[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 46 (Friday, March 8, 2019)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 8583-8584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-04432]



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Vol. 84

Friday,

No. 46

March 8, 2019

Part II





The President





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Proclamation 9848--National Consumer Protection Week, 2019



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                Proclamation 9848 of March 1, 2019

                
National Consumer Protection Week, 2019

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During National Consumer Protection Week, we redouble 
                our efforts to prepare Americans to successfully 
                navigate our dynamic market economy. Fraudulent and 
                deceptive financial practices impede our economic 
                success by depriving consumers of access to the best, 
                most accurate information to guide their choices among 
                competing goods and services.

                We live in an age of rapidly evolving technology, in 
                which more Americans conduct their personal and 
                professional business on the internet and other mobile 
                platforms. While these technological innovations 
                provide convenience to consumers, they also create 
                opportunities for scammers, hackers, and identity 
                thieves to commit cybercrimes. Each year, fraudulent 
                and deceptive practices cost Americans billions of 
                dollars and generate hours of stress and hardship.

                Whether managing bank accounts, paying bills, handling 
                medical records, or engaging in e-commerce, basic 
                consumer knowledge is critical to financial wellbeing. 
                This includes being vigilant when providing personal 
                information--such as social security and bank account 
                numbers--online, over the phone, or by mail. Consumers 
                should keep their software--including operating 
                systems, web browsers, and applications--up to date. 
                They should never provide personal or sensitive 
                information to anyone who directly or unexpectedly 
                contacts them. By taking these steps and sharing them 
                with family and friends, especially children and older 
                Americans, we can help protect against schemes to line 
                the pockets of unscrupulous actors.

                My Administration is strongly committed to protecting 
                consumers from those who would defraud them. Last year, 
                I signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory 
                Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, which strengthens 
                protections against identity theft by allowing 
                consumers to contact each of the three major credit 
                reporting agencies and freeze their credit reports for 
                free. I also established the Task Force on Market 
                Integrity and Consumer Fraud within the Department of 
                Justice (DOJ) to provide recommendations on regulatory 
                and legislative changes needed to improve the 
                investigation and prosecution of fraud and other 
                financial crimes that harm Americans. My Administration 
                is also working to counter the growing threat of fraud 
                committed against older Americans and has taken action 
                to combat cyber fraud. In February 2018, the DOJ 
                announced the largest coordinated sweep of elder fraud 
                cases in history, as well as the indictment of 36 cyber 
                criminals in one of the largest cyber fraud enterprise 
                prosecutions ever.

                National Consumer Protection Week is an opportunity to 
                come together as government, industry, community 
                groups, and organizations in support of a shared 
                mission--protecting our Nation's consumers. This week, 
                and throughout the year, I encourage Americans across 
                our country to take advantage of resources that will 
                help them better safeguard their personal and financial 
                information so that they can continue to drive our 
                dynamic economy for decades to come.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the 
                United States, do hereby proclaim March 3 through

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                March 9, 2019, as National Consumer Protection Week. I 
                encourage individuals, businesses, organizations, 
                government agencies, and community groups to take 
                advantage of the broad array of online resources 
                offered by the Federal Trade Commission and Consumer 
                Financial Protection Bureau, and to share this 
                information through consumer education activities in 
                communities across the country.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                first day of March, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                third.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2019-04432
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