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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5098 

To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to require an annual plan 

and a report on elder fraud, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 28, 2016 

Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. HARPER, Mr. LANCE, Mrs. 

BLACKBURN, Mr. MULLIN, and Mr. MCCAUL) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to require 

an annual plan and a report on elder fraud, 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 ‘‘FTC Robust Elderly 

5 Protections and Organizational Requirements to Track 

6 Scams Act’’ or the ‘‘FTC REPORTS Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL PLAN REQUIRED. 

2 (a) AMENDMENT.—The Federal Trade Commission 

3 Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 

4 section 26 the following new section: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 27. ANNUAL PLAN REQUIRED. 

6 ‘‘Not later than December 1 of each year, the Com7 mission shall publish and submit to the Committees on 

8 the Judiciary and Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

9 of the Senate and the Committees on the Judiciary and 

10 Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

11 a plan for the next calendar year describing the projected 

12 activities of the Commission, including each of the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(1) The policy priorities of the Commission. 

15 ‘‘(2) Any rulemakings projected to be com16 menced. 

17 ‘‘(3) Any plans to develop guidelines or other 

18 non-regulatory guidance documents. 

19 ‘‘(4) Any plans to restructure the Commission 

20 or establish or alter working groups. 

21 ‘‘(5) Any planned projects or initiatives of the 

22 Commission, including workshops, conferences, and 

23 reports. 

24 ‘‘(6) With respect to any activities of the Com25 mission, including workshops, conferences, reports, 

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1 ings that relate specifically to combating fraud 

2 against individuals who are 65 years of age or older, 

3 a description of how such activities will address such 

4 fraud. 

5 ‘‘(7) Projected dates and timelines associated 

6 with any of the required disclosures in this section. 

7 ‘‘SEC. 28. REPORT ON ELDER FRAUD REQUIRED. 

8 ‘‘Not later than January 31 of each year, the Com9 mission shall publish and submit to the Committee on 

10 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 

11 the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

12 of Representatives a report on the Commission’s enforce13 ment actions involving allegations of fraud targeting indi14 viduals who are 65 years of age or older during the pre15 vious calendar year, including each of the following: 

16 ‘‘(1) A brief description of each enforcement ac17 tion by the Commission involving allegations of 

18 fraud against such individuals. 

19 ‘‘(2) The disposition of enforcement actions in20 volving allegations of fraud against such individuals, 

21 broken down by category. 

22 ‘‘(3) The proportion of enforcement actions in23 volving allegations of fraud against such individuals 

24 as a percentage of all enforcement actions relating 


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1 to unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affect2 ing commerce brought by the Commission.’’. 

3 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amend4 ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 

5 of enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to 

6 the first December 1 and January 31, as applicable, occur7 ring after such effective date. 

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