Conflicted Investment Advice Rule Fiduciary Exception Disclosure Requirements

Forms and Documents

Document	Type	Status	Availability
Regulatory Impact Analysis (Website).pdf	Supplementary Document	Uploaded 2016-04-06	Available
COI Rule Supporting Statement 4-5-16.docx	Supporting Statement A	Uploaded 2016-04-05	Available

IC Document Collections

IC ID	Collection	Type	Status	Form
214872	Investment Education Disclosure		Modified
214871	Platform Provider Disclosure		Modified
213834	Fiduciaries with Financial Expertise		Modified

ICR Details

OMB Control No: 1210-0155	ICR Reference No: 201603-1210-001
Status: Historical Active	Previous ICR Reference No: 201411-1210-006
Agency/Subagency: DOL/EBSA	Agency Tracking No:
Title: Conflicted Investment Advice Rule Fiduciary Exception Disclosure Requirements
Type of Information Collection: New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	Common Form ICR:  No
Type of Review Request: Regular
OIRA Conclusion Action: Approved without change	Conclusion Date: 05/12/2016
	Date Received in OIRA: 04/08/2016
Terms of Clearance:

	Inventory as of this Action	Requested	Previously Approved
Expiration Date	05/31/2019	36 Months From Approved
Responses	61,500	0	0
Time Burden (Hours)	56,800	0	0
Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0

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Abstract: The Department is finalizing a regulation under Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) section 3(21)(A)(ii) and Internal Revenue Code (Code) section 4975(e)(3)(B) (Final Regulation). The Final Regulation will amend a rule dating back to 1975 that defines when a person is a “fiduciary” under ERISA and the Code by reason of providing investment advice for a fee or other compensation regarding assets of a plan or IRA (i.e., an investment advice fiduciary). The Final Regulation will treat investment advisers as fiduciaries in a wider array of advice relationships than the existing regulation. The Department recognizes that in some instances, plan fiduciaries, participants, beneficiaries, and IRA owners may receive recommendations that should not be treated as fiduciary investment advice. Accordingly, the final regulation describes examples of communications that would not constitute fiduciary advice. These examples focus on communications that the Department believes Congress did not intend to cover as fiduciary “investment advice” and that parties would not ordinarily view as communications characterized by a relationship of trust or impartiality. None of the examples apply where the adviser represents or acknowledges its action as fiduciary under ERISA with respect to the advice.

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Authorizing Statute(s): US Code: 29 USC 1135 Name of Law: Employee Retirement Income Security Act
  

Citations for New Statutory Requirements: None

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Associated Rulemaking Information
RIN:	Stage of Rulemaking:	Federal Register Citation:	Date:
1210-AB32	Final or interim final rulemaking	81 FR 20946	04/08/2016

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Federal Register Notices & Comments
60-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 21928	04/20/2015
30-day Notice:	Federal Register Citation:	Citation Date:
	80 FR 21928	04/20/2015
Did the Agency receive public comments on this ICR? Yes

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Number of Information Collection (IC) in this ICR: 3

IC Title	Form No.	Form Name
Fiduciaries with Financial Expertise
Platform Provider Disclosure
Investment Education Disclosure

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ICR Summary of Burden

	Total Approved	Previously Approved	Change Due to New Statute	Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA
Annual Number of Responses	61,500	0	0	61,500	0	0
Annual Time Burden (Hours)	56,800	0	0	56,800	0	0
Annual Cost Burden (Dollars)	0	0	0	0	0	0

Burden increases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: Yes

Burden Increase Due to: Changing Regulations

Burden decreases because of Program Change due to Agency Discretion: No

Burden Reduction Due to:

Short Statement: These are new information collections resulting from the regulation.

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Annual Cost to Federal Government: $0

Does this IC contain surveys, censuses, or employ statistical methods? No

Is the Supporting Statement intended to be a Privacy Impact Assessment required by the E-Government Act of 2002? No

Is this ICR related to the Affordable Care Act [Pub. L. 111-148 & 111-152]? No

Is this ICR related to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, [Pub. L. 111-203]? No

Is this ICR related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)? No

Is this ICR related to the Pandemic Response? Uncollected

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Common Form ICR:  No

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On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).

The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:

(a) It is necessary for the proper performance of agency functions;

(b) It avoids unnecessary duplication;

(c) It reduces burden on small entities;

(d) It uses plain, coherent, and unambiguous language that is understandable to respondents;

(e) Its implementation will be consistent and compatible with current reporting and recordkeeping practices;

(f) It indicates the retention periods for recordkeeping requirements;

(g) It informs respondents of the information called for under 5 CFR 1320.8 (b)(3) about:

(i) Why the information is being collected;

(ii) Use of information;

(iii) Burden estimate;

(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);

(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and

(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;

(h) It was developed by an office that has planned and allocated resources for the efficient and effective management and use of the information to be collected.

(i) It uses effective and efficient statistical survey methodology (if applicable); and

(j) It makes appropriate use of information technology.

If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.

Certification Date: 04/08/2016

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