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Calendar No. 191 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 81 

[Report No. 115–141] 

To establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection 

of the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 10, 2017 

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

AUGUST 1, 2017 

Reported by Mr. THUNE, without amendment 

A BILL 

To establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to 

prevent fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Seniors Fraud Preven5 tion Act of 2017’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD TAR2 GETING SENIORS. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY OFFICE.—The 

4 Federal Trade Commission shall establish an office within 

5 the Bureau of Consumer Protection for the purpose of ad6 vising the Commission on the prevention of fraud tar7 geting seniors and to assist the Commission with the fol8 lowing: 

9 (1) OVERSIGHT.—The advisory office shall 

10 monitor the market for mail, television, Internet, 

11 telemarketing, and recorded message telephone call 

12 (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘robocall’’) fraud tar13 geting seniors and shall coordinate with other rel14 evant agencies regarding the requirements of this 

15 section. 

16 (2) CONSUMER EDUCATION.—The Commission 

17 through the advisory office shall, in consultation 

18 with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health 

19 and Human Services, the Postmaster General, the 

20 Chief Postal Inspector for the United States Postal 

21 Inspection Service, and other relevant agencies— 

22 (A) disseminate to seniors and families and 

23 caregivers of seniors general information on 

24 mail, television, Internet, telemarketing, and 

25 robocall fraud targeting seniors, including de26 scriptions of the most common fraud schemes; 


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1 (B) disseminate to seniors and families 

2 and caregivers of seniors information on report3 ing complaints of fraud targeting seniors either 

4 to the national toll-free telephone number estab5 lished by the Commission for reporting such 

6 complaints, or to the Consumer Sentinel Net7 work, operated by the Commission, where such 

8 complaints will become immediately available to 

9 appropriate law enforcement agencies, including 

10 the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the at11 torneys general of the States; 

12 (C) in response to a specific request about 

13 a particular entity or individual, provide pub14 lically available information of enforcement ac15 tion taken by the Commission for mail, tele16 vision, Internet, telemarketing, and robocall 

17 fraud against such entity; and 

18 (D) maintain a website to serve as a re19 source for information for seniors and families 

20 and caregivers of seniors regarding mail, tele21 vision, Internet, telemarketing, robocall, and 

22 other identified fraud targeting seniors. 

23 (3) COMPLAINTS.—The Commission through 

24 the advisory office shall, in consultation with the At25 torney General, establish procedures to— 


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1 (A) log and acknowledge the receipt of 

2 complaints by individuals who believe they have 

3 been a victim of mail, television, Internet, tele4 marketing, and robocall fraud in the Consumer 

5 Sentinel Network, and shall make those com6 plaints immediately available to Federal, State, 

7 and local law enforcement authorities; and 

8 (B) provide to individuals described in sub9 paragraph (A), and to any other persons, spe10 cific and general information on mail, television, 

11 Internet, telemarketing, and robocall fraud, in12 cluding descriptions of the most common 

13 schemes using such methods of communication. 

14 (b) COMMENCEMENT.—The Commission shall com15 mence carrying out the requirements of this section not 

16 later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 

17 Act. 


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Calendar No. 191 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 81 

[Report No. 115–141] 

A BILL 

To establish an advisory office within the Bureau of 

for other purposes. mission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, and Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade ComAUGUST 1, 2017 

Reported without amendment 


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