Stop Senior Scams Act
Latest action · Jun 15, 2020 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedJan 16, 2019
- Passed SenateJun 10, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Senior Scams Act
This bill establishes a Senior Scams Prevention Advisory Group, which shall 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 seniors.
Cosponsors 2
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 16, 2019 to Sep 26, 2019; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-KS | Jerry Moran | Original | Jan 16, 2019 |
| D-MT | Jon Tester | Sep 26, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jan 16, 2019Markup Jul 10, 2019Reported Dec 19, 2019 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 15, 2020Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Jun 15, 2020Received in the House.
- Jun 15, 2020Held at the desk.
- Jun 10, 2020Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2898; text: CR S2898)
- Dec 19, 2019Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-182.
- Dec 19, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 393.
- Jul 10, 2019Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jan 16, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Jan 16, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
In the Congressional Record 1
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 S2898Text printed S2898Amendments S2898 | Mitch McConnell R-KY | Jun 10, 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
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Aug 6, 2019S. 149, Stop Senior Scams ActAs ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on July 10, 2019
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2610 | Fraud and Scam Reduction Act | Related bill | Dec 18, 2020 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a Senior Scams Prevention Advisory Council.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Stop Senior Scams Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Stop Senior Scams Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- Stop Senior Scams Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 10, 2020Engrossed in Senate
- Dec 19, 2019Reported to Senate
- Jan 16, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
