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Financial Freedom Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-1222| Senate 
| Updated: 4/1/2025
Tommy Tuberville

Tommy Tuberville

Republican Senator

Alabama

Cosponsors (3)
Rick Scott (Republican)Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican)James C. Justice (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to clarify fiduciary duties for pension plans with individual accounts where participants or beneficiaries control their investment assets. It specifies that fiduciaries are not required to select or prohibited from selecting any particular investment type, provided they offer a broad range of alternatives. Furthermore, fiduciaries should not favor or disfavor investments based on factors other than their risk-return characteristics, in the context of providing suitable investment options. Crucially, the legislation prohibits the Secretary of Labor from issuing regulations or subregulatory guidance that would constrain or prohibit the range or type of investments offered through a self-directed brokerage window . It also states that the selection of such a brokerage window by a fiduciary, or a participant's exercise of control within it, does not violate ERISA's diversification or prudence requirements.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4147
Financial Freedom Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-427
Financial Freedom Act of 2023
Apr 1, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2544
Introduced in House
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Apr 1, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4147
    Financial Freedom Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-427
    Financial Freedom Act of 2023


  • April 1, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2544
    Introduced in House


  • April 1, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 1, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 119-2544: Financial Freedom Act of 2025

Financial Freedom Act of 2025

USA119th CongressS-1222| Senate 
| Updated: 4/1/2025
This bill amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to clarify fiduciary duties for pension plans with individual accounts where participants or beneficiaries control their investment assets. It specifies that fiduciaries are not required to select or prohibited from selecting any particular investment type, provided they offer a broad range of alternatives. Furthermore, fiduciaries should not favor or disfavor investments based on factors other than their risk-return characteristics, in the context of providing suitable investment options. Crucially, the legislation prohibits the Secretary of Labor from issuing regulations or subregulatory guidance that would constrain or prohibit the range or type of investments offered through a self-directed brokerage window . It also states that the selection of such a brokerage window by a fiduciary, or a participant's exercise of control within it, does not violate ERISA's diversification or prudence requirements.
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Timeline

Bill from Previous Congress

S 117-4147
Financial Freedom Act of 2022

Bill from Previous Congress

S 118-427
Financial Freedom Act of 2023
Apr 1, 2025

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 119-2544
Introduced in House
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Apr 1, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 117-4147
    Financial Freedom Act of 2022


  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 118-427
    Financial Freedom Act of 2023


  • April 1, 2025

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 119-2544
    Introduced in House


  • April 1, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • April 1, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Tommy Tuberville

Tommy Tuberville

Republican Senator

Alabama

Cosponsors (3)
Rick Scott (Republican)Cynthia M. Lummis (Republican)James C. Justice (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Labor and Employment

Related Bills

  • HR 119-2544: Financial Freedom Act of 2025
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted