I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1215 
To establish an office within the Federal Trade Commission and an outside 
advisory group to prevent fraud targeting seniors and to direct the 
Commission to include additional information in an annual report to 
Congress on fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 23, 2021 
Ms. BLUNT ROCHESTER (for herself, Mr. WALBERG, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. 
BUCHANAN, Mr. WELCH, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. RUSH, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, 
Mr. O’HALLERAN, Mr. CASE, Mr. CARSON, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. 
CA´RDENAS, and Ms. OMAR) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish an office within the Federal Trade Commission 
and an outside advisory group to prevent fraud targeting 
seniors and to direct the Commission to include addi-
tional information in an annual report to Congress on 
fraud targeting seniors, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Fraud and Scam Reduction Act’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
TITLE I—PREVENTING CONSUMER SCAMS DIRECTED AT SENIORS 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Senior Scams Prevention Advisory Group. 
TITLE II—SENIOR FRAUD ADVISORY OFFICE 
Sec. 201. Short title. 
Sec. 202. Office for the Prevention of Fraud Targeting Seniors. 
TITLE 
I—PREVENTING 
CON-
SUMER SCAMS DIRECTED AT 
SENIORS 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Senior Scams 
Act’’. 
SEC. 102. SENIOR SCAMS PREVENTION ADVISORY GROUP. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established a Senior 
Scams Prevention Advisory Group (referred to in this title 
as the ‘‘Advisory Group’’). 
(b) MEMBERS.—The Advisory Group shall be com-
posed of stakeholders such as the following individuals or 
the designees of those individuals: 
(1) The Chairman of the Federal Trade Com-
mission. 
(2) The Secretary of the Treasury. 
(3) The Attorney General. 
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(4) The Director of the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection. 
(5) Representatives from each of the following 
sectors, including trade associations, to be selected 
by the Federal Trade Commission: 
(A) Retail. 
(B) Gift cards. 
(C) Telecommunications. 
(D) Wire-transfer services. 
(E) Senior peer advocates. 
(F) Consumer advocacy organizations with 
efforts focused on preventing seniors from be-
coming the victims of scams. 
(G) Financial services, including institu-
tions that engage in digital currency. 
(H) Prepaid cards. 
(6) A member of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System. 
(7) A prudential regulator, as defined in section 
1002 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 
2010 (12 U.S.C. 5481). 
(8) The Director of the Financial Crimes En-
forcement Network. 
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