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INFORMATION
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Calendar No. 418
116TH CONGRESS SEAEREPORT
2d Session J SENATE1 116-215
SENIORS FRAUD PREVENTION ACT OF 2019
FEBRUARY 11, 2020.-Ordered to be printed
Mr. WICKER, from the Committee on Commerce, Science, and
Transportation, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany S. 512]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to
which was referred the bill (S. 512) to establish an advisory office
within the Bureau of Consumer Protection of the Federal Trade
Commission to prevent fraud targeting seniors, and for other pur-
poses, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with-
out amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.
PURPOSE OF THE BILL
The purpose of S. 512, the Seniors Fraud Prevention Act of 2019,
is to establish an advisory office within the Bureau of Consumer
Protection of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC or Commission)
to advise the Commission on the prevention of fraud targeting sen-
iors by monitoring the market for specific fraud schemes aimed at
seniors and coordinating with other agencies to provide consumer
education materials to seniors and their caregivers. The bill also
would require the FTC to work with the United States Attorney
General to establish procedures to log complaints regarding fraud
targeting seniors.
BACKGROUND AND NEEDS
Seniors, specifically Americans aged 65 years and older, number
over 43 million and are the fastest growing segment of the popu-
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