Seniors Financial Fraud Prevention Act of 2010 - Establishes a separate office within the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for the prevention of fraud targeting seniors and requires the office to assist the FTC in monitoring the market for mail, telemarketing, television, and Internet fraud which targets seniors.
Requires the FTC through such office: (1) to disseminate to seniors and their families and caregivers information on mail, telemarketing, television, and Internet fraud targeting seniors, including on ways of referring complaints to appropriate law enforcement agencies; (2) in response to a request about a particular entity or individual, to provide publicly available information on any record of civil or criminal law enforcement action for such fraud; and (3) to maintain a website as a resource for such individuals on those kinds of fraud.
Requires the FTC through such office to establish procedures to: (1) log and acknowledge complaints from individuals who certify that they believe they have been victims of mail, telemarketing, television, or Internet fraud; (2) provide certain information on those kinds of fraud; and (3) refer such complaints to appropriate entities, including state consumer protection agencies and entities and appropriate law enforcement agencies, for potential law enforcement action.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5884 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5884
To establish a separate office within the Federal Trade Commission to
prevent fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 27, 2010
Mr. Klein of Florida introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To establish a separate office within the Federal Trade Commission to
prevent fraud targeting seniors, 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 ``Seniors Financial Fraud Prevention
Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD TARGETING SENIORS.
(a) Establishment of Office.--The Federal Trade Commission shall
establish a separate office within the Commission for the purpose of
preventing fraud targeting seniors and to assist the Commission with
the following:
(1) Oversight.--The office shall monitor the market for
mail, telemarketing, television, and Internet fraud targeting
seniors and shall coordinate with other relevant agencies
regarding the requirements of this section.
(2) Consumer education.--The Federal Trade Commission
through the office shall, after consultation with the Attorney
General, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, the
Postmaster General, and the Chief Postal Inspector for the
United States Postal Inspection Service--
(A) disseminate to seniors and families and
caregivers of seniors general information on mail,
telemarketing, television, and Internet fraud targeting
seniors, including descriptions of the most common
fraud schemes;
(B) disseminate to seniors and families and
caregivers of seniors information on means of referring
complaints of fraud targeting seniors to appropriate
law enforcement agencies, including the Director of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation, the attorneys general
of the States, and a national toll-free telephone
number for reporting mail, telemarketing, television,
and Internet fraud established by the Federal Trade
Commission;
(C) in response to a specific request about a
particular entity or individual, provide publicly
available information on any record of civil or
criminal law enforcement action for mail,
telemarketing, television, or Internet fraud against
such entity; and
(D) maintain a website to serve as a resource for
information for seniors and families and caregivers of
seniors regarding mail, telemarketing, television, and
Internet fraud targeting seniors.
(3) Complaints.--The Federal Trade Commission through the
office shall, after consultation with the Attorney General,
establish procedures to--
(A) log and acknowledge the receipt of complaints
by individuals who certify that they have a reasonable
belief that they have been the victim of fraud in
connection with the conduct of mail, telemarketing (as
that term is defined in section 2325 of title 18,
United States Code), television, and Internet;
(B) provide to individuals described in
subparagraph (A), and to any other persons, information
on mail, telemarketing, television, and Internet fraud,
including--
(i) general information on mail,
telemarketing, television, and Internet fraud,
including descriptions of the most common mail,
telemarketing, television, and Internet fraud
schemes;
(ii) information on means of referring
complaints on mail, telemarketing, television,
and Internet fraud to appropriate law
enforcement agencies, including the Director of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the
Attorney General; and
(iii) information, if available, on the
number of complaints of mail, telemarketing,
television, and Internet fraud against
particular companies and any record of
convictions for mail, telemarketing,
television, and Internet fraud by particular
companies for which a specific request has been
made; and
(C) refer complaints described in subparagraph (A)
to appropriate entities, including State consumer
protection agencies or entities and appropriate law
enforcement agencies, for potential law enforcement
action.
(b) Commencement.--The Federal Trade Commission shall commence
carrying out the requirements of this section not later than one year
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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