Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act
Latest action · Sep 16, 2026 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 0.
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.
- IntroducedNov 7, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 7, 2025 to Sep 2, 2026; 10 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-CA | George Whitesides | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-CA | Mike Thompson | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Original | Nov 7, 2025 |
| D-CA | Derek Tran | Nov 10, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Nov 12, 2025 | |
| D-MO | Wesley Bell | Dec 11, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Jan 8, 2026 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Apr 27, 2026 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Sep 2, 2026 |
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 Nov 7, 2025Markup Sep 16, 2026 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Nov 7, 2025Markup Sep 1, 2026Reported Sep 1, 2026 | |
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Nov 7, 2025 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 16, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 16, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 0.
- Sep 1, 2026Subcommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Sep 1, 2026Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Nov 7, 2025Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade.
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Oct 16, 2026H.R. 5967, Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 16, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 187, November 7, 2025, page H4586.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To direct the Federal Trade Commission, in conjunction with the Department of Justice, to convene an interagency task force for the purpose of addressing scams, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Strategic Task Force on Scam Prevention Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 7, 2025Introduced 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.
