HR 2554 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2010

Latest action · Mar 4, 2010 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 21, 2009
  2. Passed HouseMar 3, 2010
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2010 - Amends the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act to reestablish the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers (NARAB) as a nonprofit corporation to prescribe, on a multistate basis, licensing and insurance producer qualification requirements and conditions.

Retains states' regulatory authority over: (1) licensing, supervision, disciplining, and setting of licensing fees for insurance producers; and (2) insurance-related consumer protection and unfair trade practices.

Makes any state-licensed insurance producer eligible to become a NARAB member. Denies an insurance producer NARAB membership-eligibility, however, if a state insurance regulator has suspended or revoked the producer's license during the three-year period preceding the date on which such producer applies for membership. Prescribes requirements for resumption of eligibility.

Preconditions NARAB membership eligibility upon a national criminal background record check that complies with regulations prescribed by the Attorney General.

Requires NARAB, upon request, to submit to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): (1) identification information obtained from an insurance producer; and (2) a request for a national criminal background record check of the producer.

Requires the Attorney General, upon NARAB request, to search all records of the FBI Criminal Justice Information Services Division for criminal history records and to provide all pertinent information to the NARAB.

Grants a producer the right to access such records. Prescribes civil and criminal penalties for their improper use or disclosure.

Directs the Attorney General to prescribe implementing regulations, including protections for ensuring the confidentiality of information and opportunity for a producer to contest the accuracy of information.

Authorizes NARAB to establish membership criteria and separate classes and categories of membership.

States that NARAB membership authorizes an insurance producer to engage in the business of insurance in any state for any lines of insurance specified in the producer's home state license, including claims adjustments and settlement, risk management, and specified insurance-related consulting activities.

Prohibits duplicative state licenses.

Retains state regulatory jurisdiction regarding consumer protection, unfair trade practices, and market conduct.

Makes NARAB membership renewable biennially.

Requires NARAB to establish continuing education requirements as a condition of membership.

Requires NARAB to notify the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) when a producer's membership has been suspended, revoked, and otherwise terminated.

Requires NARAB to establish an office of consumer complaints, including a toll-free telephone number.

Creates a board of directors for NARAB.

Preempts state laws purporting to regulate insurance producers.

Authorizes NARAB to coordinate with state insurance regulators to establish: (1) a central clearinghouse (or use the NAIC or any other appropriate entity as one); and (2) a national database for the collection of regulatory information concerning the activities of insurance producers (or contract with the NAIC or any other entity to utilize such a database).

Cosponsors 44

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 21, 2009 to Oct 7, 2009; 34 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-FLAdam H. PutnamOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-NCBrad MillerOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-OHCharles A. WilsonOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-LACharlie MelanconOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-NYChristopher J. LeeOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-NDEarl PomeroyOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-KYGeoff DavisOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-FLGinny Brown-WaiteOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-NYGregory W. MeeksOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-FLIleana Ros-LehtinenOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-SCJ. Gresham BarrettOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-KSJerry MoranOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-PAJim GerlachOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-INJoe DonnellyOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-NJJohn H. AdlerOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-KSLynn JenkinsOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-MAMichael E. CapuanoOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-ARMike RossOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-NCPatrick T. McHenryOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-PAPaul E. KanjorskiOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-TXRandy NeugebauerOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-WIRon KindOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-NJScott GarrettOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-ALSpencer BachusOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-NCSue Wilkins MyrickOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-FLSuzanne M. KosmasOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-PATim HoldenOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-MSTravis ChildersOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-NCVirginia FoxxOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-MOW. Todd AkinOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-NCWalter B. JonesOriginalMay 21, 2009
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalMay 21, 2009
R-NJLeonard LanceJun 2, 2009
D-ARMarion BerryJun 2, 2009
R-INMark E. SouderJun 2, 2009
R-ILPeter J. RoskamJun 2, 2009
D-CTChristopher MurphyJun 3, 2009
R-NELee TerryJun 16, 2009
D-NHPaul W. HodesJun 16, 2009
D-NYMichael E. McMahonJun 17, 2009
R-ILDonald A. ManzulloSep 9, 2009
R-KSTodd TiahrtOct 7, 2009

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseFinancial Services Committee
Referred May 21, 2009
SenateBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee
Referred Mar 4, 2010

Actions 8

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 4, 2010Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
  2. Mar 3, 2010Mr. Scott (GA) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  3. Mar 3, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1071-1076)
  4. Mar 3, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2554.
  5. Mar 3, 2010Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1071-1075)

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
HouseDebate and remarks H1071–H1076Text printed H1071–H1075Tables H1101Pay-as-you-go effects of H.R. 2554, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform ActDavid Scott D-GA, John M. Spratt, Jr. D-SC, Randy Neugebauer R-TXMar 3, 2010

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2

  1. Mar 3, 2010H.R. 2554, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2009<p>Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as introduced on May 21, 2009</p>
  2. Mar 3, 2010H.R. 2554, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2009Pay-as-you-go estimate for the bill as introduced on May 21, 2009

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
S. Hrg. 111-301REGULATORY MODERNIZATION: PERSPECTIVES ON INSURANCE125 pagesBanking, Housing, and Urban Affairs CommitteeJul 28, 2009

CRS reports 4

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 4

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To reform the National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2009
Short Titles as Passed House
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers Reform Act of 2010

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 4, 2010Referred in Senate
  2. Mar 3, 2010Engrossed in House
  3. May 21, 2009Introduced in House

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