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118TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 6350 

To establish a coordinator within the Federal Trade Commission to prevent 

fraud and scams targeting or adversely affecting military veterans and 

servicemembers, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 9, 2023 

Mr. MCGARVEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To establish a coordinator within the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud and scams targeting or adversely 

affecting military veterans and servicemembers, 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 ‘‘Veteran and Service5 member Consumer Protection Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COORDINATOR FOR THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD 

2 AND SCAMS TARGETING OR ADVERSELY AF3 FECTING VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATOR.—The Chair 

5 of the Federal Trade Commission shall designate a coordi6 nator (in this section referred to as the ‘‘coordinator’’) 

7 within the Bureau of Consumer Protection for the purpose 

8 of advising the Commission on the prevention of fraud and 

9 other scams targeting or adversely affecting United States 

10 military veterans and servicemembers and to assist the 

11 Commission with the following: 

12 (1) OVERSIGHT.—The coordinator shall collabo13 rate with other staff of the Bureau of Consumer 

14 Protection to monitor the market for fraud and 

15 scams using mail, television, internet, telemarketing, 

16 or recorded message telephone call (in this section 

17 referred to as ‘‘robocall’’) solicitations and mar18 keting that target or adversely affect United States 

19 military veterans and servicemembers and shall as20 sist in coordinating with other relevant agencies as 

21 appropriate regarding the requirements of this sec22 tion. 

23 (2) CONSUMER EDUCATION.—The coordinator 

24 shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, the 

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1 spector for the United States Postal Inspection 

2 Service, and other relevant agencies as appropriate, 

3 coordinate and support the Commission’s work to— 

4 (A) disseminate to United States military 

5 veterans and servicemembers and the families 

6 and caregivers of such individuals general infor7 mation on fraud and scams using mail, tele8 vision, internet, telemarketing, or robocall so9 licitations and marketing that target or ad10 versely affect United States military veterans 

11 and servicemembers, including descriptions of 

12 the most common fraud and other scams; 

13 (B) disseminate to United States military 

14 veterans and servicemembers and the families 

15 and caregivers of such individuals information 

16 on reporting fraud and scams targeting or ad17 versely affecting United States military vet18 erans and servicemembers to 

19 ReportFraud.ftc.gov (or another appropriate 

20 website operated by the Commission, as deter21 mined by the Chair of the Commission) where 

22 such complaints will become available to appli23 cable law enforcement agencies, including the 

24 Federal Bureau of Investigation and the attor25 neys general of the States; 


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1 (C) provide publicly available information 

2 about enforcement actions taken by the Com3 mission related to fraud or scams using mail, 

4 television, internet, telemarketing, or robocall 

5 solicitations and marketing; and 

6 (D) maintain a website to serve as a re7 source for information for United States mili8 tary veterans and servicemembers and the fami9 lies and caregivers of such individuals regarding 

10 fraud or scams using mail, television, internet, 

11 telemarketing, or robocall solicitations and mar12 keting, and other identified fraud and other 

13 scams, that target or adversely affect United 

14 States military veterans and servicemembers. 

15 (3) COMPLAINTS.—The coordinator shall co16 ordinate and support the Commission’s establish17 ment of procedures to— 

18 (A) review complaints by United States 

19 military veterans and servicemembers who be20 lieve they have been a victim of fraud or scams 

21 using mail, television, internet, telemarketing, 

22 or robocall solicitations and marketing in the 

23 Consumer Sentinel Network, and shall make 

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1 cable Federal, State, and local law enforcement 

2 authorities; and 

3 (B) regularly update the Consumer Sen4 tinel Network’s Military Dashboard Report to 

5 make public aggregated, general information on 

6 reports of fraud and scams using mail, tele7 vision, internet, telemarketing, or robocall so8 licitations and marketing, including descriptions 

9 of the most common fraud and other scams 

10 using such methods of communication. 

11 (b) COMMISSION DEFINED.—In this section, the term 

12 ‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal Trade Commission. 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

14 on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment 

15 of this Act. 

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