Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
Latest action · Dec 18, 2020 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMay 9, 2019
- Passed HouseNov 17, 2020
- Passed SenateDec 17, 2020
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
This bill expands activities to address mail, telephone, and internet fraud, particularly such scams targeting older adults.
The bill establishes a Senior Scams Prevention Advisory Group, which must create model educational materials to educate employees of retailers, financial-services companies, and wire-transfer companies on how to identify and prevent scams that affect older adults.
Further, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) must establish an advisory office in the Bureau of Consumer Protection to assist the FTC in monitoring scams targeting older adults, educating consumers, and receiving complaints.
Cosponsors 34
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 9, 2019 to Nov 16, 2020; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Original | May 9, 2019 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jul 18, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Anthony Brindisi | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-IA | Cynthia Axne | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Ed Case | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Grace Meng | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| R-NE | Jeff Fortenberry | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Susan A. Davis | Mar 9, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Richard Hudson | Jun 26, 2020 | |
| D-UT | Ben McAdams | Jul 9, 2020 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jul 31, 2020 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred May 9, 2019Markup Sep 9, 2020Reported Nov 17, 2020 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred May 10, 2019 | |
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2020Discharged Dec 17, 2020 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 18, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 17, 2020Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 17, 2020Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7638-7639)
- Dec 17, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S7638-7639)
- Nov 18, 2020Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Nov 17, 2020Mr. Pallone moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Nov 17, 2020Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5827-5831)
- Nov 17, 2020DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2610.
- Nov 17, 2020Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5827-5829)
- Nov 17, 2020Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Nov 16, 2020Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 116-590.
- Nov 16, 2020Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 488.
- Sep 9, 2020Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Sep 9, 2020Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- May 10, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
- May 9, 2019Introduced in House
- May 9, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7638, S7639Text printed S7638Amendments S7635, S7638 | Mike Braun R-IN, Roger F. Wicker R-MS (amendment) | Dec 17, 2020 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5827–H5831Text printed H5827–H5829Notices H5865Estimated budget effects of H.R. 2610, Fraud and Scam Reduction Act | Ben Ray Luján D-NM, Frank Pallone, Jr. D-NJ, Greg Walden R-OR, Janice D. Schakowsky D-IL, John A. Yarmuth D-KY, Lisa Blunt Rochester D-DE, Robin L. Kelly D-IL | Nov 17, 2020 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 77, May 9, 2019, page H3680.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47327 | Suspension of the Rules: House Practice in the 116th Congress (2019-2020) | Report | Dec 7, 2022 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 2713 | In the nature of a substitute. | Roger F. Wicker R-MS | Amendment SA 2713 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 149 | Stop Senior Scams Act | Related bill | Jun 15, 2020 |
| S 512 | Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2019 | Related bill | Nov 19, 2020 |
Titles 26
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To establish a Senior Scams Prevention Advisory Council to collect and disseminate model educational materials useful in identifying and preventing scams that affect seniors.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To establish an office within the Federal Trade Commission and an outside advisory group to prevent fraud targeting seniors and to direct the Commission to study and submit a report to Congress on scams targeting seniors and Indian tribes, and for other purposes.
- Other Short Titles
- Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
- Other Short Titles for portions of a bill
- Stop Senior Scams Act
- Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stop Senior Scams Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House for portions of this bill
- Stop Senior Scams Act
- Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2020
- Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act
- Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act
- FTC Collaboration Act of 2020
- Short Title(s) as Passed House for portions of this bill
- Stop Senior Scams Act
- Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act
- Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2020
- FTC Collaboration Act of 2020
- Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act
- Short Title(s) from Engrossed Amendment Senate bill text
- Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
- Short Title(s) from Engrossed Amendment Senate for portions of this bill
- Stop Senior Scams Act
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Fraud and Scam Reduction Act
- Short Title(s) for portions of this bill from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Stop Senior Scams Act
- Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2020
- Protecting Seniors from Emergency Scams Act
- Protecting Indian Tribes from Scams Act
- FTC Collaboration Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Advisory bodies
- Aging
- Commerce
- Congressional oversight
- Consumer affairs
- Crime prevention
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
- Financial services and investments
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government information and archives
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Marketing and advertising
- Postal service
- Retail and wholesale trades
- State and local government operations
- Telephone and wireless communication
- Television and film
Text 5
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 17, 2020Engrossed Amendment Senate
- Nov 18, 2020Referred in Senate
- Nov 17, 2020Engrossed in House
- Nov 16, 2020Reported in House
- May 9, 2019Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
