3.0.0 2116 2022-12-31T05:27:02Z 2022-12-31T05:27:02Z Senate S 2021-06-17 117 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-06-17T18:39:56Z 2021-06-17 sscm00 Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. IntroReferral 2021-06-17 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2021-06-17 True Commerce Aging Commemorative events and holidays Consumer affairs Crime prevention Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Financial literacy Fraud offenses and financial crimes Government information and archives Internet, web applications, social media Law enforcement administration and funding Marketing and advertising Medical research Neurological disorders Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Telephone and wireless communication Commerce 00 2021-06-17 Introduced in Senate 2022-01-28T15:27:59Z Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2021

This bill requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to disseminate to senior citizens and their families and caregivers information regarding mail, telemarketing, and internet fraud that targets senior citizens. This includes information about safe and smart financial practices, instructions for referring a fraud complaint to law enforcement, and a toll-free telephone number that connects to a live individual who answers calls from seniors seeking advice about scams or how to report instances of fraud.

Further, the Department of Justice may award grants for the prevention of senior citizen fraud to state attorneys general, state or local law enforcement, senior centers, or nonprofit organizations that provide assistance to seniors.

The FTC must provide education regarding legal obligations and industry best practices with respect to addressing financial exploitation and neglect of seniors to specified financial entities and to employees of financial institutions who may be able to identify elder financial abuse.

The National Institutes of Health must research the increased vulnerability of seniors to scams and fraud due to age-related health and neurological conditions.

The bill expresses the sense of Congress that a week in March of each year should be designated as National Senior Fraud Awareness Week.

]]> Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2021 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, their families, and their caregivers about how to identify and combat fraudulent activity, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2021 Short Title(s) as Introduced Senior Financial Empowerment Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-06-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s2116is/xml/BILLS-117s2116is.xml 2021-06-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. 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.