SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Consumer Equity Pro-
tection Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF TASK FORCE.—The Chair-
man of the Federal Trade Commission shall establish a 
task force within the Bureau of Consumer Protection (in 
this section referred to as the ‘‘task force’’) for the pur-
pose of advising the Commission on equity issues in the 
protection of consumers and to assist the Commission with 
the following: 
(1) OVERSIGHT.—The task force shall collabo-
rate with other Commission staff and monitor the 
market for unfair and deceptive acts and practices 
targeting or affecting specific consumers or groups 
of consumers on the basis of race, color, religion, 
sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, 
age, and other protected characteristics and shall co-
ordinate with other relevant agencies as appropriate 
regarding the requirements of this section. 
(2) CONSUMER
EDUCATION.—The task force 
shall collaborate with other relevant agencies, as ap-
propriate, and support Bureau of Consumer Protec-
tion staff in assisting the Commission to— 
(A) disseminate broadly in a manner avail-
able to all general information on unfair and 
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deceptive acts and practices targeting or affect-
ing specific consumers or groups of consumers 
on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, na-
tional origin, sexual orientation, disability, age, 
and other protected characteristics, including 
descriptions of the most common unfair or de-
ceptive acts or practices; 
(B) disseminate broadly, in a manner 
available to all, information on reporting com-
plaints of unfair and deceptive acts and prac-
tices targeting or affecting specific consumers 
or groups of consumers on the basis of race, 
color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual ori-
entation, disability, age, and other protected 
characteristics, to the national toll-free tele-
phone number established by the Commission 
for 
reporting 
such 
complaints 
and 
to 
ReportFraud.ftc.gov (or another appropriate 
website operated by the Commission, as deter-
mined by the Chairman of the Commission), 
where such complaints will become available to 
applicable law enforcement agencies, including 
the Department of Justice, the Federal Bureau 
of Investigation, and the attorneys general of 
the States; 
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(C) provide publicly available information 
of enforcement actions taken by the Commis-
sion related to unfair and deceptive acts and 
practices targeting or affecting specific con-
sumers or groups of consumers on the basis of 
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual 
orientation, disability, age, and other protected 
characteristics; 
(D) maintain a website to serve as a re-
source for information for the general public re-
garding unfair and deceptive acts and practices 
targeting or affecting specific consumers or 
groups of consumers on the basis of race, color, 
religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 
disability, age, and other protected characteris-
tics; and 
(E) make available the publicly available 
information described in subparagraph (C) and 
the website described in subparagraph (D) in 
English and, to the extent practicable, in Span-
ish and any other relevant language. 
(3) COMPLAINTS.—The task force shall collabo-
rate, as appropriate, and support Bureau of Con-
sumer Protection staff in assisting the Commission 
to— 
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(A) log and acknowledge the receipt of 
complaints by individuals who believe they have 
been a victim of unfair and deceptive acts and 
practices in the Consumer Sentinel Network, 
and shall make those complaints available to 
applicable Federal, State, and local law enforce-
ment authorities; and 
(B) to the extent practicable and con-
sistent with existing law, provide to individuals 
described in subparagraph (A), and to any 
other persons, specific and general information 
on unfair and deceptive acts and practices tar-
geting or affecting specific consumers or groups 
of consumers on the basis of race, color, reli-
gion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, 
disability, age, and other protected characteris-
tics, including the most common such unfair or 
deceptive acts or practices. 
(b) COMMISSION DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Commission’’ means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date that is 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
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