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Polluter Portfolio Disclosure Act

H.R. 4888 · 118th Congress · Jul 25, 2023 · Lineage

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.

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.