3.0.0 465 2019-11-15T22:01:06Z 2019-11-15T22:01:06Z Senate S S 2011-03-02 112 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-03-02T23:27:38Z Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2012 112 4846 HR 2012-05-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Related bill CRS 2011-03-02 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2011-03-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2011-03-02 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2011-05-09 False M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2012-12-11 False Crime and Law Enforcement Aging Commemorative events and holidays Crime prevention Criminal justice information and records Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Law enforcement administration and funding Marketing and advertising Crime and Law Enforcement 00 2011-03-02 Introduced in Senate 2012-06-21T14:15:26Z Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2011 - Requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC): (1) to disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on mail, telemarketing, 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.

Directs the Attorney General (DOJ) to establish and administer a competitive grant program for mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud prevention education programs for senior citizens.

Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to public awareness of the impact of such fraud on senior citizens and designation of a National Senior Fraud Awareness Week.

]]> Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2011 Short Titles as Introduced Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2011 Display Title Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2011 Official Title as Introduced A bill to prevent mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud targeting seniors in the United States, to promote efforts to increase public awareness of the enormous impact that mail, telemarketing, and Internet fraud have on seniors, to educate the public, seniors, and their families, and their caregivers about how to identify and combat fraudulent activity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-03-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s465is/xml/BILLS-112s465is.xml 2011-03-02 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.