3.0.0 1490 2023-01-11T13:30:45Z 2023-01-11T13:30:45Z Senate S 2015-06-03 114 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Reported by 2016-11-16T02:44:33Z Markup by 2016-06-15T14:08:34Z Referred to 2015-06-03T16:23:55Z S. Rept. 114-370 Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 114 2633 HR 2015-06-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade. Identical bill CRS 2016-11-15 Senate Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 663. Calendars 2016-11-15 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 114-370. Committee 2016-11-15 Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Thune without amendment. With written report No. 114-370. Committee 14000 9 Library of Congress sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee 2016-06-15 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. Committee 2015-06-03 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2015-06-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2015-06-03 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2015-07-13 False S001181 Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] Jeanne Shaheen D NH 2015-07-13 False S001194 Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] Brian Schatz D HI 2015-07-13 False M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2016-06-14 False D000618 Sen. Daines, Steve [R-MT] Steve Daines R MT 2016-12-01 False 2016-07-05T20:39:10Z S. 1490, Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 https://www.cbo.gov/publication/51770 As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on June 15, 2016 Commerce Advisory bodies Aging Business ethics Consumer affairs Crime prevention Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Criminal justice information and records Executive agency funding and structure Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Marketing and advertising Commerce 00 2015-06-03 Introduced in Senate 2015-07-10T20:47:22Z Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2015

Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, Internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (robocall) fraud targeting seniors.

Requires the FTC, through such office, to: (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, where complaints become immediately available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, state attorneys general, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors.

Directs the FTC to establish procedures through such office to: (1) log and acknowledge the receipt of complaints by individuals who believe they have been a victim of such fraud in the Consumer Sentinel Network and to make such complaints immediately available to federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities; and (2) provide individuals with information on such fraud as well as the most common schemes.

]]> 80 2016-11-15 Reported to Senate without amendment 2016-11-23T20:19:56Z (This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary has been expanded because action occurred on the measure.)

Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2015

(Sec. 2) This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, Internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (robocall) fraud targeting seniors.

The office must: (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, where complaints become immediately available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, state attorneys general, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors.

The FTC must establish procedures through such office to: (1) log and acknowledge the receipt of complaints by individuals who believe they have been a victim of such fraud in the Consumer Sentinel Network and to make such complaints immediately available to federal, state, and local law enforcement authorities; and (2) provide individuals with information on such fraud as well as the most common schemes.

]]> Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 Display Title Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 Short Titles as Reported to Senate Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 S Senate Reported to Senate 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1490rs/xml/BILLS-114s1490rs.xml Introduced in Senate 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1490is/xml/BILLS-114s1490is.xml 2016-11-15 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 663. 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.