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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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘FTC Robust Elderly 
Protections and Organizational Requirements to Track 
Scams Act’’ or the ‘‘FTC REPORTS Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ANNUAL PLAN AND REPORT ON ELDER FRAUD RE-
QUIRED. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—The Federal Trade Commission 
Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is amended by inserting at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 29. ANNUAL PLAN REQUIRED. 
‘‘Not later than December 1 of each year, the Com-
mission shall publish and submit to the Committees on 
the Judiciary and Commerce, Science, and Transportation 
of the Senate and the Committees on the Judiciary and 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 
a plan for the next calendar year describing the projected 
activities of the Commission, including each of the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) The policy priorities of the Commission 
and any changes to the previous policy priorities of 
the Commission. 
‘‘(2) Any rulemaking proceedings projected to 
be commenced, including any such proceedings to 
amend or repeal a rule. 
‘‘(3) Any plans to develop, update, or withdraw 
guidelines or other non-regulatory guidance docu-
ments. 
‘‘(4) Any plans to restructure the Commission 
or establish, alter, or terminate working groups. 
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‘‘(5) Any planned projects or initiatives of the 
Commission, including workshops, conferences, and 
reports, and any proposed withdrawals of or changes 
to projects or initiatives of the Commission. 
‘‘(6) With respect to any activities, or changes 
to activities, of the Commission (including work-
shops, conferences, reports, working groups, guid-
ance documents, and rulemaking proceedings) that 
relate specifically to combating fraud against indi-
viduals who are 65 years of age or older, a descrip-
tion of how such activities or changes will address 
such fraud. 
‘‘(7) Projected dates and timelines, or changes 
to projected dates and timelines, associated with any 
of the required disclosures in this section. 
‘‘SEC. 30. REPORT ON ELDER FRAUD REQUIRED. 
‘‘Not later than January 31 of each year, the Com-
mission shall publish and submit to the Committee on 
Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 
of Representatives a report on the Commission’s enforce-
ment actions involving allegations of fraud targeting indi-
viduals who are 65 years of age or older during the pre-
vious calendar year, including each of the following: 
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‘‘(1) A brief description of each enforcement ac-
tion by the Commission involving allegations of 
fraud against such individuals. 
‘‘(2) The disposition of enforcement actions in-
volving allegations of fraud against such individuals, 
broken down by category. 
‘‘(3) The proportion of enforcement actions in-
volving allegations of fraud against such individuals 
as a percentage of all enforcement actions relating 
to unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affect-
ing commerce brought by the Commission.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amend-
ment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to 
the first December 1 and January 31, as applicable, occur-
ring after such effective date. 
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