SEC. 2. COORDINATOR FOR THE PREVENTION OF FRAUD 
AND SCAMS TARGETING OR ADVERSELY AF-
FECTING VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF COORDINATOR.—The Chair 
of the Federal Trade Commission shall designate a coordi-
nator (in this section referred to as the ‘‘coordinator’’) 
within the Bureau of Consumer Protection for the purpose 
of advising the Commission on the prevention of fraud and 
other scams targeting or adversely affecting United States 
military veterans and servicemembers and to assist the 
Commission with the following: 
(1) OVERSIGHT.—The coordinator shall collabo-
rate with other staff of the Bureau of Consumer 
Protection to monitor the market for fraud and 
scams using mail, television, internet, telemarketing, 
or recorded message telephone call (in this section 
referred to as ‘‘robocall’’) solicitations and mar-
keting that target or adversely affect United States 
military veterans and servicemembers and shall as-
sist in coordinating with other relevant agencies as 
appropriate regarding the requirements of this sec-
tion. 
(2) CONSUMER EDUCATION.—The coordinator 
shall, in consultation with the Attorney General, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the Secretary of De-
fense, the Postmaster General, the Chief Postal In-
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spector for the United States Postal Inspection 
Service, and other relevant agencies as appropriate, 
coordinate and support the Commission’s work to— 
(A) disseminate to United States military 
veterans and servicemembers and the families 
and caregivers of such individuals general infor-
mation on fraud and scams using mail, tele-
vision, internet, telemarketing, or robocall so-
licitations and marketing that target or ad-
versely affect United States military veterans 
and servicemembers, including descriptions of 
the most common fraud and other scams; 
(B) disseminate to United States military 
veterans and servicemembers and the families 
and caregivers of such individuals information 
on reporting fraud and scams targeting or ad-
versely affecting United States military vet-
erans 
and 
servicemembers 
to 
ReportFraud.ftc.gov (or another appropriate 
website operated by the Commission, as deter-
mined by the Chair of the Commission) where 
such complaints will become available to appli-
cable law enforcement agencies, including the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation and the attor-
neys general of the States; 
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(C) provide publicly available information 
about enforcement actions taken by the Com-
mission related to fraud or scams using mail, 
television, internet, telemarketing, or robocall 
solicitations and marketing; and 
(D) maintain a website to serve as a re-
source for information for United States mili-
tary veterans and servicemembers and the fami-
lies and caregivers of such individuals regarding 
fraud or scams using mail, television, internet, 
telemarketing, or robocall solicitations and mar-
keting, and other identified fraud and other 
scams, that target or adversely affect United 
States military veterans and servicemembers. 
(3) COMPLAINTS.—The coordinator shall co-
ordinate and support the Commission’s establish-
ment of procedures to— 
(A) review complaints by United States 
military veterans and servicemembers who be-
lieve they have been a victim of fraud or scams 
using mail, television, internet, telemarketing, 
or robocall solicitations and marketing in the 
Consumer Sentinel Network, and shall make 
those complaints immediately available to appli-
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cable Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
authorities; and 
(B) regularly update the Consumer Sen-
tinel Network’s Military Dashboard Report to 
make public aggregated, general information on 
reports of fraud and scams using mail, tele-
vision, internet, telemarketing, or robocall so-
licitations and marketing, including descriptions 
of the most common fraud and other scams 
using such methods of communication. 
(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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