[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4888 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 4888
To require certain insurance companies to disclose investments and
underwriting that relate to coal mining and oil and gas extraction and
fossil fuel extraction, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 25, 2023
Mr. Schiff (for himself, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Castor of Florida, Mr.
Magaziner, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Huffman, and Mr. Doggett)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Financial Services
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A BILL
To require certain insurance companies to disclose investments and
underwriting that relate to coal mining and oil and gas extraction and
fossil fuel extraction, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Polluter Portfolio Disclosure Act''.
SEC. 2. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF INVESTMENTS.
(a) In General.--Each insurance company that, in a fiscal year, is
paid, by customers, an aggregate amount in premiums that is equal to or
greater than $100,000,000, shall disclose, each year, to the Congress,
the Office of Financial Research, the Financial Stability Oversight
Counsel, and the Federal Insurance Office--
(1) a list of all investments of such insurance company
that relate to coal mining, oil and gas extraction, fossil fuel
extraction, and companies and infrastructure associated with
each; and
(2) a list of all insurance policies written by such
insurance company that relate to coal mining, oil and gas
extraction, fossil fuel extraction, and companies and
infrastructure associated with each, including maximum exposure
and direct written premium.
(b) Use of Disclosed Information.--The Office of Financial
Research, the Financial Stability Oversight Counsel, and the Federal
Insurance Office shall use information disclosed pursuant to subsection
(a) to enhance monitoring of financial risks to consumers, individual
insurance companies, and the financial system.
(c) Public Disclosure.--The Federal Insurance Office shall, each
year, publish a searchable document that contains the information
disclosed by insurance companies in the previous 1-year period pursuant
to subsection (a).
(d) Insurance Company Defined.--In this section, the term
``insurance company'' means any entity and subsidiary of such entity
that the Federal Insurance Office has authority over as described in
section 313 of title 31, United States Code.
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