3.0.0 3556 2019-11-15T21:55:27Z 2019-11-15T21:55:27Z Senate S S 2012-09-19 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-09-19T15:28:00Z 2012-09-19 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2012-09-19 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6458) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-09-19 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2012-09-19 True Crime and Law Enforcement Business investment and capital Computers and information technology Consumer credit Financial services and investments Fraud offenses and financial crimes Health care costs and insurance Health facilities and institutions Marketing and advertising Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2012-09-19 Introduced in Senate 2012-10-11T17:55:05Z Telemarketing Fraud Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the federal criminal code to modify telemarketing fraud prohibitions by including: (1) measures to induce investment for financial profit, participation in a business opportunity, or commitment to a loan; and (2) marketing by use of emails, text messages, or electronic instant messages.

Imposes enhanced criminal penalties for health care fraud offenses in connection with the conduct of telemarketing.

]]> Telemarketing Fraud Modernization Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Telemarketing Fraud Modernization Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide penalties for email marketing fraud. Display Title Telemarketing Fraud Modernization Act of 2012 Introduced in Senate 2012-09-19T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s3556is/xml/BILLS-112s3556is.xml 2012-09-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.