3.0.0 5884 2023-01-11T13:21:52Z 2023-01-11T13:21:52Z House H HR 2010-07-27 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-07-27T13:04:48Z Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2010 111 3040 HR 2010-08-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2010 111 3494 S 2010-06-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Related bill CRS 2010-07-27 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2010-07-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-07-27 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000366 Rep. Klein, Ron [D-FL-22] Ron Klein D FL 22 N Commerce Aging Business ethics Consumer affairs Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Executive agency funding and structure Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Marketing and advertising Commerce 00 2010-07-27 Introduced in House 2010-09-21T18:55:52Z Seniors Financial Fraud Prevention Act of 2010 - Establishes a separate office within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and requires the office to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, telemarketing, television, and Internet fraud which targets seniors.

Requires the FTC through such office: (1) to disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on mail, telemarketing, television, and Internet fraud targeting seniors, including on ways of referring complaints to appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) in response to a request about a particular entity or individual, to provide publicly available information on any record of civil or criminal law enforcement action for such fraud; and (3) to maintain a website as a resource for such individuals on those kinds of fraud.

Requires the FTC through such office to establish procedures to: (1) log and acknowledge complaints from individuals who certify that they believe they have been victims of mail, telemarketing, television, or Internet fraud; (2) provide certain information on those kinds of fraud; and (3) refer such complaints to appropriate entities, including state consumer protection agencies and entities and appropriate law enforcement agencies, for potential law enforcement action.

]]> Seniors Financial Fraud Prevention Act of 2010 Display Title Seniors Financial Fraud Prevention Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To establish a separate office within the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Seniors Financial Fraud Prevention Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-07-27T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr5884ih/xml/BILLS-111hr5884ih.xml 2010-07-27 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.