A bill to establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes.
Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2019
This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC about the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC with monitoring the market for mail, television, internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (i.e., robocall) fraud targeting seniors.
The office must (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information about the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, where complaints become immediately available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, state attorneys general, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-215.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-215.
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 418.
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7082; text: CR S7082)
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7082; text: CR S7082)
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Received in the House.
Held at the desk.
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