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HJRES 103 117th Congress House Labor and Employment Administrative law and regulatory procedures Business ethics Climate change and greenhouse gases Congressional oversight Department of Labor Employee benefits and pensions Financial services and investments

Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor relating to "Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments and Exercising Shareholder Rights".

Introduced: December 15, 2022 Introduced by: Barr, Andy Republican · Kentucky See on congress.gov
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This joint resolution nullifies a Department of Labor rule concerning the fiduciary duties with respect to employee benefit plans.

Under the rule issued on December 1, 2022, plan fiduciaries may consider climate change and other environmental, social, and governance factors when they make investment decisions and when they exercise shareholder rights, including voting on shareholder resolutions and board nominations.

What's happening now December 15, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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