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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Combating Fraud Against Seniors
Act''.

SEC. 2. CENTRALIZED COMPLAINT AND CONSUMER EDUCATION SERVICE FOR
VICTIMS OF TELEMARKETING FRAUD.

(a) Centralized Service.--
(1) Requirement.--The Federal Trade Commission shall, after
consultation with the Attorney General, establish procedures
to--
(A) log and acknowledge the receipt of complaints
by individuals who certify that they have a reasonable
belief that they have been the victim of fraud in
connection with the conduct of telemarketing (as that
term is defined in section 2325 of title 18, United
States Code, as amended by subsection (d) of this
section);
(B) provide to individuals described in
subparagraph (A), and to any other persons, information
on telemarketing fraud, including--
(i) general information on telemarketing
fraud, including descriptions of the most
common telemarketing fraud schemes;
(ii) information on means of referring
complaints on telemarketing fraud to
appropriate law enforcement agencies, including
the Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Attorney General; and
(iii) information, if available, on the
number of complaints of telemarketing fraud
against particular companies and any record of
convictions for telemarketing fraud by
particular companies for which a specific
request has been made; and
(C) refer complaints described in subparagraph (A)
to appropriate entities, including State consumer
protection agencies or entities and appropriate law
enforcement agencies, for potential law enforcement
action.
(2) Central location.--The service under the procedures
under paragraph (1) shall be provided at and through a single
site selected by the Commission for that purpose.
(3) Commencement.--The Commission shall commence carrying
out the service not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act.
(b) Creation of Fraud Conviction Database.--
(1) Requirement.--The Attorney General shall establish and
maintain a computer database containing information on the
corporations and companies convicted of offenses for
telemarketing fraud under Federal and State law. The database
shall include a description of the type and method of the fraud
scheme for which each corporation or company covered by the
database was convicted.
(2) Use of database.--The Attorney General shall make
information in the database available to the Federal Trade
Commission for purposes of providing information as part of the
service under subsection (a).
(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be
appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
(d) Expansion of Scope of Telemarketing Fraud Subject to Enhanced
Criminal Penalties.--Section 2325(1) of title 18, United States Code,
is amended by striking ''telephone calls'' and inserting ''wire
communications utilizing a telephone service''.

SEC. 3. ENHANCED CRIMINAL PENALTIES IN CONNECTION WITH MASS MARKETING.

Section 2326 of title 18, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by striking ''A person'' and inserting the following:
''(a) In General.--A person'';
(2) by inserting ''or mass marketing'' after
''telemarketing''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
''(b) Mass Marketing Defined.--In this section, the term 'mass
marketing' means a plan, program, promotion, or campaign that is
conducted through solicitation by telephone, mail, the Internet, or
other means to induce a large number of persons to--
''(1) purchase goods or services:
''(2) participate in a contest or sweepstakes; or
''(3) invest for financial profit.''.

SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO COMBAT FRAUD.

(a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated to the
Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade Commission
$20,000,000 for each fiscal year to combat telemarketing and mass
marketing fraud, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall be used in
each fiscal year to combat telemarketing and mass marketing fraud
against the elderly.
(b) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ''mass marketing'' has the meaning given the
term in section 2326 of title 18, United States Code, as
amended by this Act; and
(2) the term ''telemarketing'' has the meaning given the
term in section 2325 of title 18, United States Code, as
amended by this Act.
Solution:
Directs the Attorney General to: (1) establish and maintain a computer database of corporations and companies convicted of telemarketing fraud; and (2) make such information available to the FTC.
Amends the Federal criminal code to: (1) include all wire communications utilizing a telephone service (currently, telephone calls) within the scope of telemarketing fraud subject to criminal penalties; and (2) include actions in connection with mass marketing within the scope of such penalties.