
7777 to— 15
7878 ‘‘(i) address possible financial exploi-16
7979 tation of such customer; 17
8080 ‘‘(ii) confirm the contact information 18
8181 or health status of the customer; or 19
8282 ‘‘(iii) identify any legal guardian, ex-20
8383 ecutor, trustee, or holder of a power of at-21
8484 torney of the customer. 22
8585 ‘‘(i) R
8686 EDEMPTION OF CERTAINSECURITIESPOST-23
8787 PONED.— 24
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9191 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection 1
9292 (e), a registered open-end investment company or a 2
9393 transfer agent acting on behalf of such company 3
9494 may postpone the date of payment or satisfaction 4
9595 upon redemption of any redeemable security in ac-5
9696 cordance with its terms for more than seven days 6
9797 after the tender of such security to such company or 7
9898 its agent designated for that purpose for redemption 8
9999 if such company or agent reasonably believes that— 9
100100 ‘‘(A) the redemption is requested by a se-10
101101 curity holder who is a specified adult; and 11
102102 ‘‘(B) financial exploitation has occurred, is 12
103103 occurring, or has been attempted with respect 13
104104 to such redemption. 14
105105 ‘‘(2) D
106106 URATION.— 15
107107 ‘‘(A) I
108108 N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 16
109109 subparagraphs (B) and (C), a registered open- 17
110110 end investment company or a transfer agent 18
111111 acting on behalf of such company may postpone 19
112112 the date of payment or satisfaction upon re-20
113113 demption of a redeemable security under para-21
114114 graph (1) for a period of not more than 15 22
115115 business days. 23
116116 ‘‘(B) E
117117 XTENSION UPON DETERMINATION 24
118118 OF EXPLOITATION.—The period described in 25
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122122 subparagraph (A) may be extended by an addi-1
123123 tional 10 business days if the registered open- 2
124124 end investment company or a transfer agent 3
125125 acting on behalf of such company— 4
126126 ‘‘(i) reasonably believes that— 5
127127 ‘‘(I) the redemption is requested 6
128128 by a security holder who is a specified 7
129129 adult; and 8
130130 ‘‘(II) financial exploitation has 9
131131 occurred, is occurring, or has been at-10
132132 tempted with respect to such redemp-11
133133 tion; 12
134134 ‘‘(ii) subject to subparagraph (D), not 13
135135 later than 2 days after making a deter-14
136136 mination under clause (i), notifies the indi-15
137137 viduals specified by such security holder 16
138138 under subsection (h)(2)(A) in writing (in-17
139139 cluding through electronic delivery) of the 18
140140 extension of the period described in sub-19
141141 paragraph (A) under this subparagraph 20
142142 and the reason for such extension; 21
143143 ‘‘(iii) initiates an internal review of 22
144144 the facts and circumstances relating to the 23
145145 determination under clause (i); 24
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149149 ‘‘(iv) holds amounts related to the de-1
150150 layed payment or satisfaction upon re-2
151151 demption of the redeemable security in a 3
152152 demand deposit account; and 4
153153 ‘‘(v) documents and retains records 5
154154 related to carrying out clause (iv) and in-6
155155 cludes such records in the first required 7
156156 account statement of the security holder 8
157157 provided after the date on which the deter-9
158158 mination is made under clause (i). 10
159159 ‘‘(C) E
160160 XTENSION BY GOVERNMENT .—A 11
161161 State regulator, administrative agency of com-12
162162 petent jurisdiction, or court of competent juris-13
163163 diction may extend the period described in sub-14
164164 paragraph (A). 15
165165 ‘‘(D) N
166166 OTIFICATION.— 16
167167 ‘‘(i) E
168168 XCEPTION.—Subparagraph 17
169169 (B)(ii) shall not apply if a registered open- 18
170170 end investment company or transfer agent 19
171171 acting on behalf of such company reason-20
172172 ably believes that an individual required to 21
173173 be notified under such subparagraph is, 22
174174 has been, or will subject the security holder 23
175175 who identified such individual under sub-24
176176 section (h)(2)(A) to financial exploitation. 25
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180180 ‘‘(ii) REASONABLE EFFORTS .—An 1
181181 open-end investment company or transfer 2
182182 agent acting on behalf of such company 3
183183 shall be considered in compliance with sub-4
184184 paragraph (B)(ii) if such company or 5
185185 transfer agent makes a reasonable effort to 6
186186 contact the individuals specified by a secu-7
187187 rity holder under subsection (h)(2)(A). 8
188188 ‘‘(E) I
189189 NTERNAL PROCEDURES .—An open- 9
190190 end investment company or transfer agent act-10
191191 ing on behalf of such company shall establish 11
192192 procedures to carry out the requirements under 12
193193 this subsection, including procedures— 13
194194 ‘‘(i) related to the identification and 14
195195 reporting of matters related to the finan-15
196196 cial exploitation of specified adults; 16
197197 ‘‘(ii) to determine whether to release 17
198198 or reinvest delayed redemption proceeds, 18
199199 taking into account the facts and cir-19
200200 cumstances of each case, should the inter-20
201201 nal review under subparagraph (B)(iii) 21
202202 support the reasonable belief described in 22
203203 subparagraph (B)(i); 23
204204 ‘‘(iii) identifying each employee of the 24
205205 company or transfer agent with authority 25
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209209 to establish, extend, or terminate a period 1
210210 described in paragraph (1) or subpara-2
211211 graph (A); 3
212212 ‘‘(iv) in the case of a transfer agent, 4
213213 that are reasonably designed to ensure that 5
214214 the employees of such transfer agent com-6
215215 ply with this subsection; and 7
216216 ‘‘(v) in the case of an open-end invest-8
217217 ment company, establishing periodic re-9
218218 porting requirements under which a trans-10
219219 fer agent acting on behalf of such company 11
220220 shall notify such company of— 12
221221 ‘‘(I) each extension under sub-13
222222 paragraph (B) authorized by such 14
223223 transfer agent; 15
224224 ‘‘(II) each finding by the transfer 16
225225 agent under subparagraph (B)(i); 17
226226 ‘‘(III) each notification under 18
227227 subparagraph (B)(ii) carried out by 19
228228 such transfer agent; and 20
229229 ‘‘(IV) the results of each internal 21
230230 review initiated by the transfer agent 22
231231 under subparagraph (B)(iii). 23
232232 ‘‘(F) I
233233 NFORMATION INCLUDED IN CERTAIN 24
234234 STATEMENTS.—An open-end investment com-25
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238238 pany shall include in each prospectus or state-1
239239 ment of additional information a notification 2
240240 that the company or transfer agent acting on 3
241241 behalf of such company may postpone redemp-4
242242 tion of certain securities under this subsection. 5
243243 ‘‘(G) R
244244 ECORD RETENTION .—An open-end 6
245245 investment company or transfer agent acting on 7
246246 behalf of such company shall— 8
247247 ‘‘(i) document and retain records of— 9
248248 ‘‘(I) each postponement of re-10
249249 demption under subparagraph (A), 11
250250 (B), and (C); 12
251251 ‘‘(II) each finding under subpara-13
252252 graph (B)(i); 14
253253 ‘‘(III) the name and position of 15
254254 each employee described in subpara-16
255255 graph (E)(iii); 17
256256 ‘‘(IV) each notification carried 18
257257 out under subparagraph (B)(ii); and 19
258258 ‘‘(V) the results of each internal 20
259259 review initiated under subparagraph 21
260260 (B)(iii); and 22
261261 ‘‘(ii) make such records available to 23
262262 the Commission at the request of the Com-24
263263 mission. 25
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267267 ‘‘(3) SPECIFIED ADULT DEFINED .—In this sub-1
268268 section, the term ‘specified adult’ means— 2
269269 ‘‘(A) an individual age 65 or older; or 3
270270 ‘‘(B) an individual age 18 or older who a 4
271271 registered open-end investment company or a 5
272272 transfer agent acting on behalf of such com-6
273273 pany reasonably believes has a mental or phys-7
274274 ical impairment that renders the individual un-8
275275 able to protect the individual’s own interests.’’. 9
276276 (b) R
277277 ECOMMENDATIONS .— 10
278278 (1) I
279279 N GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 11
280280 the date of the enactment of this section, the Securi-12
281281 ties and Exchange Commission, in consultation with 13
282282 the entities specified in paragraph (2), shall submit 14
283283 to Congress a report that includes recommendations 15
284284 regarding the regulatory and legislative changes nec-16
285285 essary to address the financial exploitation of secu-17
286286 rity holders who are specified adults (as defined in 18
287287 subsection (i)(3) of section 22 of the Investment 19
288288 Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a–22), as added 20
289289 by this section). 21
290290 (2) C
291291 ONSULTATION.—The entities specified in 22
292292 this paragraph are as follows: 23
293293 (A) The Commodity Futures Trading 24
294294 Commission. 25
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298298 (B) The Director of the Bureau of Con-1
299299 sumer Financial Protection. 2
300300 (C) The Financial Industry Regulatory Au-3
301301 thority. 4
302302 (D) The North American Securities Ad-5
303303 ministrators Association. 6
304304 (E) The Board of Governors of the Fed-7
305305 eral Reserve System. 8
306306 (F) The Comptroller of the Currency. 9
307307 (G) The Federal Deposit Insurance Cor-10
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