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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 337 

To establish a Senior Scams Prevention Advisory Council. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 22, 2021 

Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. MORAN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 

Transportation 

A BILL 

To establish a Senior Scams Prevention Advisory Council. 

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 ‘‘Stop Senior Scams 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SENIOR SCAMS PREVENTION ADVISORY GROUP. 

7 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Senior 

8 Scams Prevention Advisory Group (referred to in this Act 

9 as the ‘‘Advisory Group’’). 


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1 (b) MEMBERS.—The Advisory Group shall be com2 posed of stakeholders such as the following individuals or 

3 the designees of those individuals: 

4 (1) The Chairman of the Federal Trade Com5 mission. 

6 (2) The Secretary of the Treasury. 

7 (3) The Attorney General. 

8 (4) The Director of the Bureau of Consumer 

9 Financial Protection. 

10 (5) Representatives from each of the following 

11 sectors, including trade associations, to be selected 

12 by Federal Trade Commission: 

13 (A) Retail. 

14 (B) Gift cards. 

15 (C) Telecommunications. 

16 (D) Wire-transfer services. 

17 (E) Senior peer advocates. 

18 (F) Consumer advocacy organizations with 

19 efforts focused on preventing seniors from be20 coming the victims of scams. 

21 (G) Financial services, including institu22 tions that engage in digital currency. 

23 (H) Prepaid cards. 

24 (6) A member of the Board of Governors of the 

25 Federal Reserve System. 


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1 (7) A prudential regulator, as defined in section 

2 1002 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 

3 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481). 

4 (8) The Director of the Financial Crimes En5 forcement Network. 

6 (9) Any other Federal, State, or local agency, 

7 industry representative, consumer advocate, or enti8 ty, as determined by the Federal Trade Commission. 

9 (c) NO COMPENSATION FOR MEMBERS.—A member 

10 of the Advisory Group shall serve without compensation 

11 in addition to any compensation received for the service 

12 of the member as an officer or employee of the United 

13 States, if applicable. 

14 (d) DUTIES.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Advisory Group shall— 

16 (A) collect information on the existence, 

17 use, and success of educational materials and 

18 programs for retailers, financial services, and 

19 wire-transfer companies, which— 

20 (i) may be used as a guide to educate 

21 employees on how to identify and prevent 

22 scams that affect seniors; and 

23 (ii) include— 

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1 fer companies for the purpose de2 scribed in clause (i); 

3 (II) training for employees on 

4 ways to identify and prevent senior 

5 scams; 

6 (III) best practices for keeping 

7 employees up to date on current 

8 scams; 

9 (IV) the most effective signage 

10 and placement in retail locations to 

11 warn seniors about scammers’ use of 

12 gift cards, prepaid cards, and wire 

13 transfer services; 

14 (V) suggestions on effective col15 laborative community education cam16 paigns; 

17 (VI) available technology to as18 sist in identifying possible scams at 

19 the point of sale; and 

20 (VII) other information that 

21 would be helpful to retailers, wire 

22 transfer companies, financial institu23 tions, and their employees as they 

24 work to prevent fraud affecting sen25 iors; and 


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1 (B) based on the findings in subparagraph 

2 (A)— 

3 (i) identify inadequacies, omissions, or 

4 deficiencies in those educational materials 

5 and programs for the categories listed in 

6 subparagraph (A) and their execution in 

7 reaching employees to protect older adults; 

8 and 

9 (ii) create model materials, best prac10 tices guidance, or recommendations to fill 

11 those inadequacies, omissions, or defi12 ciencies that may be used by industry and 

13 others to help protect older adults from 

14 scams. 

15 (2) ENCOURAGED USE.—The Chairman of the 

16 Federal Trade Commission shall— 

17 (A) make the materials or guidance cre18 ated by the Federal Trade Commission de19 scribed in paragraph (1) publicly available; and 

20 (B) encourage the use and distribution of 

21 the materials created under this subsection to 

22 prevent scams affecting seniors by govern23 mental agencies and the private sector. 


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1 (e) REPORTS.—Section 101(c)(2) of the Elder Abuse 

2 Prevention and Prosecution Act (34 U.S.C. 21711(c)(2)) 

3 is amended— 

4 (1) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by striking the pe5 riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; 

6 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 

7 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(C) for the Federal Trade Commission, in 

10 relevant years, information on— 

11 ‘‘(i) the newly created materials, guid12 ance, or recommendations of the Senior 

13 Scams Prevention Advisory Group estab14 lished under section 2 of the Stop Senior 

15 Scams Act, and any relevant views or con16 siderations made by members of the Advi17 sory Group that were not included in the 

18 Advisory Group’s model materials or con19 sidered an official recommendation by the 

20 Advisory Group; 

21 ‘‘(ii) the Senior Scams Prevention Ad22 visory Group’s findings about senior scams 

23 and industry educational materials and 

24 programs; and 


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1 ‘‘(iii) any recommendations on ways 

2 stakeholders can continue to work together 

3 to reduce scams affecting seniors.’’. 

4 (f) TERMINATION.—This Act, and the amendments 

5 made by this Act, ceases to be effective on the date that 

6 is 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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