US Congress Senate Bill 512 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2-2)
Status: Engrossed on November 19 2020 - 50% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-11-19 - Held at the desk.
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Directs the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to establish an office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection to advise the FTC about the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and to assist the FTC with monitoring the market for mail, television, internet, telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call (i.e., robocall) fraud targeting seniors. The office must (1) disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information about the most common fraud schemes, including methods of reporting complaints either to the FTC's national toll-free telephone number or to the FTC's Consumer Sentinel Network, where complaints become immediately available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, state attorneys general, and other appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) provide, in response to a specific request about a particular entity or individual, publicly available information regarding the FTC's enforcement action; and (3) maintain a website as a resource for information on fraud targeting seniors.

Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2019

Sen. Amy Klobuchar [D-MN]	Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Sen. Angus King [I-ME]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY]	Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Sen. Margaret Hassan [D-NH]
Sen. Robert Casey [D-PA]	Sen. Jeff Merkley [D-OR]	Sen. Tammy Baldwin [D-WI]	Sen. Richard Blumenthal [D-CT]
Sen. Martha McSally [R-AZ]	Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-19	House	Held at the desk.
2020-11-19	House	Received in the House.
2020-11-19	Senate	Message on Senate action sent to the House.
2020-11-18	Senate	Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7082; text: CR S7082)
2020-02-11	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 418.
2020-02-11	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Reported by Senator Wicker without amendment. With written report No. 116-215.
2019-04-03	Senate	Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
2019-02-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

HB2301 (Same As) 2019-04-15 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
HB2610 (Related) 2020-12-18 - Message on Senate action sent to the House.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/512/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s512/BILLS-116s512is.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s512/BILLS-116s512rs.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s512/BILLS-116s512es.pdf