S 3083 — Providing Complete Information to Retirement Investors Act

Bill Text

• Introduced Introduced in Senate Current html October 30, 2025

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The bill adds notice requirements for participants in pension plans regarding the risks associated with certain investments.

• 29 U.S.C. 1104(c)

  (7) Notice requirements for brokerage windows.--\n(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).\n(B) Notice.--The notice described under this paragraph is a 4-part information that is substantially similar to the following information:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. 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.\n4. 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.\n(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:\n(i) 4 percent.\n(ii) 6 percent.\n(iii) 8 percent.

  This change introduces specific notice requirements for participants regarding non-designated investment alternatives, helping them understand potential risks and returns.

• 29 U.S.C. 1002

  (46) Designated investment alternative.--\n(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.\n(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.

  This change defines 'designated investment alternative' and clarifies that it excludes brokerage windows and similar arrangements.

Action History

1. October 30, 2025

   Introduced in Senate

2. October 30, 2025

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Sponsors

• Jim Banks · Primary
• Bill Cassidy · Cosponsor

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