3.0.0 4483 2023-03-08T19:58:48Z 2023-03-08T19:58:48Z House HR 2021-07-16 117 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee Referred to 2021-07-19T18:10:36Z Referred to 2021-07-16T13:05:30Z 2021-07-19 hsif17 Innovation, Data, and Commerce Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. Committee 2021-07-16 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2021-07-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2021-07-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress R000602 Rep. Rice, Kathleen M. [D-NY-4] Kathleen Rice D NY M. 4 N U000031 Rep. Upton, Fred [R-MI-6] FRED UPTON R MI 6 2021-07-16 True Commerce Consumer affairs Crime victims Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Executive agency funding and structure Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Marketing and advertising Military personnel and dependents Postal service Telephone and wireless communication Television and film Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs Commerce 00 2021-07-16 Introduced in House 2021-09-08T20:35:10Z Veterans and Servicemember Consumer Protection Act of 2021

This bill directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to designate a coordinator within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC on preventing fraud targeting military veterans and service members and to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, television, internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (robocall) fraud targeting those individuals.

The coordinator must (1) disseminate to veterans, service members, and their families and caregivers information about the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints to the FTC; (2) make complaints immediately available to relevant law enforcement authorities; (3) publish information regarding the FTC's enforcement actions; and (4) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting those individuals.

]]> Veterans and Servicemember Consumer Protection Act of 2021 Display Title Veterans and Servicemember Consumer Protection Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced To establish a coordinator within the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud and scams targeting or adversely affecting military veterans and servicemembers, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Veterans and Servicemember Consumer Protection Act of 2021 Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117hr4483ih/xml/BILLS-117hr4483ih.xml 2021-07-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection 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.