I 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5098 
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 28, 2016 
Mr. BILIRAKIS (for himself, Mr. BURGESS, Mr. HARPER, Mr. LANCE, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. MULLIN, and Mr. MCCAUL) 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 REQUIRED. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—The Federal Trade Commission 
Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 26 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 27. 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. 
‘‘(2) Any rulemakings projected to be com-
menced. 
‘‘(3) Any plans to develop guidelines or other 
non-regulatory guidance documents. 
‘‘(4) Any plans to restructure the Commission 
or establish or alter working groups. 
‘‘(5) Any planned projects or initiatives of the 
Commission, including workshops, conferences, and 
reports. 
‘‘(6) With respect to any activities of the Com-
mission, including workshops, conferences, reports, 
working groups, guidance documents, or rulemak-
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ings that relate specifically to combating fraud 
against individuals who are 65 years of age or older, 
a description of how such activities will address such 
fraud. 
‘‘(7) Projected dates and timelines associated 
with any of the required disclosures in this section. 
‘‘SEC. 28. 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: 
‘‘(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 
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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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