I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1953 
To establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer Protection 
of the Federal Trade Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 13, 2013 
Mr. DEUTCH (for himself, Mr. BUCHANAN, and Mr. WELCH) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Con-
sumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission to 
prevent 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Seniors Fraud Preven-
tion Act of 2013’’. 
SEC. 2. OFFICE FOR THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD TAR-
GETING SENIORS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY OFFICE.—The 
Federal Trade Commission shall establish an office within 
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the Bureau of Consumer Protection for the purpose of ad-
vising the Commission on the prevention of fraud tar-
geting seniors and to assist the Commission with the fol-
lowing: 
(1) OVERSIGHT.—The advisory office shall 
monitor the market for mail, television, Internet, 
and telemarketing fraud including recorded message 
telephone 
calls 
(hereinafter 
referred 
to 
as 
‘‘robocalls’’) targeting seniors and shall coordinate 
with other relevant agencies regarding the require-
ments of this section. 
(2) CONSUMER EDUCATION.—The Commission 
through the advisory office shall, after consultation 
with the Attorney General, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, the Postmaster General, the 
Chief Postal Inspector for the United States Postal 
Inspection Service, and other relevant agencies— 
(A) disseminate to seniors and families and 
caregivers of seniors general information on 
mail, television, Internet, telemarketing, and 
robocall fraud targeting seniors, including de-
scriptions of the most common fraud schemes; 
(B) disseminate to seniors and families 
and caregivers of seniors information on report-
ing complaints of fraud targeting seniors either 
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to the national toll-free telephone number estab-
lished by the Commission for reporting such 
complaints, or to the Consumer Sentinel Net-
work, operated by the Commission, where such 
complaints will become immediately available to 
appropriate law enforcement agencies, including 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the at-
torneys general of the States; 
(C) in response to a specific request about 
a particular entity or individual, provide pub-
lically available information of enforcement ac-
tion taken by the Commission for mail, tele-
vision, Internet, telemarketing, and robocall 
fraud against such entity; and 
(D) maintain a website to serve as a re-
source for information for seniors and families 
and caregivers of seniors regarding mail, tele-
vision, Internet, telemarketing, robocall, and 
other identified fraud targeting seniors. 
(3) COMPLAINTS.—The Commission through 
the advisory office shall, after consultation with the 
Attorney General, establish procedures to— 
(A) log and acknowledge the receipt of 
complaints by individuals who believe they have 
been a victim of mail, television, Internet, tele-
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marketing, and robocall fraud in the Consumer 
Sentinel Network, and must make those com-
plaints immediately available to Federal, State, 
and local law enforcement authorities; and 
(B) provide to individuals described in sub-
paragraph (A), and to any other persons, spe-
cific and general information on mail, television, 
telemarketing and robocall fraud, including de-
scriptions of the most common schemes using 
such methods of communication. 
(b) COMMENCEMENT.—The Commission shall com-
mence carrying out the requirements of this section not 
later than one year after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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