,,ib ,union ,calendar ,no4 #dah #aaith  
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #bhfi
 ,report ,no4 #aai-dia ,,in ,,the       
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,april  
#aj1 #bjbe,mrs4 ,mc,clain 7for herself1 
,mr4 ,walberg1 and ,mr4 ,owens7         
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and ,workforce  ,february    
#aj1 #bjbf;,additional sponsor3 ,mrs4   
,miller-,meeks  ,february #aj1          
#bjbf,reported with an amendment1       
committed to the ,committee of the      
,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed,strike
 out all after the enacting clause and  
insert the part printed in italic,for   
text of introduced bill1 see copy of    
bill as introduced on ,april #aj1 #bjbe 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend the ,employee      
,retirement ,income ,security ,act of   
#aigd to require that the ,employee     
,benefit ,security ,administration make 
an annual report to ,congress on        
investigations4  #a4 ,short title ,this 

,act may be cited as the ,employee      
,benefit ,security ,administration      
,investigations ,transparency ,act or   
the ,,ebsa ,investigations ,transparency
 ,act4  #b4 ,annual report on           
investigations ,section #ejd of the     
,employee ,retirement ,income ,security 
,act of #aigd 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #aacd7 is  
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  7f7 ,report on              
investigations  7#a7 ,in general ,not   
later than ,december #ca of each year   
following the date of enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary shall submit to    
,congress a report on the status of     
cases in enforcement status1 including  
investigations that are active1 or in   
relation to which the ,secretary        
asserted investigative authority or     
engaged in targeted compliance          
monitoring1 under subsection 7a71 during
 the preceding fiscal year4  7#b7       
,contents  7,a7 ,in general ,the report 
required under subsection 7a7 shall     
include the following information in    

relation to each investigation conducted
 under subsection 7a73 7i7 ,the regional
 or district office1 or any other       
office1 of the ,employee ,benefit       
,security ,administration that opened   
the investigation4  7ii7 ,the date the  
investigation was opened4  7iii7 ,the   
date on which the ,secretary first      
requested documents from the target of  
the investigation4  7iv7 ,in relation to
 the date on which the ,secretary first 
requested documents from the target of  
the investigation in relation to such   
investigation-- 7,i7 whether the        
investigation was concluded within the  
#cf-month period beginning on the date  
of such request2 and  7,,ii7 if such    
investigation has not been concluded by 
the end of such #cf-month period-- 7aa7 
information on why such investigation   
has not been concluded2 and  7bb7 the   
estimated date of conclusion4  7,b7     
,excluded information ,the report shall 
not include information identifying any 
private party to the investigation1     

including any plan sponsor1 fiduciary1  
service provider1 employee1 or          
participant4  7,c7 ,conclusion of       
investigations ,for the purposes of     
subparagraph 7,a77iv71 an investigation 
shall not be considered concluded until 
the later of-- 7i7 the date on which the
 ,secretary ceases to assert            
investigative authority in relation to  
such investigation2 or  7ii7 if         
applicable1 terminates any targeted     
compliance monitoring1  in each case as 
memorialized in a closing letter        
delivered to the target of the          
investigation or the party subject to   
compliance monitoring4 ,in the event    
that the issues or topics under         
investigation change during the course  
of an investigation1 the ,secretary's   
continuing assertion of authority under 
this section shall be treated as a      
continuing investigation and not as a   
separate investigation4  4  ,february   
#aj1 #bjbf,reported with an amendment1  
committed to the ,committee of the      

,whole ,house on the ,state of the      
,union1 and ordered to be printed