U.S. Representatives French Hill (R-AR), David Scott (D-GA), and Ann Wagner (R-MO) urged the DOL to "cease its efforts" to adopt the "Retirement Security Rule" proposal "to prevent needlessly inflicting harm on millions of retirement savers across the country."
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Senator Pat J. Toomey (R-PA) introduced the Retirement Savings Modernization Act, which would make explicit the authority of defined contribution retirement plan fiduciaries to invest in a wide variety of assets, including commodities, digital assets, private equity and real estate.
Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) introduced the "Protecting Investors' Personally Identifiable Information Act." The legislation would exclude personally identifiable information from Consolidated Audit Trail reporting requirements.
In testimony before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, SEC Chair Jay Clayton described progress on the agency's FY 2019 initiatives.
The Senate Banking Committee considered data protection and other concerns raised about the consolidated audit trail system.