[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1890 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1890

  To require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study on scams 
   that target travelers during the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 27, 2021

  Ms. Klobuchar (for herself and Mr. Daines) introduced the following 
 bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, 
                      Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Federal Trade Commission to conduct a study on scams 
   that target travelers during the COVID-19 pandemic, 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 ``Protecting Consumers from Travel 
Fraud Act''.

SEC. 2. FTC STUDY ON TRAVEL FRAUD.

    (a) Study.--The Federal Trade Commission (in this section referred 
to as the ``Commission'') shall conduct a study, using the Commission's 
authority under section 6 of the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 
U.S.C. 46), regarding scams that target travelers during the COVID-19 
pandemic.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Commission shall submit to Congress a report containing 
the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), together with 
recommendations for such legislation and administrative action to 
prevent and deter scams that target consumers, including online travel 
booking scams, as the Commission determines appropriate.
    (c) Consumer Protection Information.--Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the submission of the report under subsection (b), the 
Commission shall update the website of the Commission to include 
information for consumers on avoiding scams that target travelers, 
including scams that target travelers during the COVID-pandemic 
identified in the study conducted under subsection (a).
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