{"id":22124,"date":"2024-07-08T16:49:03","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkadvisor.com\/2024\/07\/08\/house-panel-to-vote-on-resolution-to-kill-dol-fiduciary-rule\/"},"modified":"2024-07-08T16:49:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T16:49:03","slug":"house-panel-to-vote-on-resolution-to-kill-dol-fiduciary-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2024\/07\/08\/house-panel-to-vote-on-resolution-to-kill-dol-fiduciary-rule\/","title":{"rendered":"House Panel to Vote on Resolution to Kill DOL Fiduciary Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedblitz.com\/-\/900839441\/0\/thinkadvisor\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2023\/12\/DOL-Fiduciary-Rule-2023-640x640.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.thinkadvisor.com\/contrib\/content\/uploads\/sites\/415\/2023\/12\/DOL-Fiduciary-Rule-2023-640x640.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"first-para\">The House Education and Workforce Committee has scheduled&nbsp;for Wednesday a vote on a Congressional Review Act <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-joint-resolution\/142?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%224.%5CtH.+J.+Res.+142%22%7D&amp;s=1&amp;r=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resolution<\/a> to disapprove the&nbsp;Labor Department\u2019s new fiduciary rule, according to<a href=\"https:\/\/edworkforce.house.gov\/calendar\/eventsingle.aspx?EventID=411757\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> a notice<\/a> on the committee\u2019s website.<\/p>\n<p>The Insured Retirement Institute, which calls the rule an \u201cattempt to impose a one-size-fits-all fiduciary standard on virtually all financial professionals who sell retirement products,\u201d&nbsp;said that it was urging committee members to approve it.<\/p>\n<p>The Congressional Review Act&nbsp;allows&nbsp;Congress to overturn rules issued by a presidential administration through a joint resolution of disapproval.&nbsp;The resolution must pass the House and Senate and be signed by the president, or Congress&nbsp;must override the president\u2019s veto.<\/p>\n<h2>More Congressional Moves<\/h2>\n<p>On June 26, the House Appropriations subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and related agencies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thinkadvisor.com\/2024\/06\/26\/house-spending-bill-would-torpedo-dol-fiduciary-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed by voice vote<\/a>&nbsp;funding legislation for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.house.gov\/meetings\/AP\/AP07\/20240627\/117475\/BILLS-118-SC-AP-FY2025-LaborHHS-FY25LHHSSubcommitteeMark.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fiscal year 2025<\/a> that would prevent Labor from using any funds to administer, implement or enforce its new fiduciary rule and related&nbsp;prohibited transaction exemptions.<\/p>\n<p>The House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., held&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/democrats-edworkforce.house.gov\/hearings\/examining-the-policies-and-priorities-of-the-employee-benefits-security-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a hearing June 27<\/a>&nbsp;to examine the policies and priorities of Labor\u2019s&nbsp;Employee Benefits Security Administration. Lisa Gomez, head of EBSA, testified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House Education and Workforce Committee has scheduled&nbsp;for Wednesday a vote on a Congressional Review Act resolution to disapprove the&nbsp;Labor Department\u2019s new fiduciary rule, according to a notice on the committee\u2019s website. 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