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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2672 

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 20, 2021 

Mr. BILIRAKIS 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 AND REPORT ON ELDER FRAUD RE2 QUIRED. 

3 (a) AMENDMENT.—The Federal Trade Commission 

4 Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is amended by inserting at the 

5 end the following new section: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 29. ANNUAL PLAN REQUIRED. 

7 ‘‘Not later than December 1 of each year, the Com8 mission shall publish and submit to the Committees on 

9 the Judiciary and Commerce, Science, and Transportation 

10 of the Senate and the Committees on the Judiciary and 

11 Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 

12 a plan for the next calendar year describing the projected 

13 activities of the Commission, including each of the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘(1) The policy priorities of the Commission 

16 and any changes to the previous policy priorities of 

17 the Commission. 

18 ‘‘(2) Any rulemaking proceedings projected to 

19 be commenced, including any such proceedings to 

20 amend or repeal a rule. 

21 ‘‘(3) Any plans to develop, update, or withdraw 

22 guidelines or other non-regulatory guidance docu23 ments. 

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

25 or establish, alter, or terminate working groups. 


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

2 Commission, including workshops, conferences, and 

3 reports, and any proposed withdrawals of or changes 

4 to projects or initiatives of the Commission. 

5 ‘‘(6) With respect to any activities, or changes 

6 to activities, of the Commission (including work7 shops, conferences, reports, working groups, guid8 ance documents, and rulemaking proceedings) that 

9 relate specifically to combating fraud against indi10 viduals who are 65 years of age or older, a descrip11 tion of how such activities or changes will address 

12 such fraud. 

13 ‘‘(7) Projected dates and timelines, or changes 

14 to projected dates and timelines, associated with any 

15 of the required disclosures in this section. 

16 ‘‘SEC. 30. REPORT ON ELDER FRAUD REQUIRED. 

17 ‘‘Not later than January 31 of each year, the Com18 mission shall publish and submit to the Committee on 

19 Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 

20 the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 

21 of Representatives a report on the Commission’s enforce22 ment actions involving allegations of fraud targeting indi23 viduals who are 65 years of age or older during the pre24 vious calendar year, including each of the following: 


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1 ‘‘(1) A brief description of each enforcement ac2 tion by the Commission involving allegations of 

3 fraud against such individuals. 

4 ‘‘(2) The disposition of enforcement actions in5 volving allegations of fraud against such individuals, 

6 broken down by category. 

7 ‘‘(3) The proportion of enforcement actions in8 volving allegations of fraud against such individuals 

9 as a percentage of all enforcement actions relating 

10 to unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affect11 ing commerce brought by the Commission.’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amend13 ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 

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

15 the first December 1 and January 31, as applicable, occur16 ring after such effective date. 

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