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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To establish a separate office within 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 Financial 

5 Fraud Prevention Act of 2010’’. 

6 SEC. 2. OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD TAR7 GETING SENIORS. 

8 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—The Federal 

9 Trade Commission shall establish a separate office within 

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1 geting seniors and to assist the Commission with the fol2 lowing: 

3 (1) OVERSIGHT.—The office shall monitor the 

4 market for mail, telemarketing, television, and Inter5 net fraud targeting seniors and shall coordinate with 

6 other relevant agencies regarding the requirements 

7 of this section. 

8 (2) CONSUMER EDUCATION.—The Federal 

9 Trade Commission through the office shall, after 

10 consultation with the Attorney General, the Sec11 retary of Health and Human Services, the Post12 master General, and the Chief Postal Inspector for 

13 the United States Postal Inspection Service— 

14 (A) disseminate to seniors and families and 

15 caregivers of seniors general information on 

16 mail, telemarketing, television, and Internet 

17 fraud targeting seniors, including descriptions 

18 of the most common fraud schemes; 

19 (B) disseminate to seniors and families 

20 and caregivers of seniors information on means 

21 of referring complaints of fraud targeting sen22 iors to appropriate law enforcement agencies, 

23 including the Director of the Federal Bureau of 

24 Investigation, the attorneys general of the 

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1 ber for reporting mail, telemarketing, television, 

2 and Internet fraud established by the Federal 

3 Trade Commission; 

4 (C) in response to a specific request about 

5 a particular entity or individual, provide pub6 licly available information on any record of civil 

7 or criminal law enforcement action for mail, 

8 telemarketing, television, or Internet fraud 

9 against such entity; and 

10 (D) maintain a website to serve as a re11 source for information for seniors and families 

12 and caregivers of seniors regarding mail, tele13 marketing, television, and Internet fraud tar14 geting seniors. 

15 (3) COMPLAINTS.—The Federal Trade Commis16 sion through the office shall, after consultation with 

17 the Attorney General, establish procedures to— 

18 (A) log and acknowledge the receipt of 

19 complaints by individuals who certify that they 

20 have a reasonable belief that they have been the 

21 victim of fraud in connection with the conduct 

22 of mail, telemarketing (as that term is defined 

23 in section 2325 of title 18, United States 

24 Code), television, and Internet; 


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1 (B) provide to individuals described in sub2 paragraph (A), and to any other persons, infor3 mation on mail, telemarketing, television, and 

4 Internet fraud, including— 

5 (i) general information on mail, tele6 marketing, television, and Internet fraud, 

7 including descriptions of the most common 

8 mail, telemarketing, television, and Inter9 net fraud schemes; 

10 (ii) information on means of referring 

11 complaints on mail, telemarketing, tele12 vision, and Internet fraud to appropriate 

13 law enforcement agencies, including the 

14 Director of the Federal Bureau of Inves15 tigation and the Attorney General; and 

16 (iii) information, if available, on the 

17 number of complaints of mail, tele18 marketing, television, and Internet fraud 

19 against particular companies and any 

20 record of convictions for mail, tele21 marketing, television, and Internet fraud 

22 by particular companies for which a spe23 cific request has been made; and 

24 (C) refer complaints described in subpara25 graph (A) to appropriate entities, including 


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1 State consumer protection agencies or entities 

2 and appropriate law enforcement agencies, for 

3 potential law enforcement action. 

4 (b) COMMENCEMENT.—The Federal Trade Commis5 sion shall commence carrying out the requirements of this 

6 section not later than one year after the date of enactment 

7 of this Act. 

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