[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5098 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5098

To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to require an annual plan and 
            a report on elder fraud, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 2016

 Mr. Bilirakis (for himself, Mr. Burgess, Mr. Harper, Mr. Lance, Mrs. 
 Blackburn, Mr. Mullin, and Mr. McCaul) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to require an annual plan and 
            a report on elder fraud, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``FTC Robust Elderly Protections and 
Organizational Requirements to Track Scams Act'' or the ``FTC REPORTS 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL PLAN REQUIRED.

    (a) Amendment.--The Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et 
seq.) is amended by inserting after section 26 the following new 
section:

``SEC. 27. ANNUAL PLAN REQUIRED.

    ``Not later than December 1 of each year, the Commission shall 
publish and submit to the Committees on the Judiciary and Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committees on the 
Judiciary and Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives a 
plan for the next calendar year describing the projected activities of 
the Commission, including each of the following:
            ``(1) The policy priorities of the Commission.
            ``(2) Any rulemakings projected to be commenced.
            ``(3) Any plans to develop guidelines or other non-
        regulatory guidance documents.
            ``(4) Any plans to restructure the Commission or establish 
        or alter working groups.
            ``(5) Any planned projects or initiatives of the 
        Commission, including workshops, conferences, and reports.
            ``(6) With respect to any activities of the Commission, 
        including workshops, conferences, reports, working groups, 
        guidance documents, or rulemakings that relate specifically to 
        combating fraud against individuals who are 65 years of age or 
        older, a description of how such activities will address such 
        fraud.
            ``(7) Projected dates and timelines associated with any of 
        the required disclosures in this section.

``SEC. 28. REPORT ON ELDER FRAUD REQUIRED.

    ``Not later than January 31 of each year, the Commission shall 
publish and submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
of the House of Representatives a report on the Commission's 
enforcement actions involving allegations of fraud targeting 
individuals who are 65 years of age or older during the previous 
calendar year, including each of the following:
            ``(1) A brief description of each enforcement action by the 
        Commission involving allegations of fraud against such 
        individuals.
            ``(2) The disposition of enforcement actions involving 
        allegations of fraud against such individuals, broken down by 
        category.
            ``(3) The proportion of enforcement actions involving 
        allegations of fraud against such individuals as a percentage 
        of all enforcement actions relating to unfair or deceptive acts 
        or practices in or affecting commerce brought by the 
        Commission.''.
    (b) Effective Date; Applicability.--The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act 
and shall apply with respect to the first December 1 and January 31, as 
applicable, occurring after such effective date.
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